Faculty mentors connect students to research.
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| Bethany Davis |
A career in science wasn’t the first thing on the horizon for Bethany Davis, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa who grew up in Belcourt, N.D.
“When I first started looking at career choices, I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that I wanted to give back to the reservation,” said Davis, a senior at the University of North Dakota majoring in biology and pre-med studies.
“Then I thought about becoming a physician, and that’s why I went into biology,” Davis said.
But it wasn’t until her sophomore year at UND that Davis discovered the joys of research.
“I heard from a friend about Dr. Van Doze in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and that he offered undergraduates research experience,” said Davis, whose mother is a special education teacher on her home reservation. “I still work with him—this is my third summer working in his lab. It’s a terrific experience.”
