Department of Biology

Alumni

There are many career opportunities for students who choose to major in biology. Wittenberg biology graduates are working in a variety of fields directly after graduation. Some examples of their positions are:

Sample Job Placement

Japanese Exchange Teachers program - Japan	Licking County Coordinator for the Central Ohio Diabetes Association
Product Manager, Life Sciences Division, Applied Precision, L.L.C.	Biology teacher, Tecumseh High School
Naturalist, Chicago Park District	Internship, Marine Education Center and Aquarium, University of Georgia
Marine Educator, North Carolina Aquarium	Internship, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Alabama
Biochemistry lab technician Case Western Reserve University	Internship, Cincinnati Zoo
Internship, Shedd Aquarium in Chicago	Chemistry teacher, Graham High School
Recruiter, US Navy Marine Mammal Program	Lab Technician, Cincinnati Medical Center
Pharmaceutical representative Eli Lilly	Career Counselor, School of Business at The Ohio State University Lab technician, Loma Linda

Sample Graduate School

Many of our majors continue their academic careers in graduate schools in their own fields of interest. Some of the students who go to graduate school become college professor; others join industrial research teams or work for government agencies. Recent biology majors pursuing graduate studies have enrolled in graduate programs such as:

Brigham Young University,Nutrition	Clemson University, Biology
Duke University, Coastal Environmental Management	Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Northwestern University,Bioinformatics	Nova Southeastern University,Marine Biology/Marine Environmental Science
Ohio State University;Immunology, Higher Education, Natural Resources	Old Dominion University,Oceanography
Purdue University, Plant Breeding and Genetics	SUNY-Buffalo, Cognitive Psychology/Animal Cognition
University of California, Irvine,Ecology	University of Florida, Marine Science
University of Michigan,Neuroscience	University of Minnesota, Wildlife Ecology
University of New Mexico,Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	University of South Alabama,Marine Science
University of South Florida, Cancer	University of Wisconsin, Madison,Zoology

Pre-Health Professions

Many of our students are interested in some aspect of the medical profession. Dr. Pederson leads the pre-health advising program and has contacts nationwide in professional schools. Students interested in attending medical, veterinary, dental, or optometry or other health professional schools work closely with Dr. Pederson in order to obtain placement. A sampling of some medically related professional schools attended by Wittenberg graduates in recent years:

Case Western Reserve University, dentistry, medicine, nursing	University of Cincinnati, medicine, pharmacy
Cornell University, veterinary	Dartmouth College, medicine
Indiana University, dentistry, medicine	Illinois College, optometry
Johns Hopkins, nursing	Loyola University, medicine
Medical College of Ohio,medicine, physical assistant	Michigan state, medicine
Midwestern, physical assistant	Northwestern, medicine
The Ohio State University,dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, veterinary	Ohio University, medicine
The Pennsylvania State University, medicine	University of Pennsylvania,optometry, veterinary
Purdue, veterinary	Vanderbilt University, medicine
Washington University,occupational therapy, physical therapy	West Virginia University,medicine
Wright State University, medicine

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