Alumni Highlights
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Kassie O'Brien, Spanish, BA Spanish and International Relations, 2016
Kassie is a Spanish Medical Interpreter in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She currently works with Voices for Health, interpreting for patients with limited English proficiency throughout the city's hospitals and clinics.
Hector Belmont, Spanish, BA Spanish, 2016
Hector is currently employed at Grace Christian University in Wyoming, MI as an Undergraduate Enrollment Advisor. He regularly uses his degree from GVSU to connect with students and families whose native language is Spanish.
Nicholas Norris, French, BFA & BA Music & French Linguistics, 2011
Nicholas is currently working as a substitute teacher for high school French teachers in the Grand Rapids area. In January 2019, he returned to GVSU to get his certification to teach French at the secondary level.
Veronica Kirin, French, BA Anthropology, 2009
Veronica says "Learning French fed my degree in Anthropology and certainly helps me get along when I visit Paris! The French professors were fantastic at teaching not just the French language but also French culture and history..."
Travis Brubaker, German, BA International Relations, 2018
"Learning German opened up many new doors for me, and encouraged me to learn other languages as well."
Ashley Thorsberg, French, BA French, 2010
Ashley credits a strong undergraduate experience and the skills she learned from studying abroad as a huge factor in her success today.
Ryan Grabijas, German, BA & BS German & Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2016
After graduating in April 2016, Ryan spent the summer working as a German language instructor at Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, Minnesota, and then as a hiking guide in the Canadian Rockies for German-speaking tourists.
Jessica Cruz, French, BA & BS French & Public Admin, 2006
Every aspect of work in the life of Jessica Cruz is geared toward education equality.
Adam Cuthbert, Japanese, BFA Music Composition, 2010
Having fallen in love with Tokyo's urban expanse during his semester abroad through the Padnos International Center, Adam Cuthbert moved to New York City (America's next-best thing) after graduating from GVSU's music program.
Stephanie Tanis, German, BS Biomedical Science & German, 2017
"Without the great professors in the GVSU German Department, I wouldn't have had the necessary language and cultural skills to start my scientific career in Germany!"