Alumni Perspectives

Read our alumni profiles to find out more about what they are doing after graduation.

Past graduates

Karlin Sangdahl '09 (German major, History major) is applying to Law schools. Karlin studied abroad in Freiburg.

Sara Laney '09 (German minor, Sociology major) is finishing an M.A. in Social Work at the University of Texas Austin.

Jessica Olsen '08 (German minor, English and Education major) went to Hamburg, Germany on a Teaching Fulbright in 2008-2009 and currently teaches English and German in Rockford, IL.

Jenny Knop '08 (German major, Math Major) completed her M.A. in German with Teaching Certification at Illinois State University after which she wants to teach German. Jenny studied abroad in Freiburg, Germany.

Nicole Schiller '08 (German minor, Political Science major) completed an M.A. program in political science at the University of Illinois - Springfield. See her profile above.

Eileen Ouska '07 (German minor, Accounting Major) is pursuing her Accounting career in Chicago, Ill.

Laura Myford '05 (German major, Anthropology Major) received her M.A. in International Development and Anthropology from George Washington University. Laura studied abroad in Berlin, Germany and on the island of Samoa.

Matt Thompson '04 (German minor, Political Science Major) received his M.A. in Museum Studies in Missouri.

Emily Frazier '04 (German student, Music Education major) received a Research Fulbright to Dresden 2004-2005.

Anne Herrmann '03 (German major, Business major) received a Congress Bundestag Award for study/internship in 2003-04 in Germany. She currently is a teacher in the Chicago area.

I'd love to hear from students from our program! How are you? What are you doing? Where are you? Please send me your news - sfritzsc@iwu.edu.

October 2008 - Grillfest in Park