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• Kristen Bell ’10 received a job offer as intelli- gence analyst fromthe Federal Bureau of In- vestigation well before her graduation. She leveraged two internships with the fbi into a full-time job with help fromstudy abroad experiences in India, Vietnam, Spain, and Morocco.This international relationsmajor, political scienceminor, Bonner Leader, and member of theWestoverHonors Programalso had well-documented academic credentials.


• DerrickVanLeer ’09, also aWestover Fellow, graduated summa cumlaude with a double major in art and Spanish.During his under- graduate years, he interned in the study abroad office and designed its promotionalmaterials. Derrick studied abroad inMadrid, conduct- ing research onGoya in the archives of the PradoMuseum.Derrick now uses his talents as a graphic designer for pmb products, the largestmanufacturer of private-label infant care products inNorth America.He works on marketingmaterials primarily for customers in Latin America.


• Brittany Allsop ’09 excelled in academics and athletics. Amathematicsmajor with a busi- nessminor, she graduated summa cumlaude. She was also a softball standout, earning All- AmericanHonors fromESPNTheMagazine. In the summer between her junior and senior years, Brittany completed an internship at rcm Technologies (SikorskyDivision) in which she


President’sMessage Leveraging experience beyond the classroom


Recent graduates report that study abroad, unique in- ternships, and research proj- ects with lc professors have propelled theminto impres- sive careers. To ensure that all students


have access to these opportu- nities, lc has established Ex-


periential LearningGrants (elgs) for winter/ summer terminternships, study abroad, and un- dergraduate research for academic credit. elgs are tuition credit vouchers that can be used to cover half of tuition, up to a total of three credits. Below are examples of students whomade use


of the “leveraging” tools available at Lynchburg College.


analyzed and prepared technical reports on supplier design change proposals, engineering orders, andmodeling for operating conditions. By graduation, Brittany had a job offer at the Naval ServiceWarfare Center where she is a scientist/analyst in the Strategic andWeapons Control SystemDepartment working with nuclear weapons forNavy submarines.


• After graduating summa cumlaude, 2008-09 Sommerville Scholar Sarah Peters ’09 went to work as an economist with theMinerals Management Service in the u.s.Department of the Interior. Less than a year later, she was researching the economic impact of the bp oil disaster in theGulf ofMexico and preparing a briefing paper for theWhiteHouse. At lc, Sarah earned highest honors in economics, prepared an economic forecastingmodel for Region 2000, delivered a scholarly paper to the Virginia Association of Economists, studied abroad in Spain andMorocco, and worked as an economics tutor. Sarah has been accepted into the Ph.D. programin economics at GeorgeMasonUniversity.


• Andy Rohr ’10, an international relations major who graduated cumlaude, participated in lc’s 2007 summer study abroad program inGreece, Italy, andTurkey and took advan- tage of theTri-College Consortium, pursuing coursework in China and East Asia.He com- pleted a research internship in history at both ofThomas Jefferson’s homes, Poplar Forest in Bedford County andMonticello in Albemarle County. Andy completed a full-time internship at the Institute ofWorld Politics through the Washington Center, and is now employed by bae Contracting, a consulting firmin interna- tional relations nearWashington, d.c.


These successes show why the elg programis


so important.With universal access to the Col- lege’s leveraging tools, all students will have the opportunity to have an edge after graduation.


Kenneth R.Garren, ph.d. president


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