<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/avelyn-mccall.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>McCall found a change worked best  </title><pub_date>10/06/2025</pub_date><image_large><img src="/news/2025/images/avelyn-mccall-media.jpg" alt="Avelyn McCall"/></image_large><summary>Avelyn McCall came to Trine University expecting to be a Pre-PA student who just took a few ecology and biology general education courses. That carefully curated plan went out the window when she got invested in environmental science. </summary><sitee>Trine.edu</sitee><type>Trine-Built Story</type><topics>Research</topics><programs>Biology</programs><programs_c/><related/><trine_highlight>True</trine_highlight><trineonline_highlight/><highlight_name>Avelyn McCall</highlight_name><highlight_major>Biology</highlight_major><highlight_year>Class of 2025</highlight_year><highlight_quote><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW82211825 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW82211825 BCX0">Support from professors and peers at Trine helped me realize that hard work will lead to achieving my goals.</span></span></highlight_quote></item>