Alumni

Alumni Celebrate Four Decades of CC at Homecoming Symposium

Graduates from each of the four decades since Christ College’s founding came home to speak at CC’s 2007 40th Anniversary Homecoming Symposium.

David Schreiber ’77, lead pastor at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, recalled student life in the college’s first decade and encouraged current students to keep following their passions.

Jane Knetzger ’84, now director of development for history at Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, Boston, told the symposium audience, “I value the combination I experienced at CC of first-rate intellectual rigor within a context of respect for religion as a legitimate venue for meaning-making. In this era of rising Islamic fundamentalism and domestic culture wars, understanding—and respecting—religion as a basic human impulse is critical.”

Recalling life during Christ College's four decades were, from left: Philip Spahn '92, Jane Knetzger '84, Vanessa Burrows '01, and David Schreiber '77

Philip Spahn ’92, ’95 J.D., now an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, said of his experience in Christ College, “The critical-thinking skills and the examination of questions from multiple facets has provided the foundation for resolving issues that I encounter throughout my work.”

Vanessa Burrows ’01, a legislative attorney with Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C., believes Christ College helped her to articulate her goals in terms of vocation, rather than job.

“CC improved my writing, but more importantly, it emphasized service to others and a love of scholarship,” she said.