Dillon Allan Rutland

Part-Time Work
Experience/Job
Shadowing

June 2010
Partners Program

Lexington Medical Center Partnership

Shadowed/Assisted Medical Personnel in Various Fields

November 2010
Job Shadowing at SCOA

South Carolina Oncology Associates

Shadowed a Physician Assistant in an Oncology Practice

Summer 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Summer Worker for Midway Elementary School
Cleaned and Performed Various Jobs Around School

Spring 2014
Helped researchers at Dr. Jane Roberts Lab
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Learned about research methods and data used to study Autism and
Fragile X
Helped enter data that was collected into computer systems

Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015

Received Magellan Scholar Research Grant on Fluid
Research

Research with Neall Caughman and Dr. Paula Vasquez

Studies on viscoelastic fluids including lab experiments and model

developments
Learned mathematical modeling techniques that apply to lung
mucus and will develop a GUI that models lung mucus viscoelasticity
Significant in Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease treatments

Volunteer Work
Experience/Communit
y Involvement

Participated in Salkiehatchie Summer Service

-Summer 2010, 2011, and 2012

-A Week Long Work Ministry that Helped Repair Houses for the
Community

Volunteer at Williams Jennings

Medical Center in the Blood Bank

Bryan

VA

-Accumulated around 91 hours throughout 2013 and 2014

-Assisted with the blood bank in the lab of the hospital
-First-hand experience with the logistics of a hospital lab
-Experience observing areas also like pathology and chemistry
Volunteered in a nursing home in Columbia,

S.C.

-CM Tucker Jr. Nursing Care Center during fall 2012 and spring 2013
-Helped spend time and talk to the elderly

Participated in Alternative Break Service Trip

-Helped Carolina Tiger Rescue, a tiger sanctuary, during December
15-19, 2015
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Went to the Dominican Republic on mission

work during 2012 and 2015
-8 days in August 2012 and 8 days in June 2015
-Fed and gave supplies to the residents of several poor regions
-Worked on a local church
-Held a Bible camp for some of the children in a local village
-Visited a local prison and gave supplies to them
-Helped build a house for a local family
-Played with and spent time with the people of the area

Leadership Positions

Treasurer for CURE at the University of South

Carolina for 2013, 2014, 2015, and Spring 2016
-Managed the bank transactions, helped plan events, raise
money for the club, and hold volunteer opportunities
-Helped raise hundreds of dollars for the CURE organization

Coached for Tide Lacrosse in 2012 and 2013

-Summer Lacrosse Team that integrated play and service
missions
-Played on team in 2011 and 2014 as a mens lacrosse team

Went Palmetto Boys State

-Went in June 2011 and learned about leadership, politics, and
teamwork

Educational Awards
and Recognitions

Recipient of the 2015-2016 Wyman L. Williams Mathematics

Scholarship
Spring 2015

Recipient of Phi Beta Kappa Freshman Scholar Award

Spring 2014

Presidents List
Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, and Fall 2014

Deans List
Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall
2016

Recipient of ABATE writing scholarship

Spring 2012

Capstone Scholar and Capstone Fellow

Spring 2014