Connor Enestvedt ’26
Connor Enestvedt ’26
Biology
French
Connor Enestvedt ’26 knew he wanted to practice medicine and one day join the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders. He considered becoming a physician assistant, but his work as a medical assistant at an urgent care clinic convinced him that medical school was the path for him.
Fortunately for Connor, Providence College participates in the Early Identification Program of the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Through the program, academically talented undergraduates in Rhode Island can apply for early provisional acceptance to the medical school. While still a junior at PC, Connor learned that he had been accepted to begin medical studies in August 2026.
A member of the Honors Program majoring in biology with a minor in French, Connor took advantage of research opportunities on campus. With Pamela Snodgrass-Belt, Ph.D. ’91, adjunct faculty in biology, he studied circadian rhythms in fruit flies, noting the effect on brain metabolism and activity. Financial support from the college allowed him to continue that research during the summer.
His academic success led to an invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society for the liberal arts and sciences in the United States, during his junior year.
Connor spent a month in the summer of 2024 in Brown’s Rhode to Medicine Program, a four-week enrichment program designed to introduce students to post-secondary medical and health science degree programs.
A licensed EMT since age 18, Connor has been a student worker in the athletic training room since his first year at PC. He assists the athletic trainers who help student-athletes with stretching, ultrasound, red light therapy, and compression, among other tasks. He is director of sports broadcasting for the student radio station, WDOM, providing play-by-play commentary during basketball, hockey, and soccer games, and plays for the Ultimate disc club team.
His goal to join Doctors Without Borders stems from a childhood of volunteer service, much of it in the community garden at Franklin Farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island, his hometown. Before starting classes at PC, he participated in Urban Action, a community service tradition for new students.
“I was able to get involved in research so easily. I know all of my professors really well because the class sizes are so small. Overall, PC has been a great experience,” Connor said.
