The 2006 recipients of the Distinguished Student Awards

College of Arts and Sciences

Peter Brock

Classics
Columbus, Ind.

Brock attends Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., pursuing a master of divinity degree. Eventually he hopes to earn a Ph.D. degree in religious ethics.

Helen Huggins

International Economics and Cultural Affairs
Truckee, Calif.

Huggins hopes to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Russian and East European studies at the University of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England. Her ultimate goal is to become a college professor.

Adam King

Political Science
Decatur, Ill.

King attends Cornell Law School in Ithaca, N.Y. In the future, he hopes to practice law with a firm on the East Coast.

Kat Peters

International Service and Spanish
Sioux Falls, S.D.

Peters spent part of her summer studying Spanish in Bolivia, and has now returned to Valparaiso to work with Faith Memorial Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church to foster relationships between the Hispanic and Anglican communities.

College of Business Administration

Kirsten Huth

Accounting
Rubicon, Wis.

Huth moved to Chicago in June 2006 to begin a position with the professional accounting firm KPMG.

Christ College

Amy Stark

Biology and Political Science
St. John, Ind.

Stark attends the University of Chicago, pursuing a Ph.D. degree in human genetics. She hopes to eventually work in the area of science ethics advocacy, incorporating her background in political science.

College of Engineering

David Wheeler

Electrical Engineer
St. Charles, Ill.

Wheeler is enrolled in the GE Healthcare Edison Engineering Leadership Program, which develops recent college graduates into leaders for GE Healthcare. Wheeler will have the opportunity to pursue graduate coursework while enrolled in the program.

College of Nursing

Julie Nickels

Nursing
Montgomery, Ill.

Nickels plans to work as an emergency room or intensive care nurse for a few years near her home in Illinois before pursuing her ultimate goal of becoming a missions nurse.

School of Law

Anna Schumaker

Milwaukee

Schumaker has moved to Chicago to begin a position with a litigation group at the law firm of Sibley Austin.

College of Graduate Studies

Josephine Jent
International Commerce and Policy
Valparaiso

Jent is chief executive officer of her own corporation and works to support economic growth for single mothers.