CACC students earn science internship opportunities

CACC summer internship recipients are, left to right, Devin Capell, Carolyn Jones and Justin Weeks, all of Eclectic, Lydia Hammond of Alexander City and, far right, Moses Torelli. CACC chemistry professor Jeremy Carr is second from right. (Cliff Williams / The Outlook)

Thanks to the efforts of young professors like Jeremy Carr, interest in the sciences is alive and well at Central Alabama Community College.

In fact, six CACC students have been selected for prestigious National Science Foundation-sponsored internships, five at the University of Alabama and one at the University of Mississippi.