Biosystems engineering student finds her place at MSU
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EmailAlex Seybold's experiences at Michigan State University, along with a professional internship, have prepared her for a career in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Alex Seybold's interest in the medical field started right in her hometown of Portage, Michigan.
Seybold grew up not too far from the Kalamazoo manufacturing plant for pharmaceutical development and distribution company Pfizer, where her dad worked as an engineer. She knew she wanted to pursue a career in medicine, but wasn't sure exactly what that looked like for her until she came across Michigan State University's (MSU) biosystems engineering program.
I knew I didn't want go with a straight biology major route and then figure out I didn't want to go to medical school. Instead, I thought biomedical engineering would be the best route to explore my interests, she said. MSU doesn't have a biomedical engineering undergraduate program, but biosystems engineering offers a biomedical concentration.
After taking a few classes, Seybold realized that biosystems engineering was the right academic program for her.
Because of how the biosystems engineering program is structured, I was able to get a taste of the medical field, as well as engineering, and figure out that engineering is really what I wanted to pursue, she said.
