Recent political science graduates
- Starting Careers
- Law School
- Pursuing Graduate Degrees
- Non-profits/NGOs
- Government Employees
- US Armed Services
- Fellowships and Internships
Starting Careers
Ashley King ('10) Fall 2010 Support staff for Pennsylvania Counseling Services.
Christopher Postema ('10) Fall 2010 Deputy Finance Director for the campaign to re-elect Zack Space for Ohio state congress.
Kevin Morales ('10) Fall 2010 is an apprentice at a traditional candy shop in La Antigua, Guatemala.
Shannon Moselle ('10) Spring 2012 Project Associate, Asia Region at Chemonics International
Jean Buteyn ('11) Spring 2013 - A consultant at Capgemini's Business Information Management and Oracle Analytics Practice in Mineapolis, MN
Shawn Tindall ('11) working as a property manager for Kuipers Construction in Holland, Michigan.
Eric Kamstra ('11) working as a consultant for Campaign Resource Group.
Gabe Bell ('12) working as a software engineer at Sales Crunch in Grand Rapids, MI.
Meredith Fennema ('12) working as a Project Coordinator at Venture Imports, a Fair Trade federation member, Grand Rapids, MI.
Anna Flynn ('12) Working for Menlo Innovations, a software development company in Ann Arbor, MI.
Kelly Larsen Organ ('12) working with the Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice.
Ashley Post ('12) Works for Americorps VISTA in fund development for Communication Action Team in St. Helen, OR.
Ellen Van Eek ('12) working as a Project Coordinator at Marq Energie Consulting in Washington D.C.
Jenna Vande Kamp ('12) is the Finance and Event Co-ordinator for the Kent County GOP in Grand Rapids, MI.
Ryan Vander Ploeg ('12) working at New York Life as an agent.
Hannah Whyte ('12) teaching English, high school language arts, in Catacamas, Honduras
James Wood ('12) working at the Chicago-based legal consulting firm, Boomerang.
Students at Law School
Lisa Ahrendt ('10) plans to attend law school Fall 2010 focusing on intellectual property.
Rachel Bright ('10) Fall 2010 Charlotte School of Law studying criminal law
Libby Howell ('10) Fall 2012 attends Illinois College of Law,\.
Krista Johnson ('10) Fall 2010 started law school at University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Ki Peum (KP) Lee ('10) February 2010 started Handong International Law School in Korea.
James Zandstra ('10) Fall 2012 at Seton Hall 's -JD/MA in international relations.
Josh Herr ('11) Fall 2011 started studying law at Pepperdine Univesity and planning on a dual-degree - J.D./M.D.R. (Master's in Dispute Resolution).
Steve Krommendyk ('11) Fall 2011 started attending law school at Notre Dam.
Ana Stutler ('11) Fall 2011 started attending law school at Wayne State.
Benjamin Verhulst ('11) Fall 2012 started University of Wisconsin Law School.
Peter Speelman ('12) Fall 2013 started New York University Law School.
Nikki Vander Meulen ('12) Fall 2012 started law school at Georgetown University.
Pursuing Graduate Degrees
Caitlin McGill ('10) Graduated in 2012 from Texa A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service with a Masters of International Affairs, International Development, National securioty, and Diplomacy
Stephanie Brinks ('11) Fall 2011 starts masters program in Community and Mental Health Counseling at Canisius University in New York.
Griffin Jackson ('11) Fall 2011 started studying at the University of Chicago for his masters in International Relations.
Sarah Oliver ('11) Fall 2011 began a master's program in international political economy at the University of California - San Diego.
Kyle Vander Helm ('11) Fall 2011 beginning a MA program at the University of Denver.
Kay Varela ('11) Fall 2012 has a masters in Sociology from Texas A&M University now pursuing PhD in sociology at Texas A&M University.
Jessica Peters ('12) Spring 2013 attending Moody Bible Institute in the Urban Ministries Graduate Program.
Non-profits/NGO
Paul Hartge ('10) Spring 2013 Assistant to the President for the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance
Julia Riddell ('10) Summer 2010 began a 2 year term with the Peace Corps.
Emily Daher ('11) Summer 2011 started as a business development and program intern with Hopeline Institute in Ghana (Accra) trough Partners Worldwide.
Rebecca Hiemstra ('12) working in Olympic National Park in Washington state with Christian Ministries in the National Parks.
Dan Hofman ('12) teaching English in Daquing, China through English First.
So Heon Park ('12) on staff at Civilian Fellowship for International Exchange in Seoul, South Korea.
Government Employees
Becky Bouman ('10) Fall 2012 - working as an Intern-Staff assistant at Congressman Bill Huizenga's office.
Jeff Snyder ('10) Spring 2010 started working on the Ken Yonker for State Representative campaign. Yonker is running as a Republican in the 72nd Michigan State House district.
Matt Sowash ('10) Started working in the office of Michigan State Representative Joe Graves Spring 2013 as a Legislative Director.
U.S. Armed Services
Alex Mayer('10) Joined the U.S. Army where he hopes to be come a Special Forces officer after 5 years. Also will pursue a masters in Military Studies & Diplomacy.
Tim Vermeer ('10) is commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corp.
Reese Casillas ('12) Jan. 2013 started MOS training for the US Marines
Dave Eberle('12) Commissioned as a 2LT in the US Army in July 2012.
Fellowships and Internships
Paul Schrampfer ('10) Fall 2010 is a John Jay Fellow with the John Jay Institute.
Ryan DeVries ('12) Fall 2012 awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach English in Taiwan.
Priscilla Megalaa ('12) interning for one year at EvenStart, a Washington D.C. based organization that works with immigrants and refugees in the D. C. area.
