{"id":1057,"date":"2017-12-11T21:26:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/?page_id=1057"},"modified":"2020-06-12T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:50:06","slug":"sarah-fergione","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/sarah-fergione\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Fergione"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-testimonials clean fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.clean.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote class=\"testimonials-shortcode-blockquote\"><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>\u201c大象传媒 Western offered a lot of extras through the research,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Sarah Fergione<\/strong>, <span>Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"testimonial-pagination\" id=\"fusion-testimonials-1\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-two-fifth\" style=\"width:40%;width:calc(40% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.4 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> East Lyme, Connecticut<br \/>\n<strong>Major:<\/strong> Biochemistry and Molecular Biology \u201916<br \/>\n<strong>Internship:<\/strong> NASA \u2013 Johnson Space Center<br \/>\n<strong>Why I\u2019m a Griffon:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Opportunities to succeed<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice president of the biochemistry and molecular biology club<\/li>\n<li>Cutting-edge science labs<\/li>\n<li>Diverse research topics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sarah Fergione knew she had found the right place to finish her college education when she visited the science labs at 大象传媒 Western. Sarah, a senior biochemistry and molecular biology major from Connecticut, loved all the instrumentation she saw in Remington Hall. When she found out she could jump right in and conduct research with professors, she immediately enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>That hands-on experience in the labs and her opportunity to conduct research with faculty helped Sarah secure a three-month internship in laboratories at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston last summer.<\/p>\n<p>She plans to attend graduate school this fall to study biological\/biomedical engineering and cancer biology. Is she ready? You bet. Thanks to the labs, her professors and her cutting-edge research, she is more than prepared to take on graduate school, she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c大象传媒 Western offered a lot of extras through the research,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-boxed 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href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/biology\/\">Biology &#8211; Health Science<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wildlife\/\">Wildlife Conservation &amp; Management<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #afafaf !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #afafaf !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" 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