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Allison Shultz

Allison Shultz

Allison Shultz Allison Shultz got involved in the MVZ in the Spring of 2006, and has been since that time. It began with her enrollment in the “Natural History of Vertebrates” class that spring, followed by her participation in the Grinnell

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Rika Setsuda

Rika Setsuda

Rika Setsuda Rika Setsuda began her involvement during her second year in the fall of 2005.  She started as a bone numberer in the curatorial area. She then was hired as a curatorial assistant in either herps and/or mammals from the

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Melissa Preston

Melissa Preston

Melissa Preston Melissa Preston started her involvement in the MVZ in the spring of 2005, her sophomore year. From the spring of 2005 to the spring of 2007, she was a “tuco-wrangler” for Professor Eileen Lacey.  She also helped on CalDay

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Hannah Park

Hannah Park

Hannah Park Hannah Park began volunteering in the MVZ Prep Lab, which she heard of through the student Pre-Vet Club on campus, when she was a freshman in the spring of 2007. She continued her involvement in the MVZ Prep

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Christina Moore

Christina Moore

Christina Moore Christina Moore was involved in the MVZ-BSP Internship program during the Fall 2006. She took the “General Comparison and Diversity in Vertebrate Anatomy” course, and used it to refine her interests in biology. Her experience at the MVZ helped

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Katharine Lovett

Katharine Lovett

Katharine Lovett Katharine Lovett started working the the MVZ during the fall of her sophomore year, 2006. She mostly focused on developing her specimen preparation skills down in the Prep Lab, which she still participates in today, but she also

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