HIGH POINT, N.C., Aug. 5, 2009 – ChelSea White, a senior majoring in chemistry and business at High Point University, recently took part in a challenging internship in the Greenville County Enforcement Center crime lab in Greenville, S.C.
“I did chemical tests on drugs and also went with a crime scene employee to an autopsy for clothes and fingerprints,” says White. “I worked on ballistics to check if the guns were working and functional, and also attended court with my supervisor, where he was questioned about the drugs he tested.”
White says her HPU chemistry classes helped prepare her for this experience, because of the chemicals and instruments used with the drug tests.
The experience has her even more convinced that this is what she wants to do upon graduation.
“I hope to do something with forensics,” she says.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu.
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