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Successful Careers
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knowledge of a foreign language a valuable resource in today's
world. Coe foreign language graduates have gone on to language-related
careers in government, museum work, international banking, teaching,
advertising, radio and television, library work, and the diplomatic.
Here are a few examples of what Coe foreign language graduates
are doing now:
- Tracey Peters (Spanish, minor in French) teaches French
and Spanish at a high school in California
- Paul Venhuizen (French and Physics) is working toward
a Ph. D. in French at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Raquel R. Brandhorst (Spanish and Business) is currently
employed as a Marketing Representative by Aegon Insurance. While
at Coe, she did a business honors project related to the Hispanic
community in West Liberty, Iowa.
- Lisa Exey Hoppe (German, Literature, and English) is raising a family in Bonn, Germany, where whe works as an editor and translator for the German Research Council.
- Lorraine Martorelli (Spanish) earned a Master's degree
in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University. Currently
works at the University of Chicago's Center for International
Studies as an Educational Outreach Coordinator.
- Jill Thompson (French and Art) is currently working
as the Registrar at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
- Amanda Moore (Spanish, English and Creative Writing)
is working in the Social Work Training Division of Casa Central
in Chicago.
- Trina Koppang works for German-owned Canton Audio in Minneapolis.
- Tom Wagner (French) is a French teacher in the Omaha
Public School System.
- Jennifer Engelkemier is curator of the German immigrant collections at the Museum of Amana History.
- Chiraz Boutiba (International Relations and Spanish)
is a member of the Gulf War Compensation Commission of the
United Nations in Geneva Switzerland.
- Derek Daniel lives in Berlin where he is completing a graduate degree in Computer Science.
- Mike Noonan (Spanish) is a Physical Therapist in Tucson,
Arizona, an area with a large Hispanic population.
- Paul Wilson (French and Business Administration) works
for the Merril Lynch Investment Company.
- Andrea Purvis (Spanish and English) works with Hispanics
in the area of social services
- Grace Yabrudy (French and Business) is a staff Officer
for the World Bank. She is currently in Mali.
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