During her time at Emmanuel, Michelle Church has aimed to be well-rounded—in her academics, in her co-curricular activities and in her approach to finding the right fit for her career aspirations.
A four-year volleyball player in high school, Michelle found her first Emmanuel family on the court. “I learned a lot about life playing volleyball at Emmanuel,” says the Saints defensive specialist, who made the GNAC Academic All-Conference team during her junior year. “It’s where I found my EC first family, and they taught me a lot about hard work and teamwork.”
While her teammates are her second family, Boston is her second home. A housing assistant in the Office of Residence Life, Michelle resides on campus over the summer, serving as a full-time campus ambassador and resource for the College’s summer residents and guests. “I’ve loved staying in Boston,” she says. “It made it feel like my town. I explored as much as I could.” During the academic year, she works as an office assistant, providing administrative support and service to the staff and residents of Emmanuel’s 18-story, apartment-style residence hall.
As a research trainee in the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, she gained both hands-on experience and a deepened knowledge of neuroscience through reviewing literature, participating in lab meetings, attending scanning sessions and practicing how to design an experiment and present research findings.
Michelle came to Emmanuel interested in both biology and psychology and found the ideal interdisciplinary curriculum within the neuroscience program. “I am really interested in the brain-body connection,” she says.
To help discover her potential career path, Michelle gained both research- and clinical-oriented internships in some of Boston’s leading hospitals.
Michelle’s twin sister, Carly, is also a Saint—they have playing alongside one other on the volleyball team for the past four years.
But as a self-described “people person,” Michelle most enjoys working in a clinical environment, where it’s “fast-paced and hands-on.” As a current intern in radiology administration at Tufts Medical Center, Michelle observes imaging scans across departments, completes quality assurance reports for the department and attends wide-ranging “grand rounds” lectures.
Since graduation, Michelle has worked as a clinical systems support analyst in anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital. She plans to continue to her career in health care, particularly in promoting health and wellness for all.
When it came time to search for an internship, Philip decided to go big—and looked to the accounting industry’s Big 4 of Deloitte, EY, PwC and KPMG, each of which has a Boston-based office just a few miles from campus.
Katherine’s foray into biology might seem an unlikely one for a future dentist.
As a future educator, Jonathan understands there is a lesson to be learned in everything.
For career inspiration, Erin looked no further than her family of first responders and their calling to “help people on their worst days.”
During the Fall 2022 semester, MacDonald and her research team of psychology majors Madeline Bradley ’23 and Matthew Lemansky ’23 (pictured) investigated the lived experiences of participants in an 8-week mindfulness training program.
One transformative high school law class changed Alyssa’s college plans from STEM to political science.
Nick grew up in a family of medical professionals—his mother and grandmother are both nurses and his father is a paramedic. “I’ve always been surrounded with medical jargon and stories of health incidents, crises, and the rewarding benefits of providing care,” he said.
Emmanuel College is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through the Cummings Foundation’s $25 Million Grant Program.
Counseling & health psychology major Christine came to Emmanuel knowing she wanted to pursue a career in health care, and the College’s opportunities and connections for students interested in the field—as well as a neuroscience course she attended at EC Incoming—made the decision an easy one.
When asking secondary education and biology double major Angela Girodier '22 if she’s more passionate about research or teaching, she quickly and emphatically says “both.”
From an early age, Campbell Shealy '22 was interested in two things—living in a big city and numbers.
One way that people’s body dissatisfaction is socially expressed is through engaging in negative conversations with friends regarding how unhappy they are with their bodies.
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