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Veterinary school student
I'm so glad that I ended up coming to a small school. I think it's really helped me develop as a person, and it's just been fantastic.
Litigation Project Assistant, Kirkland & Ellis
Knox has everything to do with where I am and where I'm going.
Elementary School, College, and Church Choir Director
Unlike most other kids my age who are in their first year or second year out of college, I am doing what I went to school for.
Lab Manager/Research Assistant
I think my work in Honors gave me the confidence and inspiration necessary to explore the larger world of scientific research.
Senior Challenge Donor
Because someone donated to help me through school, I want to do the same for someone else.
Fulbright-MTVU Grantee
For me, Knox was kind of like an incubator for the real world.
Professional Artist
My work transformed quickly in grad school, yet it continued to foster the body of work that I started in college.
Actress
I think without the prior training that I had in Knox, I would have gotten choked up on trying to ‘act’ instead of just being in each moment.
Financial Analyst
The mindset of Knox of developing your skills and teaching you how to think and ask the right questions -- that thought process can apply to whatever you do.
New Teacher of the Year Award Winner
Knox professors inspired me to work toward my dreams.
Technical Integration & Engineering Operations, Boeing
There are very few schools that would allow a physics major to minor in dance.
Claim Examiner, RLI Insurance
Knox prepared me to meet the challenges I face in law school by always having challenged me academically and socially as an undergrad.
Artist-in-Residence
It was really exciting to be offered a position that involves both teaching and creating a show at the same time.
Keyboardist, The Hoot Hoots
It's important to get young alumni interested in philanthropy.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
That's what really makes this job fun for me -- to get to know students and to see what their interests are.
Coordinator of Academic Support Services
Knox taught me about the person that I really am.
Educational Outreach Coordinator, Figge Art Museum
If students are studying geometry, I can bring in images of the Parthenon and other Greek architecture to demonstrate how math and art are connected.
Client Technology Services and Support - Media, ESPN
I believe I’m the perfect example of someone who benefited from a liberal arts educational approach.
Improv Comedian
When you get right down to it, I think I'm interested in theatre and economics because they're both about figuring out how people work.
Physician, Pediatric Hospitalist
Having the Early Admission Program allowed me to explore interests outside of the classroom.
2011 Young Alumni Achievement Award Winner
My college years helped me to gain a deeper understanding of the injustices in our world.
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
I don't think a person can be a philosopher without being a teacher; it is part of what doing philosophy is.
Teacher
I want to be successful in what I do. Failure is not an option for me.
Director, Film Collective Productions
The freedom that I felt to explore all of my interests in a supportive environment was crucial.
Alumni Achievement Award Winner
Overall, my experience was the rainbow God every so often watermarked across those sunlit memories I continue to smile about.
Winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award
It just felt like things were very open and accessible and if you wanted to do it, you could try it. That was pretty exciting.
Senior Financial Analyst
I see logic in the art, as well as in the world of capital market -- the visual logic and the logic of the markets' fundamentals.
Actress
I met so many interesting people with whom I had--and continue to have--memorable and engaging conversations.
Millennium Villages Project Program Coordinator, Columbia University
When your professors and friends from Knox believe in you, it's a lot easier to believe in yourself.
Museum Curator
My Knox experience helped make me a free thinking and expressive individual.
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.
Instructor of Music, Director of Jazz Program
I can't imagine doing anything more fun than this. It shows that it's possible to find a topic that you can fall in love with, and I want my students to see that.
Federal Prosecutor
Knox exposed me to a broad variety of topics and interests I didn't even know that I had.
Author and Poet
"I didn't find any essentially gay farm poetry. That's one of the main reasons why I kept working on this book."
Author
By trying -- and often failing -- at this variety of things, I found a fruitful way to exist in the world.
Actress
Right there beside me my whole life was a gateway into this entirely new world.
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.
Associate Professor of English
My writing process ... is a process of living with something in hopes of knowing that something by heart.
Associate Professor of Theatre
All of this work allows me to explore my creativity through a variety of venues and in different ways based on the needs of the experience.
Business Owner/Artist
I have never forgotten that I am an artist. I have never forgotten my true desire.
Reid '94 & Jennifer Quinn Broda '94
Members of the President's Circle Giving Society
We give what we can, and that's what's most important.
Opera Singer
When I sing for the kids, I sing pieces I love and pieces that I think they will love. It's allowed me to come back to my heart.
Assistant Professor of Journalism & Mass Communications
For once I was seeing India through my eyes, not my parents' eyes.
Professor of Chemistry
I know that I’m here because someone took an interest in me. So I try to take that same interest in my students.
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
Coach Oberembt was more than a coach to me—he opened up his home to me to come over and study a couple of times a week.
Founder, Craig Technologies
I think that you can balance anything as long as you understand your priorities.
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.
Senior Vice Pesident, Standish Mellon Asset Management
Nothing prepares you for life like a liberal arts education. It teaches you to think, it teaches you to reason, and it teaches you to question.
Author
The great thing about going to a liberal arts school is you learn how to learn.
Curator for Asian and Non-Western Art
The nature of life is to be broad.
Economic Developer
The 'Knox Connection' has been a part of my career from start to finish.
Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Business
I've lived in more than a dozen countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This cultural focus arose from my experiences and opportunities gained at Knox.
Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College
I like to say I started at Knox when I was three years old.
Attorney
The curiosity for me has always been how much I can push myself. I want to see what my limit is.
Executive Vice President of Research and Medical Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association
It has been my privilege to be a physician caring for individuals and their families facing very challenging, often life-threatening, medical conditions.
Executive Vice President, Ricerca Biosciences
The Knox family got me pointed in the right direction and counseled me frequently thereafter.
Professor of Economics & Associate Dean for Social Sciences at the University of Boulder, Colorado
I came to Knox with reservations about what such a small college could offer. What I found was a gold mine in the cornfields.
Elementary School Teacher
You run into Knox people where you least expect.
Co-Founder of the Anderson Gary L. and Judy Middleton Anderson Scholarship
We didn't want a student to not be able to travel abroad because of finances.
Alumni Achievement Award Winner
As far back as I can remember, I was always collecting things: rocks, fossils, shells, fruits and other plant parts, nests, insects.
Three-Star Lieutenant General
A liberal arts education works when you have to deal with the broadest base of individuals the world has to offer.
President, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Looking at today's students gives me great confidence in the leaders of tomorrow.
Artist
I have painted all my life and am now—for the first time—painting full time.
Dave Bauman '74 & Steve Kaszynski '76
The fundraising process was gratifying beyond our expectations.
2011 Alumni Achievement Award Winner
I think my liberal arts education has served me well as the CEO of a non-profit.
Regional Administrator
I was very interested in public lands and natural resources and I figured maybe being a lawyer was the way to go.
Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright
This is the place that allowed me to express myself artistically to the absolute limit of my ability.
Vice President, University Secretary
Sound management and a strong commitment to its educational program have served Knox well.
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.
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.
Diplomat
I met five American and four South American presidents, Emperor Hirohito, Kim Jong Il, Prime Ministers, Cabinet members, and parliamentarians beyond counting.
David '70 & Judy W. Lambert '71
Members of the President's Circle Giving Society
We believe that a Knox education makes one a more well-rounded person.
President, Earth Block Inc.
ALL of my professors were outstanding, and I felt that I knew each one of them as a person.
Senior Managing Director, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
It's important that alumni understand that giving to Knox is a good investment.
Lector and Eucharistic minister
What Knox imparted was a drive for excellence and to do the best I could do.
Journalist & Author
...knowing how to ask and learn -- the essence of my Knox education -- is critical.
Documentary Producer, Writer, Director
There is seldom a day in my work when I don't use the skills of research or criticism or composition that I learned at Knox.
Founder and CEO, APCO Worldwide
I have been able to build a company, the majority of which is owned by its employees, that is considered a great place to work.
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.
Funder, Ethics Initiative
We want students to recognize ethical issues as they arise in everyday life and to make responsible decisions in response to those issues.
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.
President, Seminary Street Historic Commercial District
Galesburg will continue to be recreated and sustained by innovation. It's the future
Professor of Biology
I find it incredibly exciting to work with students at this stage of their education. Their fresh approach is contagious.
Doctor, Sculptor, Knox Trustee
Returning to Knox, I realized how central the College was to whom I had become -- I felt like the wanderer had finally returned home.
Professor of Chemistry
I had a real feeling of being a part of an academic community.
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.
Writer, photographer, and professor
For me, Knox had established a high bar of excellence and allowed me to think in innovative ways.
Alumni Achievement Award Winner
My Knox education taught me to be open to new ideas, new experiences, and new learning.
Alumni Achievement Award-Winner
Treat every person as a valued individual with his or her own important story. Strive for the broadest possible perspective on the human condition.
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.
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.
Founder, College Assistance Migrant Program
Thousands of migrant children have become community leaders.
Professor, Western Kentucky University
I encourage Knox students to give themselves fully to the Knox experience, both in class and out.
Members of the President's Circle Giving Society
When you see what the faculty and staff are doing, you're simply compelled to give. We strongly believe Knox is a good place to put our money.
Elizabeth Harler Van Steenwyk '48
Children's Author and Business Manager
I learned early that I had to recognize what was missing and reach out for it.
Lead Donor of the Porter Wrestling Complex
My passion continues to be valuing physical conditioning that builds sturdy bodies and minds.
Psychoanalyst & Public Relations Executive
My career choices illustrate how a successful liberal arts education open doors to careers that expand far beyond a student's major.
President, Kleine Equipment
I believe in the tremendous value there is in having Knox College in our area.
Fan of Prairie Fire Athletics
My heart is still here in Galesburg for Knox. Knox is still home to me.
