{"id":66873,"date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/hopkinton-resident-returned-to-college-at-urging-of-graduating-son\/"},"modified":"2006-03-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T00:00:00","slug":"hopkinton-resident-returned-to-college-at-urging-of-graduating-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/03\/hopkinton-resident-returned-to-college-at-urging-of-graduating-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopkinton resident returned to college at urging of graduating son"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 student merges Native American traditions

\nwith high-tech training in pursuit of biotech career<\/p>\n


\nPROVIDENCE, R.I. — March 16, 2006 — The traditional Narragansett Indian culture plays a vital role in Wanda Hopkins\u2019 daily life. She is on the board of the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum in Exeter and serves as treasurer of the tribe\u2019s JOM Parent Education Committee. She enrolled her two children in the Narragansett\u2019s Nuweetooun School in Exeter, and two of them continue to demonstrate their skills as traditional dancers during pow-wow season. <\/p>\n


\n\tBut Hopkins also has one foot in the high-tech world of biotechnology and hopes to soon land a job at pharmaceutical giant Amgen. She is nearing completion of her first year in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s biotechnology manufacturing program.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI don\u2019t see a contradiction between Native American knowledge of Mother Earth and the \u2018new world\u2019 of biotechnology,\u201d said the Hopkinton resident. \u201cI view it as the world of science catching up with ancient wisdom. My ancestors tried to communicate the importance of life that existed in the wind, water, plants, etc. I was taught to respect Mother Earth and all of the creatures. We must coexist because life is in many things and we are interdependent in the natural world. I don’t know how the ancestors knew about life they could not see with the naked eye, but whenever I see life teeming in a drop of water under the microscope, I honor their wisdom all the more.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIt was her son Mack who, upon his graduation from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2004, encouraged Hopkins to return to college after a nearly 20 year absence. \u201cI was a full-time mom, but I was very involved in the whole educational process as I watched my children grow,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cWhen I saw a story about the 溏心vlog免费B站 biotech program, I knew that was for me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tLaunched in 2003 at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Providence Campus, the biotech manufacturing program features a rigorous curriculum that begins with two semesters of full-time study followed by a summer internship at a biotechnology company in the area. Following the internship, most students go to work full-time in the industry and complete their bachelor\u2019s degree as part-time students. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe best part of the program is that we do a lot of hands on learning that is very practical,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cAfter every lecture we have a lab, so what we learn in the lecture we get to apply right away.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHopkins added that the coursework, which includes biology, chemistry, biotechnology methods, computer science and math, is very challenging and the pace is quite accelerated. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhen I first started the program, I thought my professors were speaking another language,\u201d she said, \u201cand now I know they really were. I\u2019ve learned many new scientific terms and techniques for studying the world around me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTo help her through the challenging program, Hopkins is pleased that she has a good support system: \u201ca wonderfully supportive husband, who was the reason I was able to go back to school, and my mom, who just moved in with us and has been helpful in keeping our family life stable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\n\tBeyond the support from her family, her fellow students also provide invaluable support. \u201cOut of necessity, you need to communicate and interact with fellow students in the classroom and share information to get through the program,\u201d Hopkins explained. \u201cA lot of us have the same kinds of challenges with home life and work, and we\u2019re able to support each other by listening.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe program definitely fosters a great deal of unity among the students,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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