senior-profile
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Zannini committed to art and education
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.
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Courses, internship shaped Glenn’s plan for law school
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.
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Hahn pursuing Ph.D. in genetics
Since seventh grade, Alyssa Hahn wanted to study genetics, and starting this fall she’ll do just that at the University of Iowa as a Ph.D. student.
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Politics courses steered Oeltjenbruns to judicial ambitions
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.
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Hoang mixing economics and social justice in Ph.D. program
Trang Hoang is going to Vanderbilt University to pursue a Ph.D. in economics.
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FDIC internship leads to job for Simkins
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.
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Finance, math, lead Do to actuarial science professional program
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.
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Fulbright sending Kurtz back to India
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.
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DeLarm learns to be an advocate for change
Skating, sisterhood, and sociology all helped Chelsea DeLarm find her identity as an advocate of change and led her to become a case manager at the Catherine McAuley Center.
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Zhang lands risk management position with multinational company
Ji “Max” Zhang, an economics and business major, secured a position at AEGON, doing risk management.
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Fellowship leads Howard to a career in public health
Hayden Howard ’14 is committed to public health policy with a job offer from an occupational healthcare company, an application to a Master’s of Public Health program, and interviews for positions that would deal directly with public health issues.
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Fulbright sending Wenger to Turkey
Emily Wenger ’14 is capping four years of involvement in English and theatre with a Fulbright in Turkey, where she hopes to continue studying and teaching both.
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First-year seminar leads Lohman to career in musicology
The love of the history of music he discovered at Cornell College led Corey Lohman to pursue his Ph.D. in musicology.
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Fields passionate about teaching and service
Jacob Fields will address educational inequality head-on by teaching at an elementary school in Brooklyn as part of Teach For America.
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Knox pursuing passion at dream school
Jennifer Knox ’14 will fulfill her childhood dream of attending Oxford University, where she’ll study international relations.