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Alumni Essays

Kirk Marston, '86 (Politics & History double major)
… As a government auditor I have tried to serve Christ and be a public employee that is independent, objective, and above reproach more...

Karin Holsinger, '98 (Peace Studies Major)
… After Whitworth, I worked for Americorps for a year, then taught environmental education in California for a year. I then volunteered abroad more...

Ben Metcalf, '04 (Political Science Minor)
… Upon graduation from Whitworth in the spring of 2004 I headed East to Pensacola, Fla., to begin Officer Candidate School with the Navy. After receiving my commission as an officer more...

David Harris, '91 (American Studies Major)
At the end of October 2006, I began my new job as an Assistant City Manager for Schertz, Texas, population 30,000 on the northeast side of San Antonio more...

Seth Irish, '97 (Cross-Cultural Studies Major)
… Halfway through my Peace Corps work I was offered a position as Director of Social Services for a large agricultural company.  I managed the primary health care that was provided to over 6000 employees more...

John Fisher, '02 (International Studies Major)
… After graduating with my master's, I began work as a housing developer for Community Frameworks, a nonprofit agency in Spokane.  We build single-family homes for low and moderate income families in Spokane and Cheney more...

Alissa Johnson, '01 (Cross-Cultural Studies Major)
…I was actually working in construction-project management (wearing a hardhat while 13 more stories of luxury Belltown condos went up) when the letter came announcing that I had received a Fulbright grant to Burkina Faso more...