Transfer Student Spotlight

Alfonso Lopez

Alfonso is a transfer student from Salt Lake Community College majoring in Anthropology with a Health Emphasis and minoring in Integrative Human Biology. His long-term goal is to attend medical school. Alfonso also hopes once he has graduated to be an active member of his community and plans to be involved in politics and policy-making especially in things related to community health and health care.

While at SLCC Alfonso was involved in Student Support Services a program for under-represented college students.  At the U of U he has taken a leadership role in organizing the annual Pre-Med Conference and has been involved with Community Engaged Learning.  He just completed an internship and plans to do another.

He chose to come to the U because it is a place that encourages students to pursue their dreams and to imagine and achieve a bright future for themselves. He also appreciated the high quality of the U’s academic programs especially in the areas of medicine and business.

He faced several challenges when he first transferred to the U. He found it difficult to adjust to the larger class sizes and the heavier work load in his courses.  He is now glad for the increased academic challenges he found at the U because he feels they have helped him become a better student which in turn will help him be a better working professional and citizen.

The University is lucky to have a student as accomplished and community-minded as Alfonso attending our school. We wish him all the best as he moves on to medical school and beyond!