Biological Sciences Alumni

April 26, 2010— When she graduated from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, Eva Szyszkoski had never seen a whooping crane. Now, as tracking field manager for the International Crane Foundation (ICF), she migrates with the big white birds each year from southern Wisconsin to Florida and back to Wisconsin, monitoring and tracking the Eastern Migratory Population . . .

Gary Fahnenstiel was born in Saginaw, Michigan and has lived in the state his entire life. Gary earned his BS in Biology and Chemistry at Eastern Michigan University in 1978, but his vocation started at Michigan Technological University, where he had the chance to engage in research on Lake Superior as a MS student in Biological Sciences (’80). He pursued a doctorate at the University of Michigan (’86) . . .

Susan graduated from Michigan Tech in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology. In 1977 she received a master’s degree in Biological Sciences (also from Tech) and then attended and completed medical school at the University of Michigan in 1981. Upon receiving her medical degree she trained in family and preventive medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. While there she completed . . .