College of Arts and Sciences Success Stories 2017

Name: Adam Hendel

Hometown: Lakeland, MN

Major: Physics

Involvement: Society of
Physics Students, High Powered
Rocketry, and Data Science
Team Falcon

Job and Graduate School:
Technology Development
Associate for Optum/UnitedHealth 
Group in Minnetonka, MN.
Additionally, will be enrolled in the 
Master of Science in Data Science
graduate program at the University of
St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN

Name: Carla Ortiz-Perez

Hometown: Rosemount, MN

Major: Criminology and Sociology

Involvement: Sociology,
Criminology, and Anthropology
Club, Latino Student Organization,
and St. Croix Valley Restorative
Justice

Job: Assistant Probation
Officer in the Juvenile Services
Division at the Juvenile Detention
Center in St. Paul, MN

Name: Cody Kunhart

Hometown: Neillsville, WI

Major: Sociology

Job: Shelter Services Coordinator
for Turningpoint in River Falls, WI

Name: Devon Gelhar

Major: Studio Art, Primary
Emphasis in Ceramics with a
Secondary Emphasis in Art History

Involvement: Art Society, URSCA 
Fall and Spring Galas, Student
Juried Art Show, Outdoor Art 
Installation, Winter Scholarship
Art Sale

Graduate School: Master of 
Fine Arts in Ceramics at
Syracuse University in 
Syracuse, NY

Name: Dominique Bagley-Page

Hometown: Red Wing, MN

Major: Criminology and Sociology

Involvement: Sociology, 
Criminology, and Anthropology Club

Job: Part-Time Probation Officer for
Anoka County, Assistant Probation
Officer for Ramsey County

Name: Kaylee Beevers

Hometown: Spring Valley, MN

Major: Marketing Communications
and International Studies

Involvement: Marcomm Club,
Office of University Advancement, 
and Admissions

Job: Marketing Communications 
Department at TransUnion in 
Chicago, IL

Name: Lindsey Knopps

Hometown: Hudson, WI

Major: Biology

Involvement: Love Your Melon 
Campus Crew, Dance Theatre,
Hudson Hospitals and Clinics,
Big Brothers Big Sisters, and
Office of Student Involvement

Professional School: Doctor of 
Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
Medicine (LECOM) in Bradenton, FL

Name: Matthew Clark

Hometown: La Crosse, WI

Major: Journalism

Involvement: WRFW Radio and 
Student Voice Newspaper

Job: Morning Show Producer
for WISC-TV News 3, CBS
affiliate, in Madison, WI

Name: Porter Swartz

Hometown: Menomonie, WI

Major: Biology, Pre-Optometry

Involvement: Pre-Health Society,
Dan's Bandana Project, InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship, and Intramurals

Professional School: St. Louis College
of Optometry at University of
Missouri in St. Louis, MO

Name: Samuel Elinson

Hometown: Eagan, MN

Major: TESOL 

Involvement: Residence Hall
Association, LARPers' League, 
Japanese Animation and Film
Club, TESOL Club, Global
Programming Society, and
Habitat for Humanity

Job: Assistant Language Teacher 
teaching English in Japan for the
JET (Japanese Exchange
and Teaching) Program

Name: Taylor Norby

Hometown: Mora, MN

Major: Biomedical Sciences

Involvement: Varsity Women's 
Tennis and German Club

Graduate School: Medical
Laboratory Science (MLS)
program at the University of 
Minnesota - Twin Cities

Name: Xiaoqi Wang

Hometown: China

Major: Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages
(TESOL)

Involvement: Chancellor's Student
Ambassadors, Global Programming
Society, Chinese Culture Club, 
TESOL Club, International Student
Services, Orientation and Transition 
Leader, and Academic Success Center

Graduate School: Master of Science
in Education in TESOL at the 
University of Pennsylvania in 
Philadelphia, PA

Name: Taylor Foreman

Hometown: Bloomington, MN

Major: Fine Arts - Glassblowing
Minor in Drawing

Involvement: Glass Club,
Art Society, Public Demonstrator
for High School Workshop Day,
Gallery Guard, Scholarship Sale,
Juried Student Exhibition, and
Prologue

Job: Production Assistant with
Hennepin Made in Minneapolis, MN

Name: Brian Erdich

Major: English - Creative Writing

Involvement: Prologue
Editor-in-Chief, and Chair of the
Student Media Committee

Graduate School: Master of Fine
Arts in Creative Writing -
Screenwriting at Augsburg College
in Minneapolis, MN.

 
Name: Jessi Conklin

Hometown: Green Bay, WI

Major: Communication Studies

Involvement: Alpha Sigma Alpha,
NRHH, RHA, Falcon Guide, 
LEAD, New Student and Family
Programs, Student Support 
Services, and Active Minds

Graduate School: Enrolling in
the Higher Education and
Student Affairs program at
Fort Hays State University in 
Hays, KS. Additionally, 
will be a Graduate Assistant
for Inclusion and Diversity 
Excellence.

 
Name:  Maria Eskro

Major:   Mathematics, Computer
Science Minor

Involvement:  Climbing Club

Job: Associate Web Software
Engineer with Code42 in
Minneapolis, MN