September Student of the Month
Elizabeth Self
Name: Elizabeth Self
Major/Minors: Liberal Studies (Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Accounting)
School: Arts and Sciences
Why she was selected...
Over this Summer, Elizabeth help to create a new chapter of the charity Operation Smile in Kentucky through the University of Louisville. It began as an extension of IMA, but is now becoming its own RSO. The charity goes to third world countries to perform craniofacial sugeries on children who could never afford the procedures. She has undergone serious medical training to go assist physicians on mission trips and worked to raise money in the Louisville area for the charity. She has organized fund raising nights at various restaurants, such as California Pizza Kitchen, where they will donate 20% of each meal to the charity. Elizabeth is hoping to raise awareness about the charity at the University and urge other students to go on missions to help those in heed.
In addition, she works tirelessly at her studies. She is dedicated in her research in the University of Louisville's Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department and is hoping to locate a tumor suppressor gene for ovarian cancer and first author a publication about her findings.
Awards & honors
Winner of Transylvania University Literary Award (2007)
List of Involvement and Activities
Member of Phi Delta Epsilon (Medical Fraternity)
Recruitment Committee, Honors Student Council
Director of Honors Literary Publication
Freshman Guide
Secretary of College Republicans
Louisville Victory Office Correspondent
Represented UofL at Conservative Political Action Committee 2008 in D.C
Worked directly for Senator McConnel's campaign
Planned Legacy Dinner 2008
Peer Health Advocate Volunteer
Co-founder and Vice President of the Charity Operation Smile (First Kentucky Chapter)
Attended 2008 Internationl Student Leadership Conference in San Diego for Mission Training
Research Assistant in Biobehavioral Research Laboratory (Fall 2007-present)
assist in TA responsibilities in the department of psychological and brain sciences
First Author Investigator in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the Medical School on miRNA and Ovarian Cancer (May 2008-present)
