{"id":1609,"date":"2020-02-25T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2020-06-12T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T18:58:28","slug":"merle-phillips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/chemistry\/merle-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Merle Phillips"},"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=\"1\" data-speed=\"10000\"><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>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The success I\u2019ve managed to obtain as an undergraduate would not have been possible without the faculty at 大象传媒 Western.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Merle Phillips<\/strong>, <span>Chemistry<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/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> St. Joseph, 大象传媒<br \/>\n<strong>Major:<\/strong> Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike many students who enter college directly out of high school, chemistry major Merle Phillips returned to 大象传媒 Western after being in the workforce for four years. \u201cOver the span of my time in the workforce, I experienced the challenges of not having a college education, and realized that if I wanted to live to my full potential I would need to go back and put in the work to do so,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Merle put in the work. During his time at 大象传媒 Western, he has conducted award-winning research in cancer biology and secured a summer research internship at Harvard University. 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