Franklin Baer ’72: Culture for Service Award Winner Harrisonburg, Virginia Baertracks: Health Systems Development | Former Senior advisor to IMA World Health and vice president of SANRU NGO Biology and natural sciences major Franklin Baer ’72 is a citizen of the world, devoting his life’s work…
Shashi Buluswar ’90: Culture for Service Award Winner Oakland, California CEO of the Institute for Transformative Technologies Computer science and business double major Shashi Buluswar ’90 is committed to problem-solving that brings basic rights to all humans, as he dedicates much of his professional life to…
Philip Horst ’93 has sung with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera, as well as with companies around the world. » Read Philip’s full bio He was the first prize-winner of the Wagner division of the Liederkranz Competition and…
Deena Elizalde of Goshen, Indiana, is a family nurse practitioner at Goshen Family Physicians. For 19 years, Elizalde has cared for a variety of patients, with clinical expertise in primary care. “Deena has successfully balanced her professional world of practicing as a FNP in private practice, her private world of…
Patti Gasper of Elkhart, Indiana, has been a nurse for over 26 years, with a specialty in cardiology. She is currently employed by Beacon Advanced Cardiovascular Specialists in South Bend. “I am passionate about working with patients with cardiac arrhythmias, in particular atrial fibrillation,” Gasper said. “I believe that women…
Jewel Yoder, DNP ’20 Jewel Yoder teaches at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, and is the chair of the nursing department. She also serves as the director for BSN education. “Without this program I certainly would not have had the qualifications to be promoted to department chair,”…
1) What are you doing at this point in your life and how did your Psychology degree help with that? It has helped in relating with different clients in my work place who had experienced traumatic situations in their past. I was working with refugees, victims of…
1) What are you doing at this point in your life and how did your Psychology degree help with that? I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science. I believe that my Psychology degree played a role in developing a systematic and logical approach to problem solving…
Erin Bontrager was a Molecular Biology/Biochemistry major from New Paris, Indiana, who completed her internship at Harper Cancer Institute, a collaborative institute between Indiana School of Medicine-South Bend & Notre Dame. She is currently working as a Medical Scribe with ScribeAmerica. She works with a cardiologist in South Bend as…
Minh Kauffman ’74: Culture For Service Award Winner Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | director, Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN) | elementary education major Nick Yutzy ’21 Minh (Nguyen) Kauffman ’74 has dedicated her professional life to social change and community building across countries, cultures and language barriers. For the…
