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Making Their Mark<\/strong><\/a> is a Newscenter series of profiles celebrating members of Rochester\u2019s graduating class of 2019.<\/em><\/h4>\n
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Three questions
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Favorite class?<\/strong> \u201cFluid Dynamics, taught by David Foster. I really enjoyed this class because I could imagine how fluid dynamics is applied to my everyday life. I also liked Biomaterials, taught by Catherine Kuo, because of the mixture between biology, chemistry, and materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite tradition?<\/strong> \u201cAll of the special weekends\u2014FallFest, WinterFest, and SpringFest. I loved them because we received gifts. I have a Rochester pride sweater, and I\u2019ve been waiting for it since my freshman year. It\u2019s not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite spot on campus?<\/strong> \u201cThe Ruth Merrill Center in Wilson Commons. It\u2019s the perfect place to get in a quick nap or finish up some work in a comfortable environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kharimat Alatise has known since middle school that she would attend college, but she never dreamed of the world awaiting after graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents came to America from Nigeria when my mother was pregnant with me,\u201d the biomedical engineering major says. \u201cNo one in my family had ever gone to college, but my parents instilled in me that education would be my key to success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mother and father knew best. Alatise became a McNair Scholar through the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity<\/a>, learning professional development and graduate school exam preparation. Perhaps most important of all, the once introverted Hartford, Connecticut, native became a confident woman with a limitless future. She joined the National Society of Black Engineers<\/a> and Ma\u2019Frisah West African dance group<\/a>, became president of the Pi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and served as a chemistry teaching assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know where I would be without the McNair program,\u201d she says. \u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t have gotten into research as an undergraduate. The Kearns Center has helped in ways I can\u2019t imagine. The University is a place where you feel you can do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

This fall, Alatise will head to Clemson University to pursue her master\u2019s and doctorate degrees in biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even know what BME was in high school,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I thought, \u2018I like math, I like science, I like medicine. How can I put these all together?\u2019 I did a Google search and \u2018biomedical engineering\u2019 came up.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Clemson, Alatise will be a \u201cscientist in training,\u201d conducting research with the goal of becoming a professor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to mentor students like myself,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve had many great professors, but none that look like me. I want to be a role model to first-generation and minority students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alatise says her proud parents have literally been counting the days until Commencement, and she can\u2019t wait to share the moment with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs much as I deserve it, they deserve it too,\u201d she says. \u201cThis degree is for my parents. The next one is for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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