Pep student accepted to Midwestern medical school
Watch out, world, here she comes.
Pepperdine senior Emily Touloukian was recently accepted into medical school at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Ill.
This sports medicine major said she was “very excited” to hear of her acceptance, just one day after her interview with the university.
Though Touloukian has not yet decided on a particular area of medicine she wishes to pursue, she said that she has always known she wanted to become a doctor.
“I’ve wanted it for as long as I can remember,” Touloukian said. “Both my parents are doctors, so it came from growing up watching them.”
Touloukian has already gotten a start in the field, doing an internship over the summer in orthopedics in her hometown of Bloomington, Ind.
This summer, Touloukian will work as a certified personal trainer before entering medical school in late August. She got the position as a trainer after passing the trainer certification exam given by the American Council on Exercise.
Touloukian is still waiting to hear whether she has been accepted into two other medical schools, at Northwestern and Indiana State.
When asked which of the three schools qualifies as her top choice, Touloukian said she is still undecided.
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The Pepperdine Writing Center has gotten wired. To the Internet, that is.
English professors and Writing Center directors Cynthia Cornell Novak and Katherine Dillon Gambill unveiled the center’s new Web site last week, and invited students to come celebrate the site’s revamping.
Students will now have the option to sign up to see a Writing Center tutor online, using a system much like the one in place for the speech lab.
The new writing center site was conceived and designed by junior Jim Albarano, and is accessible at writingcenter.pepperdine.edu.
Students can now log on to the site using their Pepperdine e-mail ID and six-letter password, under the domain of “student.” Non-students can log on as guests.
Also available on the site are tutor profiles, writing tips and MLA and APA style guides.
Though the site has been running only since students’ return to school after Spring Break, already it has received enthusiastic response. Students reported that signing up online makes it easier for them to schedule a Writing Center appointment.
March 14, 2002