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Success Beyond Principia

Prepared for a Career in the Film Industry

Abbie Steckler (C’15) Postproduction Editor, Klutch Creative Founder and CEO, Pine Rock Pictures

With the goal of pursuing a career in the film industry, Abbie designed an individualized major in film, supported by a minor in history. Shortly after graduation, she moved to Los Angeles, where she is finding ...

Internship Leads to Full-Time Work

David McClelland (C’16) PFME Analyst, Nestlé Purina

During summer 2015, while interning at Nestlé Purina, David worked in the Finance Department, analyzing prepay purchase orders and accrual accounts, building historical files, and testing pricing tools. David’s skills and work ethic caught the attention of company management—toward the end of ...

Mediation Team Leads to Law School

Abby Strub (C’16) Law student, Michigan State University Law School

“I joined Principia’s mediation team in order to build my résumé, quite honestly,” says Abby Strub, a political science and English double major. “Little did I know how much I’d like it!”

Abby earned All-American status after ...

From Principia to Amazon

Chance Weith (C'16) Area Manager, Amazon

Chance Weith transferred to Principia his junior year and immediately felt at home. Right away, he noticed how Principia faculty were highly engaged in his learning. “As much as I valued my previous educational experiences,” he says, “I found that Principia faculty were ...

World-Class Creativity and Innovation

Andres De Paz (US'07, C'11) Producer/Editor, Discovery en Español

What does it take to go from being a kid who loves art to being a leading innovator in a Fortune 100 Company with 7,000 employees on five continents? If you ask Andres De Paz (US’07, C’11), he will humbly ...

Prepared for Career in Natural Resources

Vanessa Waller (C’15) Associate Consultant at Raftelis

After graduating from Principia, Vanessa completed a master's degree in environmental managment at Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Hired right out of graduate school by Raftelis, Vanessa does financial modeling of rate structures for utility projects. "Since our speciality ...

Making Aerospace History

Kevin Pratt (US’ 00, C’04) helped aerospace development company Blue Origin make history recently. After the company launched a rocket at their Texas test site in November, both the capsule and propulsion module landed back on earth right side up. A second test was equally successful last month, inspiring Pratt ...

Encouraging Women in Science and Technology

Sylvia Wandahwa (C’12) came to Principia from Kenya with a focus on the sciences, ultimately graduating with a BS in chemistry. Since then, she has found ways to “pay forward” the encouragement and support she felt at the College. “I am where I am today because of the people who ...

Opportunities to Pursue a Wealth of Interests

Cathrine Shepard (C’15) Graduate Student, University of Georgia

Thanks to the range of opportunities offered at Principia College, Cathrine Shepard combined chemistry, sustainability, scientific research, music, and travel to create a college experience all her own.

Sophomore year, Cathrine traveled through the coastal and Andes Mountain regions of ...

International Law and Community Building

Hoping to help bring positive change and stability to turbulent parts of the world, Melissa Duffy (US’96, C’00) traveled to the Netherlands the summer after graduating from the College to attend a symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution. That experience focused her attention on law ...

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