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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Kim Stromgren

Name: Kim Stromgren Age: 30 Education (UR and additional): B.A. in Studio Art & Art History, University of Rochester, 2003; M.A. in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Naropa University Current city/state of residence: Denver, CO Job Title: Psychotherapist Employer: Self Community activities: Pro-bono counseling at Maria Droste Counseling Center, Volunteer work for Hospice of Boulder & Broomfield [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities and Social Science Alumni:

Name: Sarah Otto Age: 31 Occupation: Exhibition Coordinator, The Cleveland Museum of Art Education (UR and additional): B.A. in Religion and Psychology, University of Rochester, 2002; Take Five Scholars, Music as a Universal Language, 2003; Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 2006 Current city/state of residence: Cleveland, OH Why did you choose to attend [...]

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Spotlight on Natural Sciences and Humanities Alumni: Sarah Greene

Name: Sarah Greene Education (UR and additional): B.S.  in Geological Sciences and B.A.  in German, University of Rochester, 2005, PhD in Geological Sciences, University of Southern California, 2011 Current city/state of residence: Bristol, United Kingdom Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher Employer: University of Bristol Family: Married Community activities: Bristol Bach Choir, various science outreach activities for [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Erin Cassar

Name: Erin Cassar Age: 30 Occupation: Doctoral student Education (UR and additional): B.A. in English, University of Rochester, 2003; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University Current city/state of residence: Philadelphia, PA Family: Husband – Daniel, son – Benjamin (9 months) Community activities: church, farmer’s market When I was a student at UR, I was a resident [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Dan Apfel

Name: Dan Apfel Age: 28 Education (UR and additional): B.A. in History, University of Rochester, 2005 Current city/state of residence: Brooklyn, NY Job Title: Executive Director Employer: Responsible Endowments Coalition What activities were you involved in as a student and what did you gain from them? I was a part of many different student groups. [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Jennika Stamm

Name: Jennika Stamm ’10 Age: 23 Education (UR and additional): B.A. in American Sign Language, University of Rochester, 2010 Current city/state of residence: South Brunswick, NJ Family: Married to another UR 2010 graduate (he graduated with a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Linguistics) Community activities: Volunteering at local wildlife rehabilitation centers When [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Cecil Hernandez

Name: Cecil Hernandez Age: 27 Education (UR and additional): B.A. in African & African American Studies/History, University of Rochester, 2007; M.A., University of Michigan, 2008; PhD, Florida State University in progress Current city/state of residence: Sanford FL Job Title: Substitute teacher Employer: Seminole County public schools Why did you choose to attend the University of [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Marissa Dubin

Name: Marissa Dubin Age: 24 Occupation: Copywriter Education (UR and additional): B.A. in English, University of Rochester, 2010 Current city/state of residence: Cambridge, MA Community activities: Fashion trend prediction class at Mass College of Art What resources did you use on campus that you recommend current students use? I would recommend that students take advantage [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Kary Haddad

Name: Kary Haddad Age: 30 Education (UR and additional): B.A. in Music, University of Rochester, 2004; M.A. in Music Education, Eastman School of Music, 2006. Current city/state of residence: New York City Job Title: Music Teacher & Freelance Musician Employer: Columbia Preparatory School Why did you choose to attend the University of Rochester? I chose [...]

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Spotlight on Humanities Alumni: Michael Newmark

Name: Michael Newmark Age: 28 Occupation: Graduate Student Education (UR and additional): B.A. in History, University of Rochester, 2005; Fulbright, Visiting Researcher, Jagiellonian University ; PhD, University of Toronto. Current city/state of residence: Kraków, Poland; Toronto, Canada Community activities: JCC [Jewish Community Center] Kraków (http://www.jcckrakow.org/), Graduate History Society at the University of Toronto What activities [...]

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