Yearly Archives: 2011
Tom Thao ’11
By WENDI WHEELER ’06 Major: SOCIOLOGY Internship: LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION (LISC) What are you doing? I have been researching the area around the proposed stops along University Avenue… more >
Kristi Vinkemeier ’11
By WENDI WHEELER ’06 Major: CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY MINOR Internship: AVEDA CORPORATION/SARTEC CORPORATION What are you doing? My internship is a joint project between Aveda and SarTec Corporation. We… more >
Dan Brandt ’11
By WENDI WHEELER ’06 Major: marketing Internship: Minnesota Twins Public Affairs Office What are you doing? I bring the children of major donors and long-time season ticket holders… more >
“Problem” students become problem solvers
By Wendi Wheeler ’06 Visualize young people in our public schools making positive change in their communities. Who comes to mind? Probably not middle school students in the special… more >
Real experience in the working world
By WENDI WHEELER ’06 INTERNSHIPS, ONCE A NECESSARY STOP ON THE CAREER PATH OF ASPIRING PHYSICIANS, ARE NOW COMMON FOR MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS. WE TALKED TO FOUR AUGGIE INTERNS… more >
Faiza Abbas Mahamud ’11
By STEPHANIE WEISS A life that defies definition Faiza Abbas Mahamud moved a lot when she was young. First her family moved from war-torn Somalia to Kenya. Then the… more >
Dat Nguyen ’11
By STEPHANIE WEISS Unlocking possibilities and potential Success in the sciences started for Dat Nguyen when his photographer father lectured him on the solar system. It was 1995 and the… more >
Jiahua (Holly) Huang ’12
By STEPHANIE WEISS Holly is a regular Minnesotan In the 12 months Jiahua Huang was in the United States, she became a typical Minnesotan. Holly, as she prefers to be… more >
Erica Lippitt ’12
By STEPHANIE WEISS Family teamwork creates a world of possibility for WEC student Some people buy home study courses to learn Spanish. Some enroll in Spanish classes. And some people… more >
Max Bregenzer ’12
By STEPHANIE WEISS Living life to the Max Max Bregenzer has traveled, studied, and lived in four countries—Germany, Spain, Argentina, and the United States—and he might not yet… more >