Wanda Crannell College of Agricultural Sciences
Vananh Nguyen Student | College of Agricultural Sciences
Finding her interests — and herself
Vananh Nguyen found her first year at OSU tougher than anticipated. Nguyen, who emigrated from Vietnam in high school, says she needed to find what she was interested in and really just find herself. Then, through a friend, she met Wanda Crannell.
Crannell helped Nguyen match her interests to a new major — bioresource research. She also helped Nguyen find an undergraduate research project -- working with Arup Indra in the College of Pharmacy to study skin cancer protection using antioxidants.
Crannell also encouraged Nguyen to get involved in Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS), where she was recently elected regional vice president.
“Helping Vananh find her leadership ability has been my pleasure,” Crannell says. “Her leadership skills, maintaining a stellar GPA and balancing that with her research — to do all that is not an easy task for anyone.”
