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Kelly nominated for Saint Mary’s 2023 Outstanding Senior
WINONA, MN. (March 27, 2023) – Mackenzie Kelly, daughter of Meghan and Gregg Kelly, is from Brookings, S.D., was nominated for Saint Mary’s University’s 2023 Outstanding Senior award.
Outstanding Seniors have demonstrated the ideals of scholarship, character, leadership, service to colleagues and the university community, as well as genuine concern for the needs of others.
Kelly is a Biochemistry major with a Biology minor at Saint Mary’s. She has participated in Tri Beta (National Biology honor society) and will be presenting her senior research at the American Chemical Society conference this spring. She also participated in Deprecor, which is a night prayer and community building club, as well as worked with Campus Ministry as a peer minister. Additionally, she held a leadership position in the Future Health Professionals club. After graduation, she would like to find a job in medicine or with a research laboratory somewhere between Brookings and Winona.
Catherine Pierpont and William Sepsis were the two students recognized as the 2023 Outstanding Seniors at the university’s Founders’ Day celebration.
The other students nominated for Outstanding Senior included Grace Howard, Christa Ingabire, Sophia O’Neil, Guy Cardinal, Brady Lindauer, Brandon Merfeld, and Joseph Schauf.
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