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“My honor thesis topic lead me to four months of fieldwork in a remote county in Yunnan Province, Western China.”
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Yafu Zhu ’16
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“My honor thesis topic lead me to four months of fieldwork in a remote county in Yunnan Province, Western China.”
At Mount Holyoke I have been able to engage with my professors and peers in meaningful discussion of course material and have been encouraged to pursue my own interests in the field.
"As an intern, I met astronomy researchers and presented my findings at 2016 Division of Planetary Science conference."
With the generous support of my professors, I turned what I considered a strange film obsession into an unconventional career.
By engaging people in our communities and together promoting environmental awareness, we can make a real difference.
My house has grown from a non-linear network of human interaction, books, coursework, resource flows, and online inspiration.
Twenty years ago, the History Department prepared me for an academic career, It’s difficult to overstate how grateful I am.
In four days I preserved boxes of letters and this project became my honors thesis on the efforts of Frances Perkins to aid refugees.
My experiences studying Italian at Mount Holyoke, interning at Universita' Ca' Foscari, studying abroad at the Universita' di Bologna, and working as an Italian tutor have all added up to be unforgettable and priceless experiences in my life.
I was encouraged by my advisors and professors of biochemistry, Drs. Lilian Hsu and Kathryn McMenimen, to pursue internships outside Mount Holyoke to amass technical skills and build connections which proved pivotal in gaining acceptance at the Mayo Graduate School.