Alumni

Class of 2008:

Ashley Buchheit (Classical Studies & History ‘08) has been admitted to the M.A. Program in Theological Studies at Princeton University’s Theological Seminary.

Sarah Foerster (‘08)
has been admitted to the 1-year Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Gregory F. Henselman (Classical Studies & Mathematics, ‘08) Phi Beta Kappa
is planning to attend the University of Oregon next year to take a combination of undergraduate and graduate courses in math in preparation for an M.A. or Ph.D. program in Mathematics.

Elizabeth Swensen (‘08):
has been admitted to the Master of Fine Arts program in Interactive Media within the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Class of 2007:

Rositsa Atanasova ('07), Phi Beta Kappa
has been accepted by Harvard University to pursue her interests in Arabic and Islam as a graduate student on a full scholarship.

Jeffrey E. Johnson ('07), Phi Beta Kappa
is applying to graduate school.

Class of 2006:

Brian P. Bowinski ('06)
is a Preproduction Administrator with Liberty Home Products in Denver, CO.

Mariah E. Smith ('06), Phi Beta Kappa
is about to finish her M.A. in Classics at the University of Kansas (full scholarship) and to apply to Ph.D. programs in Classics.

James Timbrell (‘06)
is pursuing an MBA at Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management.

Class of 2005:

Kate A. Alsobrook (McClendon) (Classical Studies & Religious Studies '05)
graduated in 2007 with an M.A. in Greek Philology from Florida State University (full scholarship).

Class of 2003:

Travis Larsen (Classical Studies & Religious Studies '03)
is pursuing an M.A. at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, part of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

Class of 2002:

Rachel R. Standley ('02)
was planning to teach high school Latin in California.

Astrid van Giffen (Classical Studies, minor in Art History '02)
In 2007, Astrid graduated from the very prestigious professional training program for the conservation and restauration of glass and ceramics at the Instituut Collectie Nederland in Amsterdam (see Astrid's exam project).

Class of 2001:

Matthew H. Schrumpf (Classical Studies & Religious Studies '01), Phi Beta Kappa
went to Japan and taught English with the Kawagoe Exchange and Teaching (KET) program. He is now studying International Law at New York University’s Law School.

Julie C. Sparks (Ford) (Classical Studies & English '01), Phi Beta Kappa
is working as an Administrative Assistant II at Willamette University’s Hatfield Library where she has been working on digitizing, e.g., Willamette's fifteenth-century Book of Hours (view). She and her husband Jeremy Sparks (Computer Science, '01) now have a little son, born in 2008. Julie's long-term goal is to become an art conservator.

Class of 2000:

Andrew J. Herrmann (’00) is a system analyst for the Purchasing Department of the Salem-Keizer School District's District Office in Salem, OR, involved in database and process development and management.

Emmett C. Woolley ('00)

Class of 1998:

Julie A. Briggs (Classical Studies & Mathematics ’98)
started out working for the Atlanta, GA office of Mercer, a leading HR consulting company with 15,000 employees worldwide, but now lives in Portland.

Joseph "Joey" Lillywhite ('98), Phi Beta Kappa
attended the Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics at the University of Pennsylvania, then acquired an M.A. in Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati.