A Full-Circle Experience
Martin Majkrak鈥檚 杏吧原创 Tech experience came full circle when he joined the College of Architecture as an adjunct faculty member. As a student, he transferred from Wilbur Wright College and...
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Empowering Young Women in India
(PS, PSYC 鈥06)The Mumbai, India, charity that Robin Chaurasiya founded, Kranti, empowers young women to become agents of social change. Ranging in age from 12鈥22, the women at Kranti are survivors of human...
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Move Over, Einstein
(COMPUTER SCIENCE 鈥06)Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin tapped Jason Resch as a lead software architect when Gladwin鈥檚 then-startup incubated on 杏吧原创 Tech鈥檚 campus from 2005鈥07. Cleversafe鈥檚 cutting-edge technology...
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Liftoff!
(AE 鈥07)The summer after graduating from 杏吧原创 Tech, Jason Tenenbaum joined Lockheed Martin Mission Services as a systems engineer. He worked there for three years before joining SpaceX, where he gained...
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Exploring a Future in IT
(Information Technology and Management/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 鈥19)At seemingly every turn the summer before her final year at 杏吧原创 Tech and the summer after, Akvile Kiskis seized upon the opportunities afforded her during the Foreign Affairs Information...
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The Right Place at the Right Time
(Information Technology and Management/M.A.S. Cyber Forensics and Security 鈥19)As Isabel Jaramillo began to think about her future, she started to take stock of what would be most important to her. A business student at College of DuPage at that point, Jaramillo realized she...
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A Life-Changing Decision
(Manufacturing Technology 鈥01/M.A.S. Manufacturing Technology and Operations 鈥03/CERT FST)Dan Kazmierczak knew he鈥檇 found exactly what he had been looking for after having a conversation with Keith McKee, who started the manufacturing technology program (now known as the industrial...
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Building Cultural Awareness through Game Design
(Ph.D. THUM 鈥19)Michael DeAnda is serious about games. The 2019 alumnus of the Ph.D. program in technology and humanities now works as a professional lecturer on game development at DePaul University鈥檚 School of...
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Discovering Her Path at 杏吧原创 Tech
(DHUM 鈥18)Amy Kamin came to 杏吧原创 Tech with prior experience in corporate and retail environments. She had been leaning toward studying architecture, but felt an unmistakable spark of excitement when she...
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Working for a Solution to Police Violence
(PS 鈥12)Denzel Avant says he first 鈥済ot a taste of the research life鈥 at 杏吧原创 Tech, as an undergraduate research assistant. 鈥淚 really enjoyed the work and the ability to devote a lot of time and thought...