Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 16

Frances Griswold ’13
gRaD sTuDeNT aT CeNTRal WashINgTON uNIveRsITy

“

geology is my way to impact
god’s kingdom.”

Lasting
RetuRns
With Wheaton’s liberal arts education
on their resumes, graduates of 2013 launch
into careers and calling.

Kendall Vanderslice ’13
PasTRy assIsTaNT IN The bOsTON aRea

“

My primary goal for the future is
to work toward making sustainable
food available to all socioeconomic
classes.”

Jeremiah cooGan ’13
gRaDuaTe sTuDeNT aT uNIveRsITy Of OxfORD

“

i hope that my research on the textual
transmission of scripture will prompt both
the church and academy to think more
carefully about what we mean when we
say ‘scripture.’”

INTRO by DR. JeffRy C. DavIs, assOCIaTe PROfessOR Of
eNglIsh, DIReCTOR Of The WRITINg CeNTeR, aND DIReCTOR
Of The INTeRDIsCIPlINaRy sTuDIes PROgRam

T

he debate about the relative worth of
an undergraduate degree has intensified in
recent years. With a slow economic recovery,
2013 graduates know that good jobs do not
come easily. Competition in the marketplace
remains fierce. any imprudent expectation
of finding the perfect position right out of
college must be tempered with realism and
perseverance.
Noting that in the workforce today there
are more than a million retail sales clerks
with a four-year undergraduate degree, scott
Carlson, writing for The Chronicle of Higher
Education, recently asked whether or not an
undergraduate degree even merits the time
and money anymore.

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andrew Thompson ’13
fellOW WITh The ORegON leaDeRshIP
DevelOPmeNT INsTITuTe

“

Community is absolutely essential to thriving.”

irma casTañeda ’13
COmmuNITy WORkeR WITh The IllINOIs
sTuDeNT assIsTaNCe COmmIssION

“

there’s nothing more empowering
than education.”

ryan anderson ’13
fIRsT-yeaR meDICal sTuDeNT aT mayO meDICal sChOOl

“

Dr. Hess . . . provided an example of
someone living out his faith as an active
research physician.”