The Class of 2012

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This Year’s Seniors:

In the fall of 2008, Macalester welcomed 504 students in the Class of 2012. Sixty-six percent of those students were in the top 10 percent of their graduating class (96 percent were in the top quarter) and many were National Merit Scholars. They represented 45 states–included among the top five states were California and New York.

Award Winners

This class will no doubt go on to make changes in the world. So far, four students from the class will spend next year as Fulbright scholars. Senior sociology majors Jeremy Carp and Diego Melo were selected as the first place and second place winners, respectively, for the 2012 Alpha Kappa Delta Undergraduate Paper Competition. Charlotte Fagan received both a Peace Prize Award and a Watson Fellowship. Derek Ochi was named one of 100 Amgen Fellows selected from incoming Teach For America corps members with undergraduate degrees in math and science.

Where are they headed?

Student Name	Home	Major(s)	Destination after Mac
Ajwad Imran	Lahore, Pakistan	Economics	CitiGroup investment banking
Ali Bandeali	Karachi, Pakistan	Economics	Blaige & Co. investment banking analyst
Andrew Rich	Philadelphia	Math and physics	Thomson Reuters software engineer
April DeJarlais	Champlin, Minn.	International studies, anthropology minor, human rights concentration	Center for Victims of Torture, St. Paul Communications intern
Anna Hardin	Iowa City, Iowa	Anthropology, Biology	University of Minnesota PhD Anthropology
Ann Stromgren	Portsmouth, N.H.	German Studies	Fulbright Scholar Germany
Brett Srader	Oak Grove, Mo.	Geography, Human Rights and Humanitarianism	Teach for America teacher
Caitlin Baker	St Louis Park, Minn.	Biology	Smithsonian Museum of Natural History research tech
Cecylia Bocovich	Andover, Minn.	Mathematics	University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science PhD track, for masters in Mathematics
Charlotte Fagan	East Greenwich, R.I.	Geography	Watson Fellowship & Davis Projects for Peace grant traveling around the world
David Suchy	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Physics, Mathematics	UBS healthcare team
David Tomporowski	Perham, Minn.	Geography	MN Dept of Transportation Data and Analysis
Derek Ochi	San Diego	Biology, Community and Global Health	Teach for America – Amgen Fellow
Diego Ruiz	San Franciso	Environmental Studies, Geography	College Possible
Ellen Dossey	Carmel, Ind.	Linguistics	University of York Master’s in sociolinguistics
Elise Delmas	St. Paul	Mathematics	University of Minnesota PhD in Pure Mathematics
Graham Brown	Annandale, Minn.	Chemistry, pre-med	hematology research at the University of Minnesota Medical School; applying to medical schools
Jansen Smith	LaCrosse, Wis.	Geology	Cornell PhD in geological sciences
Jeanmarie Youngblood	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Mathematics, Educational Studies	University of Minnesota PhD in Pure Mathematics
Jessica Baier	Seeley Lake, Mont.	Economics	Deloitte consulting
Jingjaio Zhang	Shanghai	Economics	Citigroup Investment Banking. analyst
Kaitlin Roh	Columbus, Neb.	Political Science, Educational Studies	Fulbright Scholar Jordan
Kara Dennis		Geology	Syracuse University Isotope geochemistry, master’s
Karen Kiser	Nashua, N.H.	Geology, German Studies	Environmental Consulting Firm in Germany
Keith Armstrong	Milwaukee	English and International Studies	Fulbright Scholar Colombia
Lindsay Daniels	Bloomburg, Texas	Russian Studies	Teach for America New York City
Lindsay Morehouse	Hopkins, Minn.	Classics, History	Oxford University Classical Archaeology
Lorin Leake	Nashville, Tenn.	English	Teach for America
Madeline Marshall	Hayward, Wis.	Geology	University of Chicago Paleobiology PhD program
Maggie Hutchinson	Evanston, Ill	Hispanic Studies	AmeriCorps Minneapolis Public Schools
Matea Wasend	Denver, Colo.	English	Morphology Games, a company founded by alumna Kate Ryan Reiling ’00
Max Fram-Schwartz	Greenwich, Conn.	Greenwich, Conn.	500 Start-ups, SF analyst
Meredith Richmond	Boston	Chemistry
Mo Liu	Bejing	Economics, Mathematics	MIT Sloan School of Management Master of Finance
Nathan Young			Pratt Institute
Patrick Piepkorn	Sauk Rapids, Minn.	Economics	Securian Financial assistant analyst
Rayanatou Laouali	Niamey, Niger	Mathematics	Humphrey School, University of Minnesota master’s, intl dev
Rosamund (Rosie) Mate	Champaign, Ill.	Environmental Studies	Analysis Group economic analyst
Selamawit Gebremariam			Peace Prize Winner
Sam Levang	Duluth, Minn.	Environmental Studies, Physics	3M Semiconductor Research Laboratory
Samantha DelSerra	Scranton, Penn.	Biology, Classics	Stony Brook University Master’s in applied evolution
Slavisa Mijatovic	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	History, Geography	York University Master of Arts in Geography
Steve Fitzgerald	Two Harbors, Minn.	Economics	BOA Merrill Lynch investment banking analyst
Sydney Fencl	Sobieski, Wis.	Anthropology	University of Minnesota MPH in infectious disease
Tyler Martinson	Northfield, Minn.	Anthropology	Fulbright Scholar Morocco
Wanyi Li	Shanghai	Mathematics	UCLA-Anderson School of Management PhD Strategy/Quantitative Marketing