Recent Physics Graduates
Where are they now?
- Victoria Bennett '08 - Working at Raytheon
- Morgan Jennings '08 - Applications Scientist at InnovX Systems
- Jon Kay '08 - Graduate progam in Geology at University of Idaho
- Louie Michaud '08 - Graduate progam in Geophysics at University of Hawaii
- Alex Shvonski '08 - Graduate program in Astronomy at University of Rochester
- Nick apRoberts-Warren '07 - Graduate progam in Physics at University of California, Davis
- Brandon Drumm '07 - Systems Engineer at Raytheon
- Jessica Tolson '07 - Systems Engineer at Raytheon
- Emily Martin '06 - Graduate progam in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Northwestern University
- Brad Codkind '06 - Works for Bio-Rad, Waltham MA
- Charles Sawyer '06 - Buddhist monk
- Taylor Jackson '06 - Traveling in South America on private scholarship
- Matt Berg '06 - Traveling around the world
- Nick Meek '06 - Graduate program in Physics at University of Maine at Orono
- Bailey McAllister '05 - Graduate program in Architecture at the Boston Architectural College
- Abbie Sewall '05 - Teach for America, New York City
- Barrett Brown '05 - Works at a printing company in Lexington, Kentucky
- Liz Pecce '05 - Technical writer for an IT company in Atlanta
- Keith McGinley '05 - American Power Corporation, Engineering/Customer Service
- Naota Nakayama '05 - Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Dual Degree in Electrical Engineering, currently pursuing Masters of Engineering/Engineering Management
- Jon McBee '04 - High Energy Physics Lab, Colorado State, applying to graduate program in Computer Science
- Jon Burkle '04 - Commercial pilot
- James Eberhart '04 - Returned from Peace Corps in Bulgaria, now teaching at the Hyde Wilderness School in Maine
- Rachel Fontaine '04 - Applying to medical school
- Graham Cuff '04 - Dual Degree in Environmental Engineering, 2005, George Washington University
- Darcy Vertuca '04 - Graduate program in Architecture
- Morgan Silverman '04 - Graduate program in Meteorology at North Carolina State University
- Charlotte Wong '04 - Applying to graduate program in Astronomy
- Sara Hoffman '03 - Peace Corps, The Gambia
- Jon Lyons '03 - International Social Work, Mongolia
- Kerry Teamey '03 - Teaching in New York City
- Patrick Thomas '03 - Recently finished stint in laser research at NASA Langley Research Labs, VA, accepted to graduate school in mathematics
- Jim Neilson '03 - Works at Artel, Inc., (a technical equipment company), technology support/customer service
- Karrie-Sue Farrar '03 - Masters program in GIS for Homeland Security in Colorado Springs
- Josh Engelking '03 (independent major) - Working on forensic petrography of concrete in New York
- Trevor Agnitti '02 - Teaches middle school science in Central Massachusetts
- Michelle Crowe '02 - Teaches high school physics
- Crescent Tarbell '02 - Carpenter in San Francisco
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Science is too important to be left to the scientists," says professor of astronomy Tim Barker without a hint of irony ...