Student Success Statement # 7

 Chris Mishak, who earned a degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from DCCC in 1998, is the second MLT graduate from DCCC to be accepted into physician assistant’s school.

 In August 2011, Mishak will begin studying at Emory University in Atlanta to become a physician’s assistant.

 He says DCCC prepared him well to transfer to Winston-Salem State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in clinical laboratory science in 2004. Since then, he has worked in the lab at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

“I learned pretty much everything that I needed to know about laboratorial science at DCCC. Many of the clinical applications that I learned there I still use today either in my medical applications that I learned there I still use today either in my medical volunteering in phlebotomy or in the duties of my current job, which includes training new technologists on cell identification,” said Mishak.

 It is pretty easy to be successful in school. If student s work hard and honorably, it’s not difficult at all. All students need to do is study, put in the time; it is a simple as that. If students aren’t willing to study now, it will be very difficult to develop this habit later on. Therefore, I suggest that students work hard in their studies and at being good at being good people, doing the right thing that doesn’t get them into trouble at school. By doing so, they will enjoy success during their high school years and their lifetime.

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