After graduating from Western Illinois University in May, Biology graduate student Dairo Gbenga has been hired as a Research Assistant II at Harvard Medical School, working in the laboratory of WIU alumnus and vascular biologist Dr. Timothy Hla.
Twelve Western Illinois University chemistry students, five chemistry graduate students and seven undergraduate students, with two majoring in chemistry and five majoring in forensic chemistry, presented posters at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2022 National Meeting in Chicago in August.
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You could say Johnny Determan is a chip off the ol’ block.
And in his younger days he knocked a few blocks off, just like his dad.
Johnny followed his dad into the law enforcement business, but for both of them the desire to box and teach others to defend themselves was overwhelming.
So, now, also like his dad, he’s combining his two loves and is preparing to open Blue Line Boxing & Fitness in Waxahachie. The facility is located at 2498 FM 66 near Scarborough Fair.
“The idea for Blue Line Boxing & Fitness has been a long term goal of mine. I had my first amateur boxing fight at 8 years old, and I knew I wanted to open my own gym for others to grow up around it like I did,” Determan recalled. “My father opened his own boxing gym when I was 6 years old, so I was a gym rat. You have to be 8 years old to actually compete, so as soon as I turned 8 I was in the ring competing.”