Gettysburg College

You may have seen the work of Brin Freund ’06, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, featured last year on ABC's “Good Morning America." Freund and the Mayo Clinic were spotlighted for a new FDA-approved brain implant called NeuroOne that’s used to improve the lives of patients with epilepsy who don’t respond to medication.

Before Freund was at the forefront of cutting-edge neurological treatments, he was a student at Gettysburg College, studying biology. He credits the transformative mentorship of Biology Prof. Emerita Kay Etheridge, which supported him during his undergraduate education at Gettysburg.

“I had the best mentor in Dr. Etheridge, for whom I was also a teaching assistant during my senior year. She taught me so much academically, but she also imparted a love of teaching and the skills needed to be a great mentor to others,” he said.

🔗 Read more about Freund in this Lives of Consequence spotlight from GETTYSBURG College Magazine:

Lives of Consequence: Neurologist Brin Freund ’06 focuses on treating epilepsy through cutting-edge technology A highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Van-Anh Tran ’27, a student Leadership Educator with the Garthwait Leadership Center (GLC), achieved publication success. She co-authored a book chapter on international students’ experiences in leadership positions. Tran drew on research for an anthropology fieldwork methods class at Gettysburg College and an experiential learning opportunity through the Garthwait Leadership Center.

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Van-Anh Tran ’27 co-authors book chapter on international student leadership A highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Reunion Weekend had campus feeling wonderfully familiar again. Alumni returned with old stories, new chapters, and plenty of proof that Gettysburg friendships age very well!