{"id":1673,"date":"2018-07-02T07:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2018-06-28T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T16:26:35","slug":"rebuildetroit-alumna-calls-program-a-life-changing-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2018\/07\/02\/rebuildetroit-alumna-calls-program-a-life-changing-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"ReBUILDetroit alumna calls program a life-changing opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christina Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Detroit Mercy graduate Christina Jones tells anyone who will listen about the school\u2019s ReBUILDetroit program and with good reason. Jones credits ReBUILDetroit with putting her on a path to success and opening up opportunities she never thought possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always say BUILD has done everything for me,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t at all what I had planned for my life. I really love the BUILD program, it\u2019s changed my life. I wouldn\u2019t be here without it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones has had an eventful year. She graduated in May from Detroit Mercy with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She\u2019s currently in Maryland doing a summer internship for the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). And she will be attending the Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry in the fall.<\/p>\n

Not bad for someone who just a few years ago thought she wouldn\u2019t have the resources to attend a four-year university.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for BUILD and the NIH,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI feel so privileged to be at the NIH this summer. I feel like the best way to pay them back is to continue to work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

ReBUILDetroit \u2014 a program funded through NIH grants–is dedicated to fueling the academic renaissance of Detroit by establishing the city as the center for biomedical research training for underrepresented undergraduate students.<\/p>\n

The ReBUILDetroit program began in 2015 and recently had its first graduating class, of which Jones was a part.<\/p>\n

ReBUILDetroit and Detroit Mercy provided Jones with a scholarship to attend school and paid her a monthly stipend for conducting research, which allowed her to live independently and not have to work full time.<\/p>\n

Jones didn\u2019t take a typical path to a degree, but she credits ReBUILDetroit with giving her the resources to take chances and succeed.<\/p>\n

This is only part of Jones’ story. Click here<\/a> to read the entire piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Detroit Mercy graduate Christina Jones tells anyone who will listen about the school\u2019s ReBUILDetroit program and with good reason. Jones credits ReBUILDetroit with putting her on a path to success and opening up opportunities she never thought possible. \u201cI always say BUILD has done everything for me,\u201d Jones …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2018\/06\/Jones_NIH.jpg?fit=550%2C275&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Kcng-qZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}