Katie Knighton ’17 is a double major in advertising and marketing communication and studio art who has recently finished an internship in the Disney College Program. After graduation she hopes to work for Disney and is currently researching jobs in creative marketing and advertising.

After graduation, Aminata ’17 plans to attend graduate school to become a licensed nurse practitioner and eventually open a free clinic in Dakar, Senegal. Ami hopes to educate people there about diabetes and hypertension. As a student at Wesleyan she participates in many events that promote good health in the community.

Kennedy ’19 is earning her Wesleyan degree in political science with a pre-law track. She spent the summer of 2016 interning as a legal assistant with the Clayton County Solicitor General’s Office. Her career goal is to serve in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps.

Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Zhen was a guest speaker at Georgia Immigration Conference, as an expert on how English-language proficiency affects foreign-born immigrants' labor market performance and earnings in the U.S., especially female immigrants.

Biology Professor and Arboretum Director Dr. Ferrari lead a group of volunteers in planting a grove of longleaf pines in the Wesleyan Arboretum. The longleaf is among the most endangered ecosystems in North America and provides habitat and a food source for wildlife and purifies the air. 

Wesleyan biology professors Dr. Holly Boettger-Tong and Dr. Jim Ferrari led a study abroad trip to Belize where the group visited Mayan ruins, spotted birds, and spent three days at Tobacco Caye exploring reef ecosystems at Glover’s Reef and Mangrove ecology at Southwater Caye Marine Reserve.

Amanda Smoll ’04 earned degrees in business and psychology at Wesleyan and a master’s in marriage and family therapy from Mercer University. This 26-year violinist cultivates her love for the violin by teaching students of all ages. She home-schools her children and has “a career doing something I love.”

Alicen had the highest HESI exam score in her class, which earned her Wesleyan’s first Thomas C. Burke Nursing Scholarship. Graduating near the top of her class, Alicen accepted a position at Navicent Health in Macon, where she had been serving as a nurse extern.

Alexa majored in English and minored in music and held several editorial internships while at Wesleyan. Today she serves as editorial assistant for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists in Miami, a company dedicated to worldwide counter-terrorist financing, where she edits and fact checks articles.