{"id":1826,"date":"2023-05-16T13:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=1826"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:51:28","slug":"mikayla-dotson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/mikayla-dotson\/","title":{"rendered":"MiKayla Dotson \u201923"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/292\/2023\/05\/2023-MiKayla-Dotson-06-copy.jpg\" alt=\"MiKayla Dotson\" width=\"1340\" height=\"893\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/major\/psychology\/\">Psychology<\/a>, with a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/prehealth\/\">pre-health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clark Days:<\/strong> Growing up in Greenville, Mississippi, with two surgeons as parents, health care was always accessible to MiKayla. When she started studying at Clark, she dreamt of making that access a universal experience. As a research fellow at the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, MiKayla created the Clark University Guide app with Charlie Trey-Masters \u201923 to help first-year students find resources on campus. She also played on the women\u2019s basketball team and served as president of the Clark Athletics Inclusion Coalition, education chair of the Black Student Union, and as a member of the Athletics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She\u2019s also been a peer mentor and has given campus tours to prospective students and their families. This year, MiKayla received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/diversity-inclusion\/programs\/presidents-achievement-awards-for-inclusive-excellence\/#:~:text=The%20President's%20Achievement%20Awards%20for,within%20the%20broader%20Worcester%20community.\">President\u2019s Achievement Award for Inclusive Excellence.<\/a>\u00a0She received the award twice before, as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2021\/10\/14\/clark-community-members-honored-for-work-on-dei-initiatives\/\">Rise for Racial Justice in 2021<\/a> and as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2020\/05\/07\/inaugural-presidents-achievement-awards-recognize-inclusive-excellence-at-clark\/\">Clark Athletics Inclusion Coalition in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Commencement Plans:<\/strong> MiKayla is heading to the Brown University School of Public Health to pursue a master\u2019s in public health with a concentration in epidemiology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> \u201cThere were some hard moments where I didn\u2019t know what I was doing, or if what I was contributing was meaningful. I stuck with it, continuing to learn and make mistakes. Thankfully, I have really good advisors who called me out on those mistakes and let them become learning moments. That&#8217;s what college is for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major: Psychology, with a focus on pre-health Clark Days: Growing up in Greenville, Mississippi, with two surgeons as parents, health care was always accessible to MiKayla. When she started studying at Clark, she dreamt of making that access a universal experience. 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