Kindred spirits: Senior class president, vice president bonded over similar experiences
At a party thrown by a mutual friend last fall, Sam Mahlum and Shelby Olson fell into an easy conversation soon after meeting.
They quickly realized they had much in common — both were STEM students planning careers in healthcare, and both had excelled at competitive sports. Each had taken a life-changing foreign trip with the student organization Wisconsin Medlife.
Olson, a biology and psychology double-major from New Brighton, Minnesota, traveled to Ecuador with Wisconsin Medlife during the summer of 2023. Much like Mahlum, she assisted local medical professionals in outreach to areas that lacked access to healthcare.
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