A Wheaton education can take one in unexpected directions. Just ask Rebecca Harvey ’08.
Rebecca Harvey '08
When Harvey arrived at Wheaton as a freshman, she was planning to pursue a career in dentistry. Today she is an ecological manager at the Squam Lakes Association in New Hampshire, where she monitors water quality, researches environmental issues and leads educational outreach for the nonprofit conservation group.
Growing up in southern Maine, Harvey had never considered such a career, although she had volunteered for an animal refuge and enjoyed her AP chemistry class. An internship helped change her mind.
Wheaton had awarded her a Trustee Scholarship, which includes a stipend to pay for a summer experience. During Harvey’s sophomore year, biology professor Barbara Brennessel suggested to her that she use it to intern at the Cape Cod National Seashore, where Brennessel has done research. [Read more...]
Last spring, when Colleen Cavanaugh ’76 was choreographing an adaptation of Pippi Longstocking for the professional dance company Festival Ballet Providence in Rhode Island, she would sometimes arrive just as rehearsal began dressed in scrubs, the pajama-like outfits worn by doctors and nurses.
