Megan Lee

Academics

• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Genetics & Cell Biology
• Colville, Washington

Involvement

Air Force ROTC Cadet, Cadet of the Year; Scholastic Excellence Cadet; Superior Performance; director of staff; WSU Women’s Rowing, Pac-12 rowing championship finalist; wildland firefighter; student ambassador, student assistant coordinator, teaching assistant, and research assistant; shadowed at Providence Mount Carmel Hospital, Pullman Regional Hospital and Palouse Medical; volunteer at Senior Chore Center, Kindred Hospice, and Whitman County Humane Society; ranch hand and orchard worker

Favorite WSU experience

The people. The family aspect of everything really blew me out of the water. Everyone is so kind here, it’s a cool town built around the college so everyone is so close-knit, and that has been my favorite thing about WSU, the community and the people. The Pullman community has been really influential in my personal development, with all the people I’ve been able to meet and volunteer with. My roommates turned out to be my best friends, and we would take camping trips to Elk River Falls and go skiing and sledding at the golf course at night.

Future plans

I will be attending the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in the fall to become a doctor. I want to work in rural communities, and their mission and vision is exactly what I wanted to do in medicine. The people are awesome. I’ve been able to meet them and it was an easy choice for me. I secured the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship, which gives me a full ride to medical school in return for eight years of active duty after completing school. So, in about 12 years, I hope to be a physician in underserved rural areas, preferably in Washington.