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After finishing her undergraduate degree at Valpo with a major in German in 2002, Emily Krueger spent a year in Heidelberg as an English-language teaching assistant under the auspices of the Fulbright Commission. After five years in Washington, D.C. working as Deputy Press Secretary for Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Emily has returned to school at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
" As a freshman at Valparaiso University, I was certain of one thing: I would study abroad in Germany. My experience in Reutlingen in Spring 2001 was everything I hoped; in addition to the new friends and countless memories, it solidified my German major and opened my eyes to broader career possibilities in international relations... "
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Marie Geishecker earned a B.A. in German and International Economics & Cultural Affairs in May 2005. She completed a post-graduate cooperative-education placement in Aalen, Germany one year later and now serves as a Legal Assistant at Thiedmann & Edler in downtown Chicago where she is called to use German daily.
" When I was growing up I was blessed with just a few years with my great grandmother. She was raised in a German orphanage and taught me little things to say in the only language she used when she was a child..."
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John Hasler earned his B.A. in International Economics and Cultural Affairs and German at Valparaiso University in 2001. He earned a Fulbright Research Scholarship to study at the Universität Rostock, Germany in 2001 and a Masters of European Studies at the Universität Bonn, Germany in 2003. He currently is on staff at National Community Church in Washington, DC, working in discipleship, urban outreach and global development.
" I’ll never forget that fall day in 1996, as I sat in the VUCA auditorium, listening to Dr. Duvick explain the philosophy behind the IECA program during my very first visit to the Valpo Campus. I remember leaving that seminar knowing that this would be the program to which I would aspire, not to mention sign up for that junior year in Tübingen, Germany..."
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Peter Krenzke earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 with a major in German in Valpo’s International Engineering Program in German (VIEP-German). He is currently an Associate Engineer at Caterpillar, Inc.
" Studying German has opened up numerous opportunities for me. As a mechanical engineering major in the Valparaiso University International Engineering Program in German (VIEP-German) I had the opportunity to spend a year studying, traveling, and working in Germany... "
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