One of ULM's 2015 President's Academy students has decided to go into the medical field after spending a full day at St. Francis Hospital.
She gently pressed her eyes against the delicate lens of a microscope. After a little tuning and adjusting, she saw her destiny right before her very eyes.
Hannah Heyl didn't know what to expect as she stepped through the doors of St. Francis Hospital Tuesday.
She entered anxiously as she imagined what it would be like to work in a hospital.
"I've never been behind the 'employees only' doors, so I didn't know what I was going to see," Heyl said.
By the end of the day, Heyl had seen enough. She knew that microbiology was her calling after watching bacteria float around on a clear plate.
"Getting to look at the biological specimens under the microscope was really cool and to see it actually move was great," Heyl said.
Heyl isn't the only one who is uncovering her hidden passion this week. 48 other students are too in ULM's President's Academy.
The week long program is aimed at helping high school students like Heyl discover what they want to do for the rest of their lives, before they go to college.
Health science, computer science, physical science and law are other fields that students from all over the state are exposed to throughout the week.
Heyl is from Destrehan, La. She says this week is by far the highlight of her summer and encourages anyone who is thinking about applying for the academy next year to simply "do it."
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