Since the program’s inception in 2010, ten classes of Stamps Scholars have graduated and have found success in their personal and professional pursuits.
Our Alumni Engagement Program, launched in Fall 2017, is designed to keep current and former Stamps Scholars actively involved. Through an alumni mentoring program and organized social and professional activities every fall, spring and summer, the Illinois Stamps experience now extends beyond a Scholar’s undergraduate career and into their future.
See what some of our alumni are up to now!
Taking a gap year while she applies to medical school, pursues research investigating different methods that aid in treating physician burnout, and work as a medical assistant.
Plans to attend NYU Law School to become a corporate lawyer and criminal attorney.
Plans to take a gap year before beginning the next chapter in her journey.
Accepted a full-time role with Morningstar Development Program in Chicago.
Pursuing a PhD in Microbiology, in the Combined Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, at Yale University.
Pursuing a Master of Architecture at Princeton University.
Will be working in the Champaign area teaching Elementary school.
Continuing to work part-time for a company at the University of Illinois Research Park while searching for a full-time position in the Chicago area.
Will be working for Motorola on their Devices UX team in Chicago.
Will be moving back to Chicago to pursue a career in cinematography.
Will be moving to California to work as a founding engineer at a startup based out of San Francisco.
Working for Shell in Houston, Texas as an Optimization Analyst
Working for ING Financial Services LLC in New York City, as a Wholesale Banking Analyst within their International Talent Program
Working as a private equity analyst at GTCR in Chicago, Illinois
Interning at Corn Refiners Association in Washington, D.C.
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UIUC
Working as a Process Engineer at Adhesives Research.
Working and pursuing a master's in bilingual speech-language pathology from the University of Arizona
Pursuing a Master of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Working as a software engineer at Facebook in Seattle
Pursuing a Research Master’s Degree at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Working in the Leadership Development Program for Manufacturing Services at Rockwell Automation
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Particle Physics at Stanford University
Serving in Teach for America in San Jose before beginning a Master in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Attending medical school at the University of Illinois in Peoria
Working as an investment banking analyst covering the Healthcare sector at Jefferies in New York
Pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University with a focus in robotics and rehabilitation devices
Medical student at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL
Working as an Associate, Office of the CEO at the Obama Foundation in Hyde Park, Chicago
Working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) and ETA mentor in Warsaw, Poland
Recently wed and currently working as a compliance analyst at Jump Trading, LLC
Serving for AmeriCorps VISTA in the office of the mayor in Anchorage, Alaska through Cities of Service
Conducting research on weather radar data while pursuing a PhD in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma; elected as the Student Member on the American Meteorological Society Committee on Radar Meteorology
Working for Google as a software engineer and serving as a mentor for the Tech Intern Mentorship Program; adopted a golden retriever puppy
Earned a Master of Accounting Science degree from Illinois and passed CPA exams; taught middle school math in South Carolina through Teach For America post-graduate school and is currently an experienced audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Jacksonville, Florida
Working as an investment analyst at Fine Capital Partners in New York, New York; Serving on finance committee of Senegal-based, SEED Project
Working as a forensics accounting senior consultant at Deloitte; recently transferred in January 2018 to the Deloitte Advisory Hong Kong Financial Crime team to work as an expat and gain invaluable Asia Pacific experience
Working as a medical device analyst at health-tech startup "Procured Health" in Chicago after receiving an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University
Pursuing a Master of Biotechnology degree at Northwestern University while conducting research in a synthetic biology lab; interned at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in Houston, Texas
Working as a higher education consultant for Huron Consulting Group and living in Chicago
Recently left McKinsey to found an HR company with another former colleague – Opus rotations
