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lifelong learner Suzanne Montgomery ’86 Suzanne Montgomery graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, but her experience on the Hilltop was just the beginning. “I’ve always been a lifelong learner,” she says. “I’ve been a sponge for things that interest me, particularly artistic subjects.” After graduation, Montgomery taught third grade and art classes at Pinson’s Kermit Johnson Elementary. In 1990, in search of new experiences, Montgomery moved to the intellectual hotbed of Boston. She became assistant to the director of environmental medicine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first in a series of jobs that exposed her to cutting-edge scientific research. In 1992, Montgomery became laboratory administrator for the Center for Blood Research at Harvard Medical School and, in 1999, laboratory administrator for Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute. Throughout the years, Montgomery took classes and workshops and attended lectures, exhibitions, and concerts, while her professional life I’ve been a sponge for things that interest me, particularly artistic subjects. allowed her to pursue both her passion for making visual art and a strong interest in science. In addition, Montgomery began taking classes and learning new methods at Harvard University’s ceramics studio. In 2005, she moved back to Birmingham, where she served as director of the Samford after Sundown program, which offered non-credit courses. In 2014, Montgomery returned to Boston to work as administrative lab manager at Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Center for Brain Science (CBS), where researchers are “trying to map the human brain.” Montgomery says her laboratory positions have been “tremendously rewarding and exciting.” Though she lacks scientific training, Montgomery makes positive contributions to research efforts using her administrative and planning skills, writing and editing abilities, and attention to detail. “I share myself – my talents, my strengths, and, I guess, a bit of my confidence – in helping them stay on track,” she says. Montgomery also nurtures her interest in science by watching documentaries and “learning about the people doing research about our world and the solar system, about things way beyond us.” Montgomery says there is an important similarity between art and science: “Scientists have to be creative in the way they think, or they won’t be good scientists.” Montgomery continues to take art classes at Harvard and has created thousands of pieces, including pottery, jewelry, prints, and marbleized paper and fabric. The cellular images she sees at the lab have greatly influenced her art. Her ceramic pieces feature “asymmetrical carving” and are rarely standard shapes, such as squares or rectangles. “It’s very random,” she says. “It’s just a flow, like cells.” 64 / ’southern
Stay in TOUCH! Keep up with news from the Hilltop – and let us know what’s happening with you. THE BSC BLOG At blog.bsc.edu, you’ll find stories about alumni, student life, faculty achievements, and upcoming events. CLASS NOTES Monthly updates about BSC alumni and friends of the College are now online at blog.bsc.edu. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA! @birminghamsouthern @bscalums @birminghamsouthern @bsc_alumni FIVE EASY WAYS TO ENGAGE 1. Update your contact information at bsc.edu/alumni to provide a current address, phone, or email, share your current employment information, or notify us of a name change. 2. Submit a Class Note, news of career updates, weddings, births, and other life events at bsc.edu/alumni. 3. Honor a classmate. Nominate a graduate for the Distinguished Alumni Award or the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Nominations are made online beginning in January at bsc.edu/alumni. 4. Send us a future BSC student. Email our Admissions staff at admissions@bsc.edu with the names of the best students you know. 5. Help us tell BSC stories during the Year of the Ginkgo. Tell us about alumni, faculty, staff, or students who embody each of the words of the year – purpose, connection, resilience, caring, creativity, leadership, tenacity, and confidence. Who in your BSC circle exemplifies purpose? Who has shown tenacity or resilience in the face of challenge or has excelled as a leader? Who keeps you connected to the Hilltop, or demonstrates creativity or confidence? Who is living a life that shows caring for others? Email us at alumni@bsc.edu. Jack Dominick ’21, featured in Alumni Stories beginning on page 37, returned to campus to reprise his role as Dr. Herman von German. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Dominick’s Herman von German character helped the BSC communications department educate students, faculty, and staff on health tips and protocols. In fall <strong>2022</strong>, he returned to share fun facts about the ginkgo tree. Scan the QR code with your smartphone to watch his latest video. A special thank you to Logan Lowery ’22 and Adam Martin, a BSC senior, who collaborated with Dominick on the catchy theme song.
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