Faces of DePauw
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Business Executive
Elisa Villanueva Beard ’98 | Alumni
Elisa has been an integral part of Teach for America for 25 years. It all started in 1998 as a TFA Phoenix…
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Applied learning. Real solutions.
Scott Wilkerson | Faculty
Out of graduate school, I worked for 3.5 years gaining invaluable experience with Exxon Production Research…
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Guaranteed Success
Drew Cosgray ’24 | Alumni
I came to DePauw for a Copeland Scholarship interview. I had never been on DePauw’s campus, but as soon…
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Still Learning
Tyson & Kady Becker | Alumni
When an opportunity arose to advance in his career within General Motors, Tyson Becker ’04 knew it was…
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Making the Pitch
Layla Brown-Clark | Alumni
During an admitted student day, I fell in love with DePauw’s campus as a whole and DePauw’s media-rich…
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A Journey Worth Taking
Elise Johns | Alumni
Every prospective student has a vision for what they want out of their college experience. I knew I wanted…
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Community Builder. Documentarian.
Meru Sharma '21 | Alumni
At DePauw, I was a Media Fellow. I was lucky enough to go off-campus for a semester to the New York Arts…
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Transformative Encounters
Molly Madden | Alumni
What I find impressive about DePauw is its smaller size and breadth of opportunities. In the classroom…
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A Good Fit
Jon Fortt | Alumni
It was the Media Fellows Program that drew me to DePauw. I also wanted to experience an environment…
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An Affinity for Black and Gold
Bree Mahoney-Sutherland ’25 | Student
I come from a long line of black and gold. With our lineage coming directly from an original board of…
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Branching Out
Sydney West ’24 | Student
I’ve always been fascinated by the ability to turn a string of seemingly meaningless words into a master-crafted…
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Fostering Personal Connections
Sarah Rowley | Faculty
What excites me about teaching? Everything! The magic that happens in the classroom is completely dependent…
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Orchestrating Connection
Paige Burgess | Student
As a music education major, Paige Burgess ’25 understands how a collection of otherwise dissimilar notes…
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Exploration through liberal arts
Evan Steffy ’25 | Student
Being from the Greencastle area, DePauw has always been present in my life. I knew I wanted a smaller…
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Discovering Connections
Danielle Sommerman ’25 | Student
I chose DePauw because I wanted a school with a small student body where I could make personal connections…
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Honoring Heritage
Moises Rivera ’24 | Student
My heritage impacts my daily life in almost every way, from the way I interact with people and how I…
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Working Together
Greg Schwipps | Faculty
I am a DePauw professor but also a 1995 DePauw alumnus. I started my first-year at DePauw a would-be…
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Global Impact
Sharon Crary | Faculty
Professor Sharon Crary has studied the devastating effects of the Ebola virus for 15 years. Since the…
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Becoming my potential
Rhonesha Byng | Alumni
I wanted to work in media when I came to DePauw, so I took advantage of WGRE, the campus radio station…
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Speak Now
Eliana Jolanda Alzate | Student
“Why International Student Orientation is Essentially a Taylor Swift Concert.” Eliana Jolanda Alzate…
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Building Connections
Naima Shifa | Faculty
The biggest part of my teaching is building connections with my students and creating a community in…
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Empowering Change
Erika Marchant | Alumni
Because of my interest in Chinese language, culture, history and philosophy, I declared a major in Chinese…
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Endless Opportunities
Kate Pederson ’25 | Student
I chose DePauw because of all the opportunities here. A few aspects that stuck out to me were the Management…
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Innovative Artistry
John Berry | Faculty
Success and accomplishment flow from the challenging work done in the classroom and studio at DePauw…
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A Collaborative Approach
Craig Paré | Faculty
I love that our students come to classes and rehearsals hungry to learn and, when challenged, respond…
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Finding Their Voice
Kay Sikana | Student
“A big part of my identity is my pan-African upbringing,” says Kandafula (Kay) Sikana ’25. Born in Zambia…
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Embracing Unpredictable Moments
Deepa Prakash | Faculty
What excites me about teaching is the opportunity to discuss and learn about the pressing issues that…
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The Difference is in the Details
Andrea Sununu | Faculty
For over 30 years I’ve taught literature at DePauw and welcomed the chance to serve not only as teacher…
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Empowering Students
Leslie James | Faculty
Since I recognize that each student brings a unique dimension to the collective, it is problematic to…
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Accepting Unanswered Questions
Quan Nguyen ’25 | Student
Throughout my journey at DePauw, there are many questions that I ask myself every day. Despite many classroom…
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