MultiDisciplinary
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
By Alexis Jenkins
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Alexis Jenkins definitely is very active from the start. Sports have always been her passion; growing up, you could always catch her outside at the softball field playing with her high school, tournament team, or family. This all was until she had an almost career-ending injury occur not just once but twice. Luckily, she could continue to play two years of college softball, but she always wondered why tearing your ACL, also known as your Anterior Cruciate Ligament, was such a big deal. Now years later, she is a Senior here at Millersville studying Sports Journalism. After graduation, she plans to work her way into the ESPN world to eventually become an ESPN Broadcast Journalist.
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CROSS TRUESDELL
My name is Cross Truesdell and I am a junior seeking a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology. I am currently in the Millersville Honors College and plan to fulfill my honors and departmental thesis through this research. I plan to accomplish this through Dr. John Hoover who is both my advisor and my independent study supervisor. I am conducting this study not only for the completion of my thesis but to expand my knowledge in a field that is unknown to me. I took a particular interest in the field of behavioral neuroscience because I believe that learning its pathophysiology and process’s will help me succeed in my future career. It will also better prepare for medical school and allow me to stand out as an applicant. Through this long and rewarding process, I hope to exceed my limits and achieve goals that I thought I could never reach. In the end I hope to provide results through research and experimentation that will benefit our community.