Meet Our Majors
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Ellie Price
- Ellie Price directs The Locus Coalition, a group of global development organizations dedicated to advancing evidence-based solutions to global development challenges that are integrated, driven by local communities, and based on shared measures.
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Erica Boonstra
- After graduating, she started working at International Justice Mission (IJM) in the Government Relations & Advocacy Department. She now work as IJM's Senior Director of Global Advancement Strategy & Operations.
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Alisa Quillah
- While at Calvin, Alisa studied sociology, history, and development with a minor in religion. She currently works with Samaritan's Purse in Liberia, West Africa.
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Andy DeBoer
- After working for over a year with refugee youth at Bethany Christian Services and three years in program support at World Renew, Andy DeBoer pursued a Master’s degree in social policy and administration at the University of Chicago.
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Bernard Haven
- Bernard is a Young Professional at the World Bank's Governance Global Practice. Prior to joining the Bank, he served at Canada's diplomatic missions to Haiti, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, supporting global development programs.
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Dana Doll-Lautenbach
- After graduating from Calvin with a degree in GDS, Dana founded a non-profit organization called Treetops Collective, which focuses on helping refugee women in Grand Rapids.
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Elise Ditta
- Current Activities (2019): Research at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame Major: IDS and Spanish with a minor in Sociology
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Jill Stoltzfus
- Jill graduated from Calvin with a major in GDS and a minor in business. She is now the Executive Director for the Association for a More Just Society.
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Joh Myohan Oh
- Joe graduated from Calvin in 2015 with a major in Global Development Studies and a minor in Business Marketing. He now works for World Renew in West Coast Regional Relations.
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Abigail Punt
- Current activities: World Renew Donor Relations Manager for Michigan and the East Coast
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Comfort Sampong
- Current activities: Communications Specialist at the Association for a More Just Society Major: IDS and Economics
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Kaitlyn Kline
- "I’ve been impressed with just how uniquely IDS trains you to think and understand issues," was Kaitlyn Kline's '18 answer when asked what she discovered about IDS.
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Nyarie Sirewu
- " I feel valued as a person rather than just as a student." - Nyarie Sirewu '18
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Danielle Frempong
- "Calvin University mission is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world. I would say the part of the mission that resonates with me the most right now is ‘thinking deeply’. " Frempong '20
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