Alumni Speak
 

Monica Michele Lambert

August 2006-May 2010

I have been assigned to a Sub-Saharan Africa Peace Corps post because of my French education at NMU. I am embarking on a journey to Madagascar in March 2013, where I will be serving for two years as a Rural Environmental Food Security Advisor with the Peace Corps. French is their second official language next to Malagasy. 
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Barbara Kathryn Thelen   
               

I found that my marketability in international business has been directly affected by my ability to communicate in French, which played a large role in my being hired into the internal audit department at TRW Automotive, an international company. If I did not speak French I would not have this job. This company simply does not hire people who speak only one language.
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Alex Johnson-Buck

  August 2003 - May 2007

Leanna Ketola

August 2001-May 2006

While attending NMU and pursuing my French degree, I participated in FR 438, Cultural and Artistic Heritage of Europe, the study abroad course going to Amsterdam, Belgium, and France. During this trip I was able to actively expand and directly utilize my French-speaking skills and learn about different cultures.
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Johanna Boyle

I knew I had to study abroad to prepare me for the rest of life, which sounds kind of corny, but is true when I think about the level of confidence in myself I gained by living in France. But having made that decision, using French never became a critical part of my career. 

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Andrea Jovanovic

August 2003-December 2007

I count my decision to continue studying French in college as one of my most farsighted when I think of all the opportunities I would not have had without it. One of these greatest opportunities was the time I spent studying abroad in Grenoble, France. 
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Layla Khoury-Hanold

August 2000-May 2004

French was a key to pursuing my dreams and I know that I wouldn't be where I am today without it. French has always held a special place in my heart having lived in Paris when I was very young.
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Journey (Steward) Schall

August 2001-May 2006

Foremost, knowing French helped me get into graduate school at Northern Illinois University as I already have completed one of the requirements for my degree, and it reflected well that I am traveled, and that I have the skills necessary to learn a language.
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Jill E. Grundstrom

August 2000-May 2005

The French language has indirectly been in my life since I turned two-years-old through the study of ballet.  This was the reason I chose to study French over Spanish or German when it came time to pick a language in high school.  I studied French for four years at NMU and traveled with Dr. Kupper on the FR 438 summer course entitled Cultural and Artistic Heritage of Europe.
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