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We Move the World Forward.

Endlessly Curious. Passionately Engaged. Community Builders. Global Citizens. Earlhamites are people just like you. See how Earlham students, alumni and faculty are moving the world forward.

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#LifeAfterEarlham

Caleb Smith
Pembroke, New Hampshire
Farmers Market Coordinator for the City of Richmond, Indiana

#LifeAfterEarlham

Armand Aponte
Louisville, Kentucky
Assistant Language Teacher in Japan

Alumni

Lilly Lerner
Denver, Colo.
Informed by the commitment to critical questioning and social justice fostered at Earlham, Lilly Lerner ’13 is headed to Palestine, where she will live and work in a refugee camp in the West Bank.

Alumni

Brytnie Jones
Gary, Ind.
As a member of the Young Voices Panel of the Northwest Indiana Times newspaper, Jones has a column published every other month. This past summer she interned in the Gary Mayor’s office working for the director of communications. She self-published her first novel as a high school junior and is currently applying for the National Journalism Center Internship in Washington, DC.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Sylvia Barnes
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Ph.D. Program in English Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Memphis

Alumni

Charlotte-Anne Malischewski
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Charlotte-Anne Malischewski '11 had a busy three years at Earlham — a time full of engagement on campus and beyond. She was involved in various campus organizations, musical groups, and a study abroad program.

Alumni

Abbe Miller
Lexington, Ky.
Abbe Miller ’13 presented her research at the DePauw University Undergraduate Ethics Symposium on April 11-13, 2013. Miller’s paper, “Nomadic Ethics: Addressing the For Profit Immigrant Prison System,” was chosen from submissions by students at leading colleges across the United States.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Fadilah Ibrahim
Accra, Ghana
Ph.D. Program in Chemistry at the University of Colorado

Alumni

Katie Yamasaki
Brooklyn, N.Y.
If a regular picture is worth a thousand words, then what is a mural visible from a 14-lane highway in New York City worth? Just ask Katie Yamasaki '99 who recently finished just such a mural and was featured in the New York Times this past August.

Alumni

Alvaro Puente
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Alvaro Puente ’11,has put both Geology and Physics into practice as a staff geologist for Geologic Services & Consultants, Inc., an environmental geology consulting company located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Sierra Newby-Smith
Salem, Oregon
Teaching Assistant for Earlham’s France-Senegal Program

Alumni

Seth Herr
Chicago, Ill.
Seth Herr '10 is fighting back against bike theft. His weapon is The Bike Index, the open-source bike registry he developed. 

Alumni / Athlete

Matt Brankle
Kokomo, Ind.
Matt Brankle came to Earlham to pitch for the baseball team and to study business, art or English. As a junior, he will declare art as his major later this fall with hopes of becoming a high school principal — a principal who will work hard to correct problems he sees in the American education system.

Alumni

Quinn Smith
Richmond, Ind.
Quinn Smith '04 worked with others in writing a petition that helped convince the U.S. government to ban all fishing in Arctic waters. The petition and the movement was a truly massive undertaking.

Alumni / Scholarship

Joshua Graetz
Dayton, Ohio
Joshua Graetz `15 received the Peter Kimm Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship

#LifeAfterEarlham

Emily Lim
San Francisco, California
High School Senior Coach for College Possible in Chicago

Alumni

Olga Galperin
Olga Galperin ’15 was recently awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to explore how environments facilitate and inform the expression of female identity through music.

Scholarship

Joseph Ryan
Indianapolis, IN
Joseph Ryan was awarded the Annual Scholarship for Challenge 2016.

Alumni

Katherine Sorrows
Carlisle, Mass.
Geology major Katherine Sorrows ’17 says she sets her ambition toward anything that catches her interest. During her first year at Earlham, several things have caught her interest.

Alumni

James Johnson
Detroit, Mich.
When James Johnson ’17 was a young boy in Detroit he said he wanted to be a lawyer, and those around him told him he would do great things.

Alumni

Meg Duff
Oakland, Calif.
With a knack for making what’s fun, informative, and what’s informative, fun, it’s no surprise, perhaps, that Meg Duff '11 wound up at Playworks, an organization that works on elementary playgrounds to ensure safe, healthy play.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Brianna Crawley
Centerville, Indiana
Ph.D. Program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at Indiana University

Alumni

Rob Pennock
East Lansing, Mich.
One the morning in September of 2005, Rob Pennock ’80 found himself hurrying into a sleek, high-rise office building in downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Pennock was about to become a key figure in one of the most divisive First Amendment debates in the history of the United States.

Faculty

Betsy Schlabach
Assistant Professor of History Betsy Schlabach’s first book, Along the Streets of Bronzeville: Black Chicago’s Literary Landscape, was named to the Chicago Book Review’s Best Books of 2014 in nonfiction.

Alumni

Mary Jones
Round Rock, Texas
After graduating, Mary Jones '12 found that she was tailor-made for a position available at Cope Environmental Center due to the skill set and relationships that she had developed while an undergraduate at Earlham.

Alumni

Stesha Pasachnik
Hamilton, N.Y.
Identifying a person who has changed your life is a true gift. For Stesha Pasachnik ’03, that individual is Biology Research Professor John Iverson.

Alumni

Kirsten McMahon
Kristen McMahon ’12 feels the M.A.T. is the reason she was able to be competitive in the job market for her first year of teaching.

Alumni

Melanie Wheeler
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Melanie Wheeler ’15 wants to help students succeed.

Alumni

Dan McCoy
New York, N.Y.
Dan McCoy '00 finds himself at the top of his profession as a staff writer for “The Daily Show,” hosted by Jon Stewart. It is the first time he has held a full-time job in comedy. But this is not as improbable as it sounds.

Student

Stephanie Petry
Dayton, Ohio
As a double major in two demanding fields, chemistry and English, Stephanie Petry ’18 doesn’t back down from a challenge.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Lily Fishleder
New York, New York
Summer Program Staff Member for Wediko Children’s Services in Windsor, New Hampshire

Alumni

Erik Patel
Huntley, Ill.
Erik Patel’s doctoral research on the silky sifaka lemur has received press from such publications as National Geographic magazine and The New York Times; the BBC will soon release a documentary. But it got off to a humble start.

Student / Scholarship

Alexis Baker
Syracuse, New York
Alexis Baker `17 received the Genevieve June Lemann Annual Memorial Scholarship

Alumni

Michael Elorreaga
Richmond, IN

Alumni

Rodoula Kyvelou-Kokkaliaris
Pireaus, Greece
Rodoula Kyvelou-Kokkaliaris ’15 wants to study mathematical modeling in graduate school and apply those skills to solving real-world problems.

Alumni

Alex Lemann
Carrboro, N.C.
Alex Lemann '06 worked with a group of fellow computer science majors to transform a class assignment into a successful business.

Alumni

Ana Rabut
Baltimore, Md.
Ana Rabut ’16 has been told that she is the glue that holds friendships together.

Alumni

Nicol Chinchilla Cordero
Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica
Within her first year, Nicol Chinchilla Cordero '16 completed a Ford/Knight research project, which are normally tackled by upperclassmen.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Katherine Sorrows
Carlisle, Massachusetts
Assistant Language Teacher for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program

Student / Scholarship

Raven Derrickson
South Bend, Indiana
Ravel Derrickson `16 received the John and Anne Pilgrim International May Term Scholarship

Alumni

Benjamin Parks
Indianapolis, Ind.
Benjamin Parks '14 wants to help workers and the companies they work for avoid conflict.

Alumni

Natalie Schelling
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Natalie Schelling '12 has taken her self-designed major in Integrated Math Education from Earlham to an Educational Psychology doctoral degree program at Ball State.

Alumni

Simone Leigh
New York, N.Y.
What do you get when you mix training in traditional American studio ceramics, knowledge of ancient African pottery techniques and a strong education in philosophy?

Faculty

Welling Hall
Welling Hall, Plowshares Professor of Peace Studies and Politics, says her own academic study was strong influenced by her study of potential U.S.-Soviet collaboration during the Cold War.

Alumni

Behar Xharra
Gjakove, Kosovo
Behar Xharra has recently co-authored a study on the public diplomacy of Kosovo. The work, translated into seven languages. dismantles the myths that the country is war-torn, gray, fanatic, and a place with no future.

Alumni

Di Wang
Nanjing, China
Di Wang ’11 says that Earlham’s excellent faculty were key to his success. In fact, the Nanjing, China, native referred to John Howell, professor emeritus of physics, as “my all-time idol and an everlasting source of motivation.”

Alumni

Abhinav Khanal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Abhinav Khanal ’16, a Politics major, wants to become a politician in his native Nepal and change the current unstable political situation in Nepal and South Asia. Like Khanal, Earlhamites pursue personal achievement while being socially concerned about the greater good. Thirty percent of Earlham graduates believe that most or all of their work is geared toward social change.

Scholarship

James J. Bowie, Jr.
Portland, ME
James Bowie is the recipient of the Duane and Lavona Bane '52 Annual Scholarship.

Alumni

Sierra Newby-Smith
Salem, Ore.
A self-described “history geek,” Sierra Newby-Smith always knew that history would be an important part of her education and career.

Scholarship

Chania Whitaker
Dallas, TX
Chania Whitaker received the Phyllis Petersen Vaughn '43 Annual Scholarship.

Alumni

Anna Crumley Effinger
Richmond, Ind.
Anna Crumley-Effinger '07 works with the American Friends Service Committee in the Horn of Africa, with a focus on peace-building in Burundi and famine relief in Somalia. She's involved in many American Quaker organizations.

Alumni

Anna Einstein
Milford, Conn.
While attending Earlham as an undergraduate, I watched the M.A.T. program get off the ground. Since I wanted to become a public school teacher, enrolling in the program was a natural segue after finishing my bachelor’s degree.

Student

Yasmin DaSilva
Hampstead, North Carolina
Yasmin DaSilva ’19 would love to have 24 hours every day to write.

Student / Scholarship

Dariana Beltran
Chicago, Illinois
Dariana Beltran `17 received the Beth Hall Davis Memorial Scholarship

Alumni

Lili Guzman
Richmond, Ind.
Having artwork accepted into a national juried exhibition came as surprise and affirmation to Lili Guzman ’16.

Alumni

Ron Berry
Austin, Texas
Originally from Houston, Ron Berry '95 has been active in Austin theater since graduating from Earlham. As artistic director of the Refraction Arts Company he created cross-disciplinary events that were the precursors to Fusebox.

Alumni

Elena Sergienko
Khabarovsk, Russia
Elena Sergienko '14 says that even though most of her fellow computer science majors are male, she has found plenty of support and lots of opportunities to gain skills and build her resume at Earlham.

Alumni

Victor Anciano
Victor Anciano '09, a student at Harvard Medical School, believes that Earlham was instrumental in helping him get into — and thrive at — one of the top ranked schools in the country.

Alumni

Michael Grathwohl
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Michael Grathwohl ’15 can’t hide his delight when asked about the relevance of the Oxford comma.

Alumni

Naysan McIlhargey
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Naysan McIlhargey '97 — owner of Miami Valley Pottery in Yellow Springs, Ohio — is one of many successful potters to emerge from Earlham’s art department. Earlham has played an important role in this tradition.

Alumni

Rachel Wadleigh
Northfield, Minn.
Rachel Wadleigh '16 varies her day by mixing her interests in biology, outdoor education, horses and snakes.

Faculty

Joann Quiñones
When Associate Professor of English Joann Quiñones was a high school kid in New Jersey, she didn’t think she could afford to go to college. Neither of her parents had followed the traditional route to a bachelor’s degree.

Student

John Sakaleros
Crown Point, Ind.
On career day in elementary school, John Sakaleros ’20 wore hospital scrubs. He wanted to look like a doctor. As a tall youngster, he already filled out the uniform pretty well.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Kelly Mayhew
Xenia, Ohio
Ph.D. Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University in St. Louis

Alumni

Rob Strobel
Rob Strobel '95 came to Earlham after serving in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War. He worked in management for the Kessler’s Sporting Goods chain and with the consulting firm Deloitte and Touche before joining Lithko in 2003.

Alumni

Lena Tchilingarian
Moscow, Russia
Lena Tchilingarian ’05 puts her business and non-profit management degree to use in her native Russia, working for the philanthropic arm of one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Alison Eddy
Lexington, Massachusetts
Staff member at Children’s International Summer Village in Cleveland, Ohio

Alumni

Eden Shroyer
Selma, Ind.
An Earlham class helped Eden Shroyer rediscover her love for math, puzzles and proofs.

Alumni

Topher Weiss-Lehman
Swarthmore, Pa.
Topher Weiss-Lehman ’10 is studying invasive species through a theoretical lens.

Alumni

Joe Hedrick
Boston, Mass.
After Earlham, Joe Hedrick earned his M.B.A. at Duke University, and began his banking career with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. At State Street Corporation, he has worked for a number of years on risk and compliance issues.

Alumni

Josh Penn
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Josh Penn '06 is one of the producers of Beasts of the Southern Wild, a 2013 nominee for an Oscar for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Faculty

Peter Blair
Associate Professor of Biology Peter Blair is a talented researcher and teacher. His courses include cell biology, immunology and parasitology, and his summer research opportunity is one of the most popular on campus.

Alumni

Meredith Faller
Indianapolis, Indiana
Meredith believes a liberal arts education at Earlham provides the freedom to choose one's own academic adventures and doesn't pigeonhole one into a Pre-Med track.

Alumni

Chancellor Milligan
Portland, Ind.
Chancellor Milligan '13 uses his study of Human Development and Social Relations to think critically about global issues.

Alumni

Alizabeth Aramowicz Smith `90
Richmond, IN

#LifeAfterEarlham

Heather Sloan
Arvada, Colorado
Opening her own company, Dyepot Studio, in Fort Collins, Colorado

Alumni

Jesse Varga
Yellow Springs, Ohio
How many people get up-close-and-personal with birds of prey? Jesse Varga ’08 does. He is a caretaker of owls, falcons, vultures, and eagles at Glen Helen Raptor Center in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Brittani Reno
Laurel, Indiana
Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Earlham

Alumni

Ivan Zovko
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivan Zovko ’14 came to Earlham from Bosnia and Herzegovina to become a doctor. An alternate path led him to use science and business to bring together a country affected by war.

Alumni

Jared Patton
Dayton, Ohio
Jared Patton '13 joined the ranks of such notable individuals as John Lithgow, Sylvia Plath, Dale Chihuly, Aaron Copland and Joseph Hellar by being honored as a Fulbright grant recipient.

Student

Munkhbat Munkjargal
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Munkhbat Munkjargal ’19 doesn't stand still for long. Outside of the classroom, he fills his time with student organizations and activities that engage people, as he puts it, in meaningful ways.

Alumni

Shane Hogle
Syracuse, Ind.
With a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, Shane Hogle '10 is studying plankton, a classification of undersea life that encompasses jellyfish, phytoplankton, amoebas, and microscopic protists.

Alumni

Kerry Flannagan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Kerry Flannagan ’12 was hired as a laboratory technician at Michigan Medical Genetics in August 2012, and has her sights set on graduate school. She shares how Earlham has been instrumental in her career path.

Alumni

Laura Meilman
Ithaca, N.Y.
Faced with an itch to travel and the need to stay in Boston, artist Laura Meilman ’10 decided to document in detail her adopted city. Since then, she has sketched 60 stations of Boston’s subway system.

Alumni

Phoebe Jones
Santa Ana, Calif.
Phoebe Jones ’15 has always enjoyed asking, and answering, life’s big questions. That great curiosity has led her down some interesting paths.

Alumni / Athlete

Kamau 'TiQi' Brown
Turlock, Calif.
Kamau “TiQi” Brown ’16 likes to keep a busy schedule.

Alumni

Qianyi Luo
Zhengzhou, China
Qianyi Luo '16 came to Earlham from China "looking for a new me" in a liberal arts setting. While studying at Earlham, she says she's found what she was seeking.

Student / Scholarship

Breanna Guindon
Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Breanna Guindon `16 received the Leonard Weyl National Alumni Endowed Scholarship

#LifeAfterEarlham

Somer Eckert
Richmond, Indiana
Program Coordinator at Amigos in Richmond, Indiana

Alumni

Ashley Chabot
Dexter, Maine
Ashley Chabot '13 hopes to enhance the lives of those affected by childhood illness. In her science classes, the Maine native developed the hands-on lab techniques that enable her to feel comfortable with skills that she uses now as a graduate student.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Hashem Abu Sham'a
Hebron, Palestine
Master's Degree Program in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies and Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford (UK)

#LifeAfterEarlham

Ky-el Sanchez
Amherst, Massachusetts
Master of Science Program at Rochester Institute of Technology

Faculty

Lori Watson
Associate Professor of Chemistry Lori Watson is a national leader in an effort to help inorganic chemistry professors include the latest developments in the field in their teaching.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Jennifer Barrett
Shelby, Michigan
Master of Science Program in Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh

Alumni

Sara Amina Adem
Saida, Algeria
Sara Amina Adem ’12 recently completed a unique extra assignment when she spoke before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee of the United Nations in New York.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Christian Alexander
Greenwich, Connecticut
Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Earlham

Student

Chau Pham
Hanoi, Vietnam
Keeping up with Chau Pham ’19 is no easy task. She will be working in Google’s office in Seattle in the Corporate Engineering team, specifically with application programming interfaces.

Alumni

Cecelia Capanna
Philadelphia, Pa.
Friends and housemates wish they had a dime for every time Cecelia Capanna ’15 says the word “community.”

Alumni

Melissa Lamson
Richmond, Ind.
"For the last 15 years I have been doing diversity, anti-discrimination and intercultural training and consulting. My clients are global, and I have worked on projects in more than 30 countries" says Melissa Lamson '91 .

Alumni

Camilla Fulvi
Grand Rapids, Michigan
A 2013 graduate of Earlham's M.A.T. program, Camilla Fulvi ’12 finds that dystopian literature spurs critical thinking. Books sparked interesting discussion among her students.

Alumni

Mallory Ward
Greenwood, IN
Mallory Ward ’16 says one of her best experiences at Earlham was being entrenched in theater, 24 hours straight.

Alumni / Athlete

Jacob Ebbs
Brookline, Mass.
Jacob Ebbs '16 uses a variety of lenses to study human nature.

Alumni

Marina Gorsuch
Plymouth, Minnesota
Now a research scientist for the Minnesota Population Center, Marina Gorsuch '08 works with an interdisciplinary team of economists, sociologists and public health researchers that integrates — or harmonizes — federal population data.

Alumni

Clara Whitman Parrett
Salem, Ore.
Visiting Clara Whitman Parrett '83 and husband Lloyd's humble yet extraordinary home in Centerville, Ind., gives insight into a way to live simply yet fully. The couple recently moved into "the Old Farmhouse."

Faculty

Walt Bistline
Assistant Professor of Art Walt Bistline’s own path to photography is unusual. After working as a lawyer for 25 years, Bistline decided to pursue his creative passion behind the lens.

Alumni

Hao Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
A whirlwind of international experience in her junior year helped Hao Nguyen ’17 narrow her career focus. She spent spring semester in London and then travelled to China to complete an internship and research opportunity.

Alumni

Yaro Zabavskiy
Tomilino, Russia
Yaro Zabavskiy ’14 is happy. In fact he’s more than happy as a teacher of ceramics and analog photography at the newly constructed United World College Dilijan in Armenia.

Student

Flannery Currin
Dallas, Texas
Flannery Currin ’19, who once dreaded computer courses, is pursuing a career in human-computer interaction and quality of life technology.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Brytnie Jones
Gary, Indiana
Master of Arts Program in Public Relations at Ball State University

Alumni

Eboni Stevens
Richmond, Ind.
Eboni Stevens '15 saw the disconnect between social classes here in Richmond. After her third year at Earlham, she saw education as the key and she and four friends set out to make a change.

Alumni

Syed "Onik" Kamal
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Syed “Onik” Kamal ’11 says he knew at a very young age that helping people would be foremost in whatever career he might choose. Studying at Earlham has only reinforced that idea.

Alumni

Ian Henry
Cincinnati, Ohio
For Ian Henry ’01, Ph.D., undergraduate campus projects and involvements honed skills he now uses in his career as Senior Scientist in Research and Development with consumer-products giant Procter and Gamble.

Alumni

Becky Ioppolo
Cambridge, England
Becky Ioppolo’s ’13 Earlham experience pointed her toward different fields and ways of thinking. And it gave her courage, all of which has proven helpful.

Student / Scholarship

William Henry
Clayton, Ohio
William Henry `16 received the Jonathan Duvick Scholarship Fund

Alumni

Sydney McBride
New Carlisle, Ind.
Sydney McBride '15 plans to use her interest in science to help people by pursuing a medical career. Earlham was McBride's choice because Earlhamites enjoy a high percentage of acceptance into one of their top 3 choices for graduate or professional school.

Faculty

John Iverson
Professor Emeritus of Biology John Iverson’s turtle research has provided summer research experiences for students for more than 30 years.

Scholarship

Isaiah Waire
Indianapolis, Indiana
Isaiah Waire `19 is the recipient of the Annual Scholarship in Honor of Paul Washington-Lacey.

Alumni

Tamer Nagy Mahmoud
Egypt
Tamer Nagy Mahmoud ’02 found himself counseling governments, including advising the drafters of a new constitution for his home country of Egypt.

Alumni

Kirk Bixler
Franklin, IN

#LifeAfterEarlham

Joey Slucher
Louisville, Kentucky
English Instructor for IB English in Japan

Scholarship

Andrew Noah Finnell
Indianapolis, Indiana
Andrew Noah Finnell `19 received the Ann Woolley Kendall `51 Annual Scholarship.

Alumni

Sylvia Torti
Salt Lake City, Utah
When Sylvia Torti ’92 arrived in Chiapas, Mexico in 1994, she thought she was going to gather data for a doctoral dissertation related to bird migration. Instead she had stumbled upon the idea for a novel.

Alumni

Johanna Best
Middlefield, Conn.
Lots of kids have fun digging holes in the backyard, but for Johanna Best ’02, this pastime led to her professional calling. "I lived in this big house in Connecticut and I got interested in reading National Geographic, probably around third grade," she says.

Alumni

Ruby Laskin
Ruby Laskin '08, a medical student at Temple University, says the Earlham faculty believed that she could become a physician — even before she believed it herself.

Alumni

Josh Friedberg
Josh Friedberg ’10 says he’s been able to put to good use a lot of what he has learned at Earlham and in life.

Alumni

Basil Farraj
Jerusalem, Palestine
Basil AbdulRazeq Farraj ’14 has a vision to work with Palestinian youth. He draws inspiration from his experiences on campus as a Peace and Global Studies major, a semester abroad and summer in Northern Ireland, and two internships in his home country of Palestine.

Alumni

Betsy "Seth" Cochran Metzgar
Camarillo, CA

Alumni

Miriam Lowenfield-Jayne
Swannanoa, N.C.
At Earlham, Miriam Lowenfield-Jayne found a school with opportunities to be involved in a student-run horse barn and a student-run coffee shop. She also self-designed a major in Middle East Studies.

Scholarship

Nadia Kousounadis
Chattanooga, TN
Nadia Kousounadis was awarded the Annual Scholarship in Memory of D. Elton Trueblood.

Student

Alejandra Traslosheros Reyes
Chicago, Ill.
Growing up in four different countries taught Alejandra Traslosheros Reyes ’18 that you can never learn enough.

Alumni

Clara Stulligross
Clara Stuligross ’14 has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship at the University of California-Davis.

Alumni

Laura Ladlow
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Laura Ladlow ’12 recalls dynamic and powerful classes from science courses to Earlham Seminars. She also studied in Tanzania and participated in sports, the Outdoors Club, student government and Dance Alloy.

Student

Dennis Vera
Austin, Texas
Dennis Vera ’19 places a priority on people, loves to socialize and has a deep love for family. She also refuses to give up.

Alumni

Jonathan Birkel
Richmond, Ind.
Jonathan Birkel ’16 never would have guessed his education would revolve so much around soil. He was able to help develop soil sensors during a May Term, and research ancient agriculture on a summer project.

Alumni

Craig Earley
Broadus, MT
Craig Earley ’16 discovered his passion at the intersection of social science, statistics, information and computer science.

Alumni

Adam Simon
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Geology major Adam Simon ’15 says it’s not unreasonable to think that rare earth materials will be mined from asteroids in 20 years, and he wants to be part of that process.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Marwah Saleh
Brooklyn, New York
Intern for the University of Notre Dame at the National Bison Range in Montana

Faculty

Marc Benamou
Professor of Music Marc Benamou challenges anyone to find another college or university in the country that has a music department as small as Earlham’s, where one of the faculty members is an ethnomusicologist.

Scholarship

Evelyn Sanchez
San Francisco, CA
Evelyn Sanchez `19 received the Dr. Eva Feldman Annual Scholarship.

Alumni

Claire Welsh
Ann Arbor, Mich.
“I am fascinated by the criminal mind and want to learn more about it. I want to revolutionize the way we think about the legal system and its impact on the mentally ill,” explains Claire Welsh '16.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Tyrian Robertson
Dallas, Texas
Master of Public Affairs Program with a Concentration in Nonprofit Management at Indiana University

Alumni

Martin Moon
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Martin Moon ’13 thought a metals class, a class he accidentally gained admittance to, would be a fun counterbalance for all of the hard science courses he was taking.

Alumni

Anna Schonwald
Barrington, NH
Anna Schonwald ’16 attributes at least a part of her success at landing a prestigious internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to the confidence of knowing what she wanted.

Alumni

Liza Donnelly
Rhinecliff, N.Y.
Liza Donnelly '77, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, sold her first cartoon to the magazine in 1979 and has been a regular contributor ever since. She has also published her work in many periodicals and books.

Alumni

Maryia Pupko
Zaslavi, Belarus
Maryia Pupko is proof that good comes from even the worst disasters. The compassion she experienced after her mother's death has inspired her to advocate for the otherwise disregarded.

Faculty

Deborah Jackson
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Deborah Jackson takes her teaching way outside the traditional classroom to environmental "hot spots."

Alumni

Katherine Simon
Berwyn, Pa.
Katherine Simon '15 discovered a warm, caring support system in Quaker Fellows. She also learned about herself and applied that knowledge to the world around her.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Ronke Abodunrin
Sovenga, South Africa
Project Coordinator for the Global Environment & Technology Foundation

Alumni

Ken Edgett
San Diego, Calif.
Ken Edgett ’87 is a senior research scientist at Malin Space Science Systems and the principal investigator for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, which touched down on the Red Planet on Aug. 6, 2012.

Alumni

Yim Rodriguez
Chiclayo, Peru
Yim Rodriguez '14 earned a full scholarship to participate in the Munich Brain Course, a week-long intensive study offered by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität - Munich.

Alumni

Amanda Moore
Simi Valley, Calif.
Not unlike the Japanese culture she studies, Amanda Moore’s interests are multi-layered, complex, and have been developing for years.

Alumni

Justin Vadas
Hammond, Ind.
Justin Vadas gained a rare combination of scientific skills and experience at Earlham. A double major in chemistry and physics, he earned the Outstanding Student Award for his work during a summer research experience at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Alumni

Karli Oxford-Jordan
Santa Monica, Calif.
Babies are pint-sized moral philosophers? It may not be such a silly question. In her senior project, Karli Oxford-Jordan ’17, equipped with puppet shows and parent questionnaires, is determined to explore morality in babies as young as four months.

Alumni

Hope Safford
Mahtomedi, Minn.
While studying in Jordan during a Mellon-funded May Term, Hope Safford ‘16 became increasingly interested the how of music: specifically, how the people she was working with were improvising and learning music

Alumni

Robert Faulkens
Indianapolis, Ind.
Robert Faulkens ’84 is a former high school teacher, coach and principal. An athlete at Earlham, he says, “this job is a chance to be a part of something I love. I can’t play any more, but this is a way I can still be involved.”

#LifeAfterEarlham

Hannah Munro
West End, North Carolina
Master’s Degree Program in Geochemical Systems at the University of New Hampshire

Alumni / Athlete

Bria Robinson
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Bria Robinson '17 mixes music, acting, singing, dancing and volleyball as part of her liberal arts education. Her aspirations include graduate school and Broadway.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Catherine Ballali
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Energy Consultant for GeoInsight Engineering and Consulting Firm in Manchester, New Hampshire

#LifeAfterEarlham

Peniel Ibe
Abuja, Nigeria
Teaching Vocational and Life Skills to Teenage Mothers in Liberia

Alumni

Nick Archer
Nassau, Bahamas
Nick Archer ’16, a Physics major, was one of those kids who liked to take things apart.

Alumni

Chelsea Blake
Indianapolis, Ind.
Chelsea Blake '08 is exploring the effects of invasive predator species on native prey species, an area of inquiry that allows her to combine her interests in behavioral ecology and conservation.

Alumni

George Crowson
Richmond, Ind.
After a research trip to Nicaragua during winter break, George Crowson ’16 won’t look at the sky and see it the same way.

Student

Daniel Kibet
Rift Valley, Kenya
Daniel Kibet ’19 reaps a harvest of industry and compassion for his home country of Kenya.

Alumni

Annalee Flower Horne
Silver Spring, Md.
Annalee Flower Horne '08 has found a professional home on Capitol Hill. Having an interest in public service and policy, and in making the world a better place," she's a staff assistant for Congressman Peter Stark (D- California).

Alumni

Mayeesha Ahmed
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mayeesha Ahmed '17 is a scientific illustrator at the Joseph Moore Museum and hopes to become a heart surgeon.

Scholarship

Diana Marino
Bronx, NY
Diana Marino `19 was the recipient of the Erika Wells Memorial Annual Scholarship.

Alumni

Justin Cannon
Orinda, Calif.
The Rev. Justin Cannon, an ordained Episcopal priest, says majoring in French had wonderful surprises.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Ram Chandra Itani
Kathmandu, Nepal
Ph.D. Program in Physical Chemistry at the University of Chicago.

Alumni

Tiauna Washington
Bristol, Pennsylvania
A 2011 graduate of Earlham’s M.A.T. program, Tiauna Washington ’04 is a first-generation college graduate and now she’s encouraging other first-generation students to do the same as part of a rewarding career.

Alumni

Maggie Jesme
Ely, Minn.
Maggie Jesme '14 combines Peace and Global Studies and pre-med to address disparities in access to health care. A semester in Jordan solidified her goals and aspirations.

Alumni / Scholarship

Christopher Angell
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Christopher Angell `15 received the Owen and Fran Chrisman Endowed Scholarship

Alumni

Jessa Watters
Norman, Okla.
A combination of Earlham factors aligned to help Jessa Watters ’01 secure her position as Collection Manager for Herpetology at the Sam Noble Museum at the University of Oklahoma.

Alumni

Winona Hawker-Boehnke
St. Louis, Mo.
In spring semester of her junior year Winona Hawker-Boehnke’14 went on an off-campus program to Jordan to learn more about the U.S. role in the Middle East. Earlham has about 20 off-campus programs located throughout the world, allowing students a remarkable opportunity to get more out of their education beyond just what they learn in a classroom.

Alumni

Tyrian Robertson
Dallas, Texas
Tyrian Robertson ’17 sees how the broader world is at work in her life and is inspired to use her skills and abilities to benefit others. After graduation, Robertson hopes to start a nonprofit that helps areas recover from natural disasters.

Faculty

Vince Punzo
What is human dignity? Professor of Psychology Vince Punzo teaches a course pondering that question, thanks in part to a $22,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to foster exploration of enduring questions.

Alumni / Athlete

Johnnie Fitzpatrick
Muncie, Ind.
Dreams of defending the poor and wrongfully accused are slowly replacing Johnnie Fitzpatrick’s ’16 recurring dream where he relives being shot in the left leg because of someone else’s drug deal gone bad.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Lydia Lichtiger
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Advocate for STEPS to End Family Violence in New York City.

Student

Charles Davis
Chicago, Ill.
His words are lively and personal and as he speaks the raucous room is hushed.

Alumni

Eli Darnell
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Eli Darnell ’11 will begin medical school at the University of Chicago this fall. He received multiple acceptances to top medical schools, and several merit scholarships, including a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Chicago.

#LifeAfterEarlham

Elisabeth Sorrows
Carlisle, Massachusetts
Intern for the Maria Mitchell Association in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Faculty

Lyn Miller
When Associate Professor of Religion Lyn Miller teaches the New Testament, she typically draws a fascinating mix of evangelicals, liberals, agnostics, atheists and those from non-Christian faith traditions to her classroom.

Alumni

Ezra Smith
Honesdale, Pa.
Ezra Smith ’15 grew up on a yoga ashram in the rural countryside of northeastern Pennsylvania and only realized how much that experience influenced him after he arrived at Earlham.