Lake Forest College Spectrum: From the President

From the President

Dear Foresters:

Many things at Lake Forest College can be described in the superlative. In late August, for example, we ushered in the largest group of new students in the history of the College. Four hundred six first-year students and 71 transfers joined their classmates to comprise a remarkably active, accomplished, interesting, and culturally and ethnically diverse student body. The energy on campus this fall is infectious, and if you haven’t been back in a while, please visit and see what I mean.
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A few words from President Schutt.
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From the President

Despite the economic recession, there is good news to share from the Class of 2009. Our graduates have accepted jobs at banks, hospitals, schools, and other businesses, government entities, and non-profit organizations. Several graduates have joined Teach for America, while others are going to medical and law school and pursuing advanced degrees in subjects like economics, creative writing, mechanical engineering, and molecular and human genetics. Some are traveling great distances to begin the next phase of their lives — teaching English in China or, in the case of senior class speaker Maria Jose Norero, moving to Ecuador on a Fulbright Scholarship to research the impact of documentary filmmaking on identity in Afro-Ecuadoran communities.
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