Cornell College alumni do great things, and they do those great things starting pretty much from the moment they graduate.
Some go to graduate or professional school, some find jobs based on their experiences at Cornell. All of them are ready to change the world. Here are the stories of a dozen members of the Class of 2015 to illustrate just how amazing our alumni are.
Just before Rick Simkins returned to Cornell College for his senior year, he got the news that many of his fellow seniors would have wished for:he’d been offered a position with the FDIC, where he’d spent the summer as an intern.
Viet Do will combine combine the two things he’s most interested in, applied mathematics and finance, as an actuarial student in the Transamerica professional program.
Bekah Kurtz is returning to India, where she spent the second semester of her junior year, this time as part of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program.
Joseph Anderson’s time at Cornell College was deeply influenced not only by professors in the English and creative writing department, but also by three visiting professors, each of whom taught for a block.
Jihang Wang, who graduated from Cornell College in May with degrees in chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology, is pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry at Columbia University.
Audrey Zannini, a music and studio art major from Flagstaff, Arizona, is going to teach pre-kindergarten in Tulsa, Oklahoma, through the Teach for America program.
When Jourdan Glenn came to Cornell College she wanted to be a lawyer, and after graduation she’ll attend the University of Wisconsin School of Law. However, her path isn’t quite as straightforward as it might sound.
There was never a question in Kelly Oeltjenbruns’ mind about whether she’d go to law school, and indeed, she’s going to Washington University’s top-tier law school this fall.
