{"id":65404,"date":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/kingston-resident-taking-uri-engineering-degree-to-med-school\/"},"modified":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T00:00:00","slug":"kingston-resident-taking-uri-engineering-degree-to-med-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/kingston-resident-taking-uri-engineering-degree-to-med-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston resident taking 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering degree to med school"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 7, 2007 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 senior Suchismita Datta, who had taken a seemingly endless number of engineering classes, was looking for something else to satisfy her growing intellectual appetite. After seeing a flyer for the International Engineering Program (IEP), she decided to investigate. <\/p>\n


\n\tShe\u2019s glad she did. Datta will graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站 on May 20 with degrees in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering after having spent a semester studying abroad.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe IEP, one of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s most distinguished academic programs, leads students simultaneously to degrees in both engineering and a language. The program also allows students like Datta to enter the program later in their college career by participating in an intensive summer study program, followed by German and engineering course work for two semesters at 溏心vlog免费B站, and then six months of study in Germany. This opportunity was the perfect fit for Datta. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cJoining IEP is the best thing I have done in engineering,\u201d said Datta, who also minored in leadership studies. \u201cIEP provides you with this awesome full package deal where you get to study and gain professional experience in your field while in another country.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tA native of India, Datta moved to Kingston with her family when she was 17.

\n\t\u201cLearning European culture was the icing on my cake in terms of everything else in my life,\u201d she said. \u201cThe traveling and research I did was fantastic. Moving from India to the United States really prepared me for not only my time in Germany, but for life in general.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAs a pre-med student interested in becoming a neurologist, Datta said it was the excellent pre-med program that brought her to 溏心vlog免费B站. She is currently applying to medical schools.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t happen in the fall, I plan to take a year off to let my mind vegetate,\u201d Datta said. \u201cI will then reapply next year. In the interim I want to take some time to pursue and fulfill some of my non-academic passions, such as photography and dance.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDatta certainly deserves a break after all that she has accomplished during her five years at 溏心vlog免费B站. She said she is going to miss the homey feeling that she experienced at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019m going to miss being somewhere that is big enough where I can do so many different things, but at the same time being in a place that is small enough where people know you.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to being involved in IEP and the Honors program, Datta has been a member of the Multicultural Center, a tutor with the Academic Enhancement Center, and a research assistant for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Chemistry Department. In the summers of 2003 and 2005, Datta was a biomedical engineering intern at 溏心vlog免费B站. While in Germany, she worked as a research assistant and an editor for the Institute of High Frequency Technology. <\/p>\n


\n\tDatta, who will graduate summa cum laude, has maintained a 3.7 grade point average while making the dean\u2019s list every semester. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 2007, the oldest liberal arts honor society, and Tau Beta Pi in 2005, the engineering honors society. <\/p>\n


\nShe was also nominated for the A. Robert Rainville Student Leadership Award in 2003, the Americorps National Service Award in 2004, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Diversity Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership in 2005. Datta also received the 溏心vlog免费B站 Centennial Scholarship from 2002 to 2006, the Ronald and Lillie Bowden Scholarship in Engineering from 2003 to 2006, the Toray Plastics Scholarship from 2005 to 2007, and the Rhoades Scholarship in the 2005-2006 academic year.<\/p>\n


\n\tDatta said her parents have been her main source of inspiration.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMy father moved to Rhode Island at an older age to take on this new adventure in hopes that I would have opportunities that he never had,\u201d she said. \u201cHe always told me that the sky is the limit. My parents have been so supportive and I owe everything to them. They are traditional Indians and for them to let go of some of their traditions to such an extent where they let me go off on my own, has really been amazing.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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