Felicia Walton, Duke '07

Felicia is one of RISE's illustrious Teaching Assistants in the LEAP program for local area high school students. A double biology and chemistry major, Felicia has won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship for two years of graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. While at Duke, she has been supported by a number of awards, including a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, an American Society of Microbiology Research Fellowship and a Trinity College Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship. Felicia has also taught and mentored Durham public school students in mathematics during the academic year and summer.

Margaret Wat, Duke '05

Margaret, an outstanding student in Pharmacology 150 at Duke, was selected to be one of the top 20 students in the 2005 College Academic Team by USA Today. Margaret has attended Duke on an A.B. Duke Memorial Scholarship and she was a two-time Goldwater Scholar for her research in genetics and embryonic stem cells. She has been named Phi Beta Kappa for her outstanding academic achievements. Margaret plans a career as a physician-scientist.

Patricia Ligon, Chemistry Teacher

Pat Ligon is a chemistry teacher at Broughton High School in Raleigh, NC. She was a participating teacher in the Pharmacology Education Partnership (PEP). Based on her PEP experience, she won a prestigious Kenan Fellowship in 2002 from NC State University to develop a curriculum for high school chemistry and biology called "Chemistry Applications: Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Forensics." Pat has presented her curriculum at national meetings such as ChemEd and National Science Teachers Association meetings."

Margaret Cannady, Chemistry Teacher

Margaret Cannady is a chemistry teacher at the Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC. She attended a PEP professional development workshop at the NC Science Teachers Association meeting. After the workshop, Margaret developed a full-credit semester course in Pharmacology for high school students. This year, the course and students were featured in a "Whole Class Discussion" portfolio (including video) for her work on National Board Teacher Certification. Margaret has presented her course at a workshop at the ChemEd meeting.

Emily Heikamp, Duke '05

Emily, an outstanding student in Pharmacology 150 at Duke, won a Marshall Scholarship to do graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. Emily, who has attended Duke on an A.B. Duke Memorial Scholarship, was also awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for her resarch in immunology, and a Faculty Scholar Award from the Department of Biology. Emily served as a Teaching Assistant for the summer Duke TIP course in genetics for 9th and 10th grade students. She hope to teach undergraduate students in the future.

Joseph Babcock, Duke '07

Joseph is a double major in Biology and Chemistry and is the recipient of an Angier B. Duke Scholarship and a Goldwater Scholarship. Over the last year, he has engaged in RISE's Independent Study in Science Education (Pharm 197/198) to develop an elective course for high school biology titled, "Infectious Diseases: Superbugs, Science, and Society". Based on this and other projects, Joseph was just awarded a spot on the USA Today Allstars Team. In his spare time, Joseph is the editor for Vertices (Duke's Undergraduate Journal of Science Research), and The Blind Spot (Duke's Sci-fi Literary Magazine). He is hoping to publish his three hundred page science fiction novel soon! After graduation, Joseph will attend graduate school in the field of molecular neuropathology. Hopefully he will cure Alzheimer's Disease.