UT Dallas Terry Scholars Program

Blanka will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and with CV Honors. She served as the Secretary and as an Enrichment Advisor for the Terry Scholars. She worked as a student associate for two summers in the Cellular and Integrative Physiology Department at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.

Blanka will be attending Virginia Tech as a PhD student in the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program. Blanka has a bunny named Naveen and a dog named Cecil, and she likes going on walks, doing crafts, and calling her mom.

Rene graduated cm laude with a major in biomedical engineering. He worked at Dr. Victor Varner's Bioengineering laboratory for his first two years of undergrad. Rene was active in the Comet Opera club, performing numerous times during the pre-pandemic settings and was active with Three Oaks Hospice Volunteering during the pandemic.

He will be working as an Applications Engineer for National Instruments based in Austin, Texas and will be working on achieving his master's in electrical engineering soon.