Colfax grad graduates Cum Laude from UW-Stevens Point

Tabatha Bergeson O’Keefe graduated Cum Laude from UW-Stevens Point on May 19, 2018.

She received her Bachelor of Science in clinical laboratory science.

Tabatha also passed the national board certification exam to become a board-certified medical laboratory scientist (MLS-ASCP).

Medical laboratory scientists who are certified and in good standing with the approved National Medical Laboratory Science Council or the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) are entitled to use the credential “MLS” and are entitled to use the title “Scientist.”

Tabatha is planning on working in a genetics laboratory, eventually following a research and development path. She will be doing partial and whole genome sequencing to identify DNA variants and mutations in order to diagnose or confirm the diagnoses of rare diseases.

Tabatha is the daughter of Ginger and Dale Bergeson of Colfax. She lives with her family in Plover, Wisconsin.