Alumni Success
EMU graduates are favored by grad schools, sought after by employers and prepared with
skills for a lifetime. A number of factors make the difference. Learn more about how
EMU shaped students for graduate and doctoral studies after EMU.
Your EMU degree communicates strong ethics and values and a desire to do meaningful work. Employers
say they hire EMU grads because of their respect for others, academic preparedness, and top-notch communication
and critical thinking skills.
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Ashley Hevener '10
Hevener is an auditor with Kearney & Company based in Arlington, Virginia, that serves
the federal government. She manages six auditing projects for which she travels extensively,
working with up to 50 clients in any given year.
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Jeff Boodie '07
In the eleven short years since graduating, Boodie has had some pretty sweet jobs:
business coordinator for O, The Oprah Magazine, recruiter for Dreamworks, head of
companies for Intern Sushi, and now co-founder and CEO of a tech startup.
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Courtney Unruh '16
Unruh, in her second year as a sixth-grade teacher at Hutchinson STEM Magnet School
at Allen, Kansas, is the winner of the Kansas Horizon Award for top new teachers.
The award is made by Kansas Commissioner of Education.
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Daniel Shenk-Moreno '13
Shenk-Moreno'13 has a degree in international business from Eastern Mennonite University
and is fluent in Spanish. He works with ProActive Tours, which books and guides international
tours for club and college sports teams.
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Rachel Wyse '10
Rachel Wyse '10, a former freelance art designer for Facebook, works for a top ad
agency in NYC.
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Jonathan Nofziger '11
Jonathan Nofziger manages the daily operation of clinical laboratories at several
locations that are part of the Partnership for Research on Ebola Virus in Liberia,
which is looking at long-term health effects of Ebola Virus Disease in survivors.
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Macson McGuigan '17
McGuigan was an environmental sustainability and digital media major. His senior year
he was named one of 12 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) College
Scholars, the second Eastern Mennonite University student to win the prestigious award.
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Preparation for Graduate School
EMU graduates are successful in graduate programs. They attribute their success to:
- One-on-one mentoring with professors
- Internships and original research
- Cross-cultural study
- exploration of values
- involvement in athletics and student life
Read the profiles of students below to learn more about how EMU prepared them for
graduate studies in a wide variety of programs:
