Jessa Davis ’08, from Canton, NY: St. Lawrence
has been a window to the world. Jessa certainly has no regrets about
having chosen a school so close to home, since she’s had the
chance to see a big part of the world as a college student,
studying in Kenya for a semester
in 2005. “It was the most amazing experience of my
life. I learned a lot about myself, my environment and possibilities
that lie outside the North Country,” the Hugh C. Williams
High School graduate says.
Jessa recommends other North Country students at St. Lawrence to
use the university’s international opportunities so as to experience
different cultures and to interact with the diverse array of students
represented on campus. She acknowledges that “the North Country
does not have much to offer in diversity from a demographic perspective.
So, take advantage of what St. Lawrence offers you.”
Jessa, who majors in biology and anthropology, is
also a McNair Scholar (a federal program that supports
underrepresented students who plan to pursue doctoral work) and is
working with Dr. Aswini Pai on a research entitled ‘A Comparative
Analysis of African and Asian Health Care Practices in relation to
Malaria’. She thoroughly enjoys working with a mentor professor. “I
get to choose my course of action yet get guidance whenever there
is a need.”
Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field, the Class Council, and the Collegiate
Science and Technology Entry Program are other campus commitments
for Jessa, who is planning to attend graduate school in California,
Florida or Hawaii for medical ecology and/or ethno pharmacology.
