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Director, Film Collective Productions
The freedom that I felt to explore all of my interests in a supportive environment was crucial to preparing me for the challenges I've faced so far in my filmmaking and other freelance work.
Sable Helvie '08 & Abigail Kramer '08
English Teachers in Suzhou, China
Every year Knox is becoming more and more tied to this country as the Chinese student population and the interest in Asian Studies increases.
ABC News' Brian Ross Investigative Unit
Knox gave me a great liberal arts education, which helped me become familiar with political, social, and economic issues that I'd someday cover as a reporter.
Technical Integration & Engineering Operations, Boeing
There are very few schools that would allow a physics major to minor in dance.
Physics Teacher, Opelousas High School
You may be out in the real world, but you still have the support of the Knox community.
Finance Rotation Program Manager, The Walt Disney Company
Admission counselors, cafeteria workers, and staff all knew my name. It really made a difference to me.
Federal Prosecutor
Knox exposed me to a broad variety of topics and interests I didn't even know that I had.
Editor, LAIKA Entertainment
I hold a special place for my Knox experience in my heart and owe much of my success to the growth I achieved there.
Assistant Professor of Journalism & Mass Communications
For once I was seeing India through my eyes, not my parent's eyes.
Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
You have to be able to give back to the world, not just your community and nation.
Patrick Lyn & Judi-Ann Shaw-Rice
Founders, Belair School Alumni Association
Working together, we knew what each of us was capable of doing and that we could bring a task to fruition.
Founder, EDSTAR
We have children ourselves. We want the schools to work. We want to help make things work.
President, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Looking at today's students gives me great confidence in the leaders of tomorrow.
Jazz Voice Instructor, Carl Sandburg and Knox Colleges
When I did enroll as a music education major at Knox, it felt right.
Retired General Counsel, YMCA
I give to Knox so that I can make a difference in students' lives. Knox has been and will be my number one charity.
Founder and President, Earth Block, Inc.
Adobes have been around for millennia, and I'm trying to reintroduce the concept to the modern world.
President, Seminary Street Historic Commercial District
Galesburg will continue to be recreated and sustained by innovation. It's the future
Professor of Biology & Associate Dean, University of Rhode Island
Knox is at its core a place of fundamental fairness and a place that facilitates access to an excellent undergraduate education.
Teacher, English for Speakers of Other Languages
There was no course to prepare me for my time in Africa, but a liberal arts education made it possible for me to succeed.
Galesburg Radio Personality
I'm trying to give students an opportunity to participate with their peers, to develop something that just might last a lifetime.
Honorary Canon, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
I was a small town boy, a farm kid from a community of 750 people, and Knox broadened my horizons.
Mike '58 & Pat Craig Ruffolo '58
Golden Gate Knox Club Volunteers
As we continue to give to Knox, we feel that Knox continues to give back to us.
Elementary School Teacher
You run into Knox people where you least expect.
Senior Associate, Public Management Solutions
It's never too late to connect with others or with Knox, and it's never too late to try to do some good.
William '58 & Ann Velde Baker '60
Founders of the Baker-Velde Student Research Fund
It wasn't the research that was paramount, but the process.
Senior Producer, Capture Productions
Rather than lament my early C average, I boast about the amount of knowledge I acquired through my studies in Knox's various departments.
Founder of the John D. Carlin Career Development Forum
Education is the beginning of a career path. What you do with that education is what matters.
Lead Donor of the Porter Wrestling Complex
My passion continues to be valuing physical conditioning that builds sturdy bodies and minds.
Dave Bauman '74 & Steve Kaszynski '76
The fundraising process was gratifying beyond our expectations.
Founder of the Bayer Chair in Earth Sciences
I have come to view my Knox education as the "launching pad" that set the trajectory for the rest of my professional life.
Banker
The name Nelson Dean Jay means very little on campus today, but Jay may very well have been one of Knox's most distinguished graduates between 1837 and 1905.
