Debbie Seacrest
Harvey Mudd College Mathematics 2006
A knack for numbers As a child, Debbie Seacrest always excelled in math, thanks to her par- ents and a grandfather who liked giving her challenging mathematical problems. It’s no surprise, then, that Seacrest went on to get her bach- elor’s and master’s degrees and doc- torate in mathematics. Seacrest, whose father is a fl ight
surgeon who retired from the Air Force after more than 32 years of service, explored her passion for math as an undergraduate student at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., thanks to an interest-free MOAA student loan. “Because of the support from
Seacrest addresses students at the University of Montana Western.
MOAA, I was able to focus on my studies while in school,” says Seacrest. “My undergraduate school was very challenging, and I would not have been nearly as successful if I had had to balance school and a very time- consuming job.” Seacrest says the fact that MOAA
did not require her to begin paying back the loan while she still was in graduate school allowed her to con- centrate on her studies, rather than on how to come up with money to pay back the loan before becoming a professor. Seacrest, who decided at age 3 she wanted to be a teacher, now is a math professor at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, teach- ing a variety of math courses. “My favorite course to teach is the topics course I created, which is based on the idea of learning mathematics through combinatorial games,” says Seacrest.
Joshua Eickmeier
Eickmeier poses with his daughter, Eloise, after completing the Pittsburgh Marathon in May 2016 and with his diploma (above).
Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering 2010
The art of adapting MOAA Scholarship Fund recipi- ent Joshua Eickmeier, whose father served in the Air Force for 21 years, says a big advantage of being from a military family is learning to adapt quickly to new situations. “Every few years we had to move, start [a new] school, and make new
PHOTOS OF JOSHUA EICKMEIER: BRIDGET EICKMEIER; HEADSHOT: MCMASTER-CARR. PHOTOS OF DEBBIE SEACREST: BELL MARE PRODUCTIONS
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