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ashad Prendergast, 18, is not
your typical teenager. He is
nicely dressed in business
attire, tie included, with a well-
trimmed moustache and goatee. No
tattoos or piercings are evident. But
most noticeable is the way he pres-
ents himself — speaking cordially as
if he really is interested in talking to
an unknown adult. When asked about
himself, Prendergast is comfortable
talking about his achievements but
doesn’t brag.
He was already a strong student
and probably had good people skills
when he saw an application for the
Midnight Golf program during his
junior year at Detroit’s Cass Technical
High School. “I was curious about it
so I looked it up and applied. It’s very
popular at Cass,” Prendergast says.
He was accepted into the program,
which “helped me improve myself. We
learn so much more — how to man-
age your money, the college transition,
etiquette. You learn that you can do it
but you have to give it your best,” he
explains.
“I was clueless about golf but it’s
a skill that I’ll always appreciate,” he
adds.
After winning a prize at the Science
and Engineering Fair of Metro
Detroit, he was eligible for the 2017
International Science and Engineering
Fair. He placed fourth out of a field
of 91 in the Earth and Environmental
Science category with a project about
the impact of road salt on atmospheric
concentrations, a topic that interested
him because of the preponderance of
salt in this area.
That qualified him to compete for a
summer internship at the prestigious
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ABOVE: Rashad Prendergast at his intern-
ship at the Weizmann Science Institute
in Israel. TOP: Jamie Jacob and Rashad
Prendergast.
Weizmann Science Institute in Israel.
Prendergast was accepted as one
of 80 interns from across the globe
for the one-month Weizmann program
that included three weeks of research
experience.
“My research project involved the
study of the role of autoimmune regu-
lators in the DNA damage response.
Through observing my mentor and
collaborating with my lab partners, I
have also learned about the nature of
scientific research and curiosity,” he
said in his post-report.
The students then spent a week
traveling around Israel, visiting the
Negev, Masada, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
and Haifa.
“I learned so much about the Israeli
history and culture. My favorite part
of the program was by far the six-day
desert excursion where we spent one
night under the stars and woke up at
4:30 a.m. every day for a new exciting
hike,” Prendergast says. He is now a
freshman at the University of Michigan
with plans to study engineering. •
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