The WAA - Seattle Chapter 2006 and 2008 Scholorship Fund was awarded to Jessica Holliday. She has sent us the following note.

Dear WAA - Seattle Chapter!

I just finished my winter semester at the University of Wisconsin and am writing to inform you of my progress. Last semester, I was enrolled in Italian Literature in Translation 254, Abnormal psychology 509 Animal Biology 101 and 102 and was also a part of the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (ILS 250). I was successful in all of these classes and ended the term with a 4.0 and made the deans list. Thanks to my scholarship I did not have to wash dishes in the cafeteria and instead was able to work as a research assistant in a lab. Through the undergraduate research scholars program I was an assistant to Dr. Cai in the physiology department of the medical school. I worked in his lab for 10 hours a week investigating the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes. I do everything from feeding and weighing mice to testing their glucose levels to genotyping them. My work in the lab will cumulate when I present my findings at the Undergraduate Symposium in April. also plan on participating in the Polar Plunge this February, (where I jump into frozen over lake Mendota to raise money for the Special Olympics) as well as remaining an active part of my sorority, Pi Beta Phi. The spring semester I will be taking Psychology Statistics 210, Zoology 611, Botany 130, ILS 250, and African American Art History 242. I look forward to the challenges these new classes will bring and expect to meet them with success. I continue to appreciate the opportunities your generosity has given me to focus more on academic endeavors.

Sincerely,
Jessica Holliday