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2007-08 Student, Faculty, Staff & Alumni Profiles
Colleen Banks Playing games has always come naturally for Colleen Banks. She has been kicking, throwing, passing, shooting, or hitting one type of ball or another for as long as she can remember. Read more …  Claire
Burgess Not far from the eastern edge of campus, a dilapidated old playground sat empty, unattractive to residents and unappealing to children in the neighborhood. But where others saw futility, Claire Burgess saw opportunity. Read more … 
Ben Downs As a resident of a small town in southwestern Pennsylvania, Ben Downs was hoping to find a college where he could broaden his cultural horizons and expand his worldview. Little did he know that he would find what he was looking for in another small town from a neighboring state. Read more … 
Ali Drushal When Ali Drushal decided to attend Wooster, the same school that her grandfather J. Garber Drushal served as President (1967-77) and older brother Rick was a three-time All-American football player, you might assume she would have a tough time finding her own niche. This certainly has not been the case. Read more …  Emily
Elderbrock Emily Elderbrock reaches into a small box mounted on a post beside an open field and gently lifts out a newborn eastern bluebird. As the bird’s mother looks down with concern from a nearby telephone wire, she measures its wings and legs, weighs it, and returns it to the nest. Read more … 
John Gamble John Gamble has always been curious about the way things work, so it was no surprise that he chose to major in physics when he enrolled at Wooster. What was surprising, however, was his decision to also major in mathematics. Read more … 
Stefanie Genda If Stefanie Genda had chosen to call her I.S. a “dependent” study rather than an “independent” one, theatre experts would have instantly understood why. The costume designer’s role is part of an interdependent, collaborative process. Read more … 
Danny George It takes an uncommon degree of confidence and perhaps a touch of innocence for a 22-year-old with a newly minted bachelor’s degree in English to walk unannounced into the office of one of the nation’s foremost geriatric neurologists and ask if the doctor is in. Read more … 
Steve Glick When Steve Glick ’79 arrived at Wooster, the idea that he would go into law enforcement was as unlikely as a career as a lion-tamer. But then he started hanging out with the College’s director of security, Carl Yund, a retired police chief from the City of Wooster. Read more …  Sarah
Gollwitzer The idea that wastewater treatment might play a role in introducing contaminants into the environment seems counterintuitive, but it’s possible nonetheless says biochemistry & molecular biology major Sarah Gollwitzer. Read more … 
Carl Fry Getting into medical school is tough—few would deny it. But Carl Fry wasn’t worried. The Wooster senior knew that his Independent Study experience at Wooster would weigh heavily in his favor. Read more … 
Howard Henry Dropping beads on a pile and watching for a reaction may sound more like child’s play than serious science, but for Howard Henry and his colleagues in the physical sciences, it’s the real deal with real-world applications. Read more … 
Tristan Jordan “The College of Wooster is going to be your living space for the next four years,” Tristan Jordan told this fall's entering class, “so be sure to take an active role in the campus community.” He's certainly followed his own advice. Read more …  Pete
Kenworthy Whenever Pete Kenworthy’s family gets together, it’s like a mini college reunion. Kenworthy, a 1993 Wooster graduate, is the son of two Wooster alumni, the brother of another, and the husband of yet another. Read more … 
Erik Koby If you ask Erik Koby what he did on his summer vacation, be prepared to pull up a chair and listen awhile. He was a very busy young man. The theatre major spent a good portion of his summer break on the Wooster campus, working on four different projects. Read more …  Sheila
Liming In her first two years after graduating from Wooster with a double major in English and women's studies, Sheila Liming earned a master's degree, published an article based on her Independent Study in an anthology from Palgrave Macmillan, and was accepted in a Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon. Read more …
Marina Mangubi’s approach to drawing and painting is part art, part science. Born in Moscow, she immigrated to the U.S. and graduated from San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School with Advanced Placement credit in math, physics, and chemistry. Read more … 
Katy Patterson When Katy Patterson took the stage as Sally Bowles in the production of “Cabaret” (October 25-26, 2007), patrons may notice some similarities between the actor and the character she portrays. Read more … 
Kelly Patton Kelly Patton spent the 2007 summer in New York City conducting research at the American Museum of Natural History as a participant in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program. She was part of a research team that was mapping the stars closest to the sun. Read more …
On a college campus, it’s not unusual to see a political poster on a professor’s office door. It’s less common to find the professor’s own name on it. But for Charles Peterson, associate professor of Africana Studies, it’s the most natural thing in the world. Read more … 
Jake Sankal Jake Sankal is too young to remember the racial conflict that scarred one Cleveland neighborhood more than 40 years ago, but because so many who lived through that turmoil migrated to the suburb where he grew up, he felt a connection and wanted to learn more. Read more … 
Steve Scott Steve Scott ’69, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, looks at data from many angles. Why would Iowa, with its relatively lower levels of crime and poverty, rank higher than say, Illinois, with its crime-ridden Chicago? Read more … 
Aneeb Sharif Aneeb Sharif rarely makes a move without first conducting a cost-benefit analysis. Even simple decisions require careful planning, according to the sophomore from Lahore, Pakistan, who admits that the economist within him seems to guide every phase of his thought process. Read more …  Susan
Tipton & Ainsley Whitehead Susan Tipton and Ainsley Whitehead embarked upon a fascinating journey this summer, taking a virtual trip through the pages of Maria Graham’s “A Journal of a Voyage to Brazil,” as participants in The College of Wooster’s Sophomore Research program. Read more … 
Jordan Tobin Imagine gazing up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or observing the ruins of the Coliseum. For those with a passion for art and architecture, it’s the ultimate field experience, and one that Jordan Tobin will never forget. Read more …  Nick
Weida Nick Weida was convinced about the excellence of his proposal: Take one Labrador puppy; hand pick a group of committed Wooster students; put them together in one of the college’s program houses. And then let the learning begin. Read more … 
Erin Wright When Erin Wright makes up her mind, there’s little that can be done to change it. So when she came to Wooster intending to major in biology and psychology, her decision appeared to be set in stone…until she took a neuroscience course in learning and memory. That changed everything. Read more … 
Courntey Wuensch Courtney Wuensch has always been passionate about animals and art. Growing up on a farm near New London, Ohio, she helped care for horses and raised goats to show. And wherever she went, whether on the farm or hiking in the woods, she “always had a sketchbook in tow.” Read more … 
Kofi Yankey Fashion runways and photo shoots are not typically part of study-abroad programs, but Kofi Yankey found a way to work them into his off-campus experience earlier this year. Read more …
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Marina Mangubi 
Charles Peterson