Successful Graduates

Over a third of our math majors go on immediately to graduate school, and roughly another third earn secondary teaching certificates and proceed immediately to teaching jobs. The remaining third enter a variety of careers spread widely across business and industry. Our Computer Science majors have such attractive choices for immediate employment that relatively few enter graduate study. The list below gives a few of these possibilities:

  • Corey Large (computer science) is a manager at Investment Advisory Network.
  • Matthew Menzel (mathematics) completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Kentucky and has joined the faculty at Marietta College in Ohio as assistant professor of mathematics.
  • Melissa Shepherd (computer science and mathematics) is currently a homemaker.
  • David Feil (mathematics, French, and physics) completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Iowa. He is on the faculty at Carroll College in Wisconsinas assistant professor of mathematics.
  • Jamie Pilgrim (computer science and art) is a computer animator whose credits include The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings. Jamie is currently the Senior Technical Director for Sony Pictures Image Works.
  • Daniel Pyatt (computer science) is a programmer for Arthur Anderson Technological Services in Sarasota, Florida.
  • Furrukh Fahim (mathematics, computer science and economics) earned a Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. He is the President/CEO of Fahim Systems.
  • Jeffrey Pospisil (mathematics) teaches mathematics and coaches basketball at Cedar Valley Christian School.
  • Geci Karuri (computer science) has her masters and is currently the chief research manager at Human Sciences Research Council.
  • Ben Meyer (computer science and physics) is a post-doctoral researcher at Honter College after receiving his Ph.D. at Iowa State University.
  • Jennifer Hunt (mathematics and computer science) is employed as Senior Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins.

Successful Students

  • Joe White (computer science) was a member of the computer programming teams that qualified for the finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest in 1995 and 1996. Joe completed an honors project and was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. When not at his computer, Joe could be found playing viola in the college orchestra.Joe is currently a Senior Programmer at Profit Star.
  • Aspen Large (computer science and business administration) was editor of the Acorn, Coe's yearbook, and a writer for the student newspaper, The Cosmos. Aspen was a member of the conference champion women's soccer team and earned academic all-conference honors.Aspen is currently a portfolio analyst for the fixed income department at Janus Capitol.
  • Susan Bye (mathematics and French) was selected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She served as a tutor for the Educational Support Program and was involved in jazz band and Physics Club among many other activities. Susan completed an internship at Aegon in the Corporate Actuarial Department and received her M.A. from the University of Iowa.  She is currently a programmer at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.
  • Ryan Kolpin (mathematics and computer science) was very active in athletics while at Coe. He was all-conference in track and football and was named Sports Illustrated's Small College Football Player of the Week. Ryan worked in the Coe Office of Admission on a work study grant and was also President of Tau Kappa Epsilon.Ryan later received his JD from Creighton University.  He is currently the Cherokee County attourney from Kolpin Law Firm.
  • Eric Hemesath (computer science and physics) was student body vice-president and a member of Coe's baseball team. He was Assistant Residence Director of Armstrong/Douglas Residence Hall, worked in Coe's Writing Center, and was a Departmental Assistant for the math department. He won a Clark Merit Scholarship, a one-year full-tuition scholarship awarded to returning Coe students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership. He also did summer research in Coe's physics department, as well as research at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. Eric is now working on a Ph.D. in materials science at Northwestern University.
  • Beth Hayden (mathematics) has been active in theater productions both on campus and with the Cedar Rapids Community Theater. She works in Coe's Writing Center and as Departmental Assistant for the math department. During the spring of her Junior year Beth studied abroad in our London/Florence program, and then spent the summer in an REU program at Rutgers University. She will enter the Ph.D. program in at the University of Kentuck. She is currently a teaching assistant at the University of Kentucky.