Students and Alumni
Science Living: Claire Gallion, COVID-19 Research Intern
Claire Gallion, ‘18, is a senior premed student at Birmingham-Southern College (BSC). She spent the summer of 2021 in a lab as a research intern at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where she studied how COVID-19 infection affects the innate immune response to fungi. We asked Claire to give a high-level description of…
Science Living: Rich Hull, PhD Student in Plant Ecology
Rich Hull, ‘17, majored in biology at the University of Georgia and is working on his PhD at Indiana University’s Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Program (EEB) where he is studying plant ecology. His current project, which will also be his PhD thesis, is documenting a comprehensive modern flora of the Wabash River corridor in western…
Science Living: Alaina Davis, Field Researcher
Alaina Davis, ’18, is majoring in fisheries and wildlife at the University of Georgia, and this summer she studied Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon–which means she spent her days out on on the Altamaha and Savannah rivers catching, examining, weighing, and measuring sturgeon. After graduation (Spring, 2022) she plans to pursue a Master’s degree in aquatic…
Rae McArthur Memorial Scholarship
Rae McArthur, ’19, along with her mother, Andrea McArthur, was killed in a plane crash in Alaska this summer. Rae was an outstanding example of the kind of leader Living Science seeks to send out. She demonstrated diligence, commitment, hard work, and joy. She continued to develop these qualities after she left Living Science, making…
Science Living: Oliver Erasmus, Forensic Chemist
Oliver Erasmus, ’17, is a senior at Kennesaw State University studying forensic chemistry. This year, he is conducting research that will allow law enforcement of the future to detect organic gunshot residues from heavy-metal-free ammunition. This ammunition is increasingly common because it alleviates environmental risks associated with the heavy metal content of traditional ammunition. Since…
Science Living: Kelly Tims, Entomologist
While most Living Science students go on to focus on something other than science, many do, in fact, study science. In this series of short posts, we highlight Living Science alumni who are currently involved in scientific research. Working towards a PhD in Entomology… Kelly Tims, ’16, majored in biological sciences and entomology at the…
Video: How Servant Leaders are Made
Watch this short video to see what Mrs. D, current and former students, and parents have to say about the Servant Leader program at Living Science.
Senior Class of 2019
Living Science is proud to present this year’s graduating seniors. We are sending them out to be salt and light. Some will head to college this summer and fall; some will spend this next year exploring, serving, and planning their next steps. We love them all and look forward to hearing what God is doing…
Student Perspective: Servant Leader Program
Jeremy Iglesias is a graduating senior Servant Leader who has spent the past several years growing at Living Science. Recently, at a Saturday morning parent meeting that the Servant Leaders were required to attend, Mr. Lance Davis (Mr. D) mentioned the “goodies” of Servant Leader. I heard one of my fellow SLs exhale: that short…
Parent Perspective: Servant Leader Program
By Greg and Julia Frick When we began our home school journey, our primary concern was the academic education of our children. We were highly focused on achieving academic milestones and rigor that would set our kids up to attend the best universities and be highly successful. We felt the significant pressure of undertaking this…