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Laura Mann

Pride BSA President Laura Mann is currently finishing her studies in English and Education. She will be participating in Teach for America in New York. This particular program sends non-licensed teachers to the lowest-income, most difficult schools to work at in the country. She will spend two years discovering educational issues, such as the achievement gap, firsthand while earning a teacher’s salary. She said she feels Hamline has prepared her for this type of setting.

Josh Sheldon

Josh Sheldon is focusing on Legal Studies and Political Science as he rounds out his educational career. He has been involved in mock trial, moot court, Theta Chi, Inter-Greek Council, Phi Alpha Delta and HUSC. With regard to how Hamline has prepared him for his future, Sheldon said “I am not really sure where I would be if it were not for Hamline, as it has defined my path to law school and the achievements on the way.” Sheldon’s main plan for after graduation is to attend Hamline’s Law School.

Mel Cherry

Mel Cherry will “hopefully” be student teaching in the fall after she graduates, she said. She is looking forward to completing her Secondary History Licensure requirements at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis. After which, Cherry intends to find a teaching job in Alaska, “because I want to stay in the states, and it would probably offer a different experience than teaching anywhere else,” she said.

She played soccer her first two years at Hamline, and, she said “outside of Hamline, I play women’s professional football for the Minnesota Vixens.”

In praise to Hamline’s academics, Cherry said “Hamline has helped prepare me for the future by exposing me to a wider range of ideas and concepts than I wouldn’t have encountered had I not attended Hamline. My professors also showed me great ways to put my thoughts and ideas into action.”

Moueth Chim

Moeuth Chim will be completing his Management and Economics degree this semester. Although he doesn’t know what he will be doing after graduation, he said he will be staying in the city. Chim grew up in the small town of Fairbault and does not want to go back. However, he said, he is scared about not having a job lined up. He feels that he will have a tough time finding a job and he said “the bright side of continuing into graduate school is that your loans will get deferred,” because according to him he will be “paying off loans until I die.” Graduate school, possibly Law School, is Chim’s plan after graduation.

Kyle Sweeney

Kyle Sweeney has studied French and Education while attending Hamline. She will be student teaching in the fall in two eight-week sections, one in an elementary school and one in high school, after which she will be earning a license to teach French in a kindergarten through 12th grade classroom.

She also hopes to teach English in Senegal, Africa for two or three months. Sweeney said she “just realizes how much crap goes on in the world and I want to help out in some way” and that “going to French speaking Africa is just one way, among others, that I can do that.”

Then she intends to look for a teaching job or applying to the Peace Corps. She said she feels that through Hamline’s teaching program she has “learned about teaching in urban areas and teaching diverse populations,” which will help her as she student teaches and starts looking for a teaching position.

Speaking of her future aspirations, Sweeney also said, “I’m not sure if it’s Hamline’s influence or not, but I guess I just want to get out there and do something since I have the opportunity. I want to take that risk. I want to do it because I think it’s important to expose myself to different parts of the world, different cultures and ways of life, and I love traveling and all that.”

Patrick Rieger

Patrick Rieger will be finishing his focus on religion and theater this May. Students may recognize him from the leading roles he has played in six main stage shows throughout his four years, including Into the Woods, The Laramie Project, You Can’t Take it with You, The Dutchess of Malfi, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Jesus Christ Superstar. He has been host of the Hamline Show on HUTV for three years, an intramural volleyball player and a member of the Muslim student group on campus.

Patrick also said, “I have 2 years of SOS under my belt which I have loved; my first batch of students won the FYSEM challenge.” He has also hosted several events on campus, such as Hamline Eye for the Straight Guy, Hamline Idol, and three years of Hamline Mystery Date. He claims “when people need a loud goofy voice they’ve called me.” His “most pleasurable involvement was going on the J-term in Ireland.” Rieger’s “plans after graduation include a move to LA. It’s the perfect time right after college; my agents are very supportive of the idea, and I want that Oscar.”

His thoughts on how Hamline has prepared him for his future: “Hamline has cultivated a citizen of the world in me. That’s why I came to college, not for a lucrative path, or a guaranteed career, I just wanted my soul to be fed and to make a dynamic education another way to love who I am and love my life.”

Shanelle Evens

Shanelle Evens will be graduating with a degree in Environmental Studies and Legal Studies. She has “been involved in the LEAD SOS Program for two years and was a SOS Leader for a year.” She also has three years experience working with HUSC and has “also been in other orgs throughout the years.” This spring, Shanelle presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR). She has also been a Wesley Scholar.

After graduating from Hamline, Evens said she will be moving in August to Washington, D.C., where she will be attending graduate school at American University to obtain a master’s degree in Public Policy.

“Hamline has done a lot for me the past few years. At HU you get much more than you give, both academically and with campus life. It has taught me to be independent and work hard for things that I am passionate about. HU has also taught me to brush the little minute things off, and only worry about the larger picture.

Hamline graduates have many opportunities and plans for their futures. Assuredly, with the education they have received, they will be successful in achieving any goals they may have as they begin finding careers, graduate schools, and programs that allow them to learn about themselves and the world around them.