Students in the Spotlight : UL College of Sciences

Outstanding Graduate for Fall 2010

Andrea Lewis
Selected as the Outstanding Graduate for Spring 2010 for the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences was Andrea Lewis. Ms. Lewis completed the requirements for a degree of Bachelor of Science, majoring in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry.

During her time at UL, Ms. Lewis was actively involved with several activities on campus. She was a member of the Biology Society, Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. She also served as an athletic academic coach for Ragin' Cajun student athletes. Additionally, she volunteered with Hearts of Hope, United Way, Kumon Learning Center, Amelia Manor Nursing Home, Lady of the Oaks, Girl Scouts of America, Acadiana C.A.R.E.S., Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics and Good Hope Baptist Church.

During her time a UL, Ms. Lewis was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and a Louis Stokes-Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation Scholar. She was a research assistant in 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to that, she was a research assistant at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center.

After graduation, Ms. Lewis plans on completing a one-year internship with the National Institute of Health in Maryland. She hopes to obtain her M.D./Ph.D. at Emory University in Georgia.