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Kaitlyn Malone '09 Engineering Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska |
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When she was growing up in Lincoln, Kaitlyn Malone dreamed of winning a Nobel Prize. Now that Kaitlyn is a biomedical engineering student in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, she knows that no dream is too big to realize if you have the support you need. Thanks in part to private support from generous contributors, she feels empowered to become an engineer . . . and something more. For Kaitlyn, "something more" means a dream to go to medical school and to put her engineering and problem-solving skills to work treating patients. "I chose the UI because of all the great opportunities available for undergrads. We have as many opportunities to get involved with research as graduate students do. It feels like a private college, even though we have the resources of a Big Ten school" -- resources provided, in large part, by gifts from private contributors to the college. Scholarship support helped Kaitlyn make the decision to come to Iowa for her education. Her scholarships (in her freshman year, a UI Valedictorian Scholarship, a National Scholars Award, and two awards from the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Gift Fund) have helped not only by defraying the considerable cost of out-of-state tuition, but also because they make her feel valued, supported, and encouraged. With help from the college's distinctive, privately supported resources like the Hanson Center for Technical Communication, Student Development Center, and Student Leadership Institute, Kaitlyn feels that she's studying in an environment created to breed success. "The college really wants students to succeed," Kaitlyn says, "and we have the tools and the support to make that happen." She calls contributors to the college the "unsung heroes" in her education, and hopes to join their ranks as soon as she's able. "There's nothing more valuable than education. I'd like to help students after me in the way that I've been helped."
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