Scholarship Winners - Where are they Now?
Gene Benevenia, Beta Pi ’59 sponsored his granddaughter Nicole Salmen (2010).
Nicole, who graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS in Physiology and a BA in Spanish. As an undergraduate she was President of the Physiology Club, a personal caretaker for a special needs senior, spent one summer working in a Honduran eye clinic, and another summer working in a Mexican clinic under the Flying Samaritans program.
Nicole later received a Master’s degree from Long Island University in Medical Biology, and was recognized as the Most Outstanding student in her program.
Since 2015 she has been a Professor at Manhattan Community College teaching Chemistry to nursing students. She will be attending the Saint George University Medical School in Granada later this year with the hope of becoming a surgeon.
Nicole, who graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS in Physiology and a BA in Spanish. As an undergraduate she was President of the Physiology Club, a personal caretaker for a special needs senior, spent one summer working in a Honduran eye clinic, and another summer working in a Mexican clinic under the Flying Samaritans program.
Nicole later received a Master’s degree from Long Island University in Medical Biology, and was recognized as the Most Outstanding student in her program.
Since 2015 she has been a Professor at Manhattan Community College teaching Chemistry to nursing students. She will be attending the Saint George University Medical School in Granada later this year with the hope of becoming a surgeon.
