Ms. Swanberg has been instrumental in forming and sustaining the Wilderness Med student group as group president for two terms. She continually shows professionalism to a level to draw praise from faculty, the student body, as well as medical professionals outside the UT system. She has volunteered multiple times to assist with disaster training, advanced wilderness life support courses, and community support events such as Tyler’s Running of the Roses for the last two years. She has been both an academic leader and a community leader who steps up to any task without hesitation.   

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Amanda became connected to the SON when she attended our first and second nurse camps for high school students.  She came to UTT as a freshman and eventually started the nursing program.  She was involved in Dr. Barnes' wilderness medicine group and holds an EMT certification.  The Stop the Bleed research team invited her to the team as an honors student.  She has gone above and beyond her requirements for the honors program.  Amanda is always willing to help with extra courses in addition to the ones related to the research project.  She also does a fantastic job of teaching the STB classes.  She is an outstanding team member.  In addition, she developed her research study to survey the UTTyler campus about awareness of bleeding control kits and then wrote a scholarly paper. She is truly one of a kind!