Recent Calvin graduates
Calvin graduates with majors or minors in international development go on to work in a broad range of fields around the world. Learn more about these fields and get advice about how to make the most of your international development studies major or minor.
Alisa Buma
Current activities: Program Coordinator Samaritan's Purse
Liz Schepel
Current activities: Graduate Student at Arizona State
Major: Spanish
Emily Romero
Current activities:Co-Director of Jubilee Centers International
Lives in: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Jillian Baker
Current activities: World Vision in Uganda
Major/Minor: English Literature/IDS
Tricia Vanderkooy '99
Current activities: Consulting projects to focus on disseration
International development experience: worked in Haiti with the CRWRC
Jason Fileta '05
Majors/minors: sociology and IDS
Current activities (2007): field organizer for the Micah Challenge
Arianne Folkema '04
Majors/minors: biochemistry
Current activities (2007): in masters of public health program at Emory University
Pellagia Muliba-Geston '05
Majors/minors: Economics and IDS
Current activities (2007): Africa Region Project Manager for Opportunity International
Chris O'Brien '03
Majors/minors: economics/IDS and German
Current activities (2006): Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru
Kris Ozar '00
Majors/minors:business/ communication, IDS
Current activities (2008): monitoring and evaluation/learning for Catholic Relief Services
Sarah Reynolds '01
Majors/minors: economics and Spanish, IDS
Current activities (2008): PhD candidate in economics at Cornell
Rebecca Vander Meulen '99
Majors/minors: biology, IDS and archaeology
Current activities (2009): community development director, Diocese of Niassa, Mozambique
Alisa Volbeda '05
Majors/minors: business and communications, IDS
Current activities (2009): MBA student at Biola University
Matt van Geest '97
Majors/minors: International Development
Current activities (2009):Program Officer for the IOM in Port au Prince Haiti
