Hubbard whiz kids earns 3 degrees, and counting

BROOKFIELD

Like many college freshmen, Alex Evans wasn’t sure what he wanted to pursue during his four years in school.

“When I started at Kent State, I was a biology-chemistry major,” the 22-year-old Hubbard High School graduate said Thursday at his home on Hubbard Thomas Road.

“I wanted to be a pharmacist.”

That changed in sophomore year.

“I switched to biology and wanted to be a doctor.”

Between sophomore and junior year, the plan changed again.

He started taking business and public health classes as minors, then realized his interest was strongest in public health and epidemiology, the study of how diseases are spread among populations.

“I was looking at, how do you keep the whole country safe?” he said, as he recalled how the map toward a career unfolded for him and he collected not one, but three undergrad degrees along the route.

Evans graduated from the Kent State University main campus May 10 with a bachelor of public health, a bachelor of science in biology and a bachelor of business management, and he's

by no means finished.

Read the rest of his story in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.