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!
Class of 2025
Max Ando
Jazz Performance, 2025
Max Ando
In the summer following graduation, Max is working as a high brass instructor with the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps. He will be attending Fordham University School of Law in New York City beginning Fall 2025.
Eghonghon Eromosele
Community Health, 2025
Eghonghon Eromosele
Eghonghon will continue working for Washington University’s School of Medicine while also getting clinical experience. Following a gap year, she plans to pursue a joint MD/MPH program.
William Hohe
Dual Degree: Photography and Advertising, 2025
William Hohe
William is about to send his first photo book off to press and, in the fall, will begin an MFA program at the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.
Nour Longi
Journalism, 2025
Nour Longi
Nour hopes to head off to Cairo, Egypt for an intensive Arabic language program and will also be doing work for a Nat Geo project.
Brandon McAllister
Bioengineering, 2025
Brandon McAllister
Brandon is heading off to work a full-time position in Minneapolis, MN and will eventually be applying to dental school.
Elizabeth Scherschel
Classics, 2025
Elizabeth Scherschel
Elizabeth is teaching middle school math in Indianapolis with Teach for America while working on her masters in education.
Grace Song
Information Sciences, 2025
Grace Song
Grace is in the final stage of interviewing with an executive search firm as she begins her post-grad career.
Class of 2024
Vasu Chalasani
Computer Science, 2024
Vasu Chalasani
Just finished her master’s degree in CS.
Aneesa Goyal
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2024
Aneesa Goyal
After graduating, Aneesa worked on a research project as part of the UIC Summer Scholars program, completing a systematic review about the effectiveness of peer coaching in aiding physician burnout. She also worked as a medical assistant in an ear, nose, and throat clinic. In July 2025, she will be an incoming first-year medical student at Rush Medical College.
Nina Mitchell
Business Management, 2024
Nina Mitchell
Nina is attending NYU School of Law and pursuing Corporate Law, and is also planning to complete her JD/MBA.
Leela Ruffin
Social Work, 2024
Leela Ruffin
Plans to take a gap year before beginning the next chapter in her journey.
Matthew Splitstone
Finance, 2024
Matthew Splitstone
After graduating in fall 2024 with a BS in Finance from the Gies College of Business, Matt began a rotational program as a Finance & Accounting Leadership Development Associate at International Motors (formerly Navistar).
Class of 2023
Diana Anghel
Journalism, 2024
Diana Anghel
Accepted a full-time role with Morningstar Development Program in Chicago.
Neha Arun
Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2024
Neha Arun
Neha recently passed her qualifying exam as a Microbiology PhD student at Yale University in the lab of Walther Mothes, and was selected to present a poster on HIV-1 at the 2025 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Retroviruses Meeting.
Shravan Arun
Architecture, 2024
Shravan Arun
Pursuing a Master of Architecture at Princeton University.
Class of 2022
Nicki Angell
Education, 2022
Nicki Angell
Will be working in the Champaign area teaching Elementary school.
Maxwell Chan
Industrial Design, 2022
Maxwell Chan
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.
Kathleen Culligan
Industrial Design, 2022
Kathleen Culligan
Will be working for Motorola on their Devices UX team in Chicago.
Lincoln Rogers
Advertising, 2023
Lincoln Rogers
Will be moving back to Chicago to pursue a career in cinematography.
Yousef Ahmed
Computer Science, 2022
Yousef Ahmed
Will be moving to California to work as a founding engineer at a startup based out of San Francisco.
Class of 2021
Tyler Angus
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2021
Class of 2020
Meral Aycicek
Global Studies, 2020
Meral Aycicek
Exploring graduate programs in public policy.
Jacob Ebens
Double: SCM & Marketing, 2020
Jacob Ebens
Jacob has been working for Shell since graduating. He had the opportunity to work abroad in London, England for 18 months and is now living and working in Houston, Texas.
Kayla Guo
Double: Accountancy and Finance, 2020
Kayla Guo
Working for ING Financial Services LLC in New York City, as a Wholesale Banking Analyst within their International Talent Program.
Robert Mitchell
Finance, 2020
Robert Mitchell
Robert started as an Analyst at GTCR, a private equity firm based in Chicago, after graduation and is currently a Senior Associate. In July 2025, Robert will be attending Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) as a full-time MBA candidate for the next two years.
Jacey Schick
Agricultural and Consumer Economics, 2020
Jacey Schick
Interning at Corn Refiners Association in Washington, D.C.
Christian Williams
Mechanical Engineering, 2020
Christian Williams
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Illinois.
Eugene Yoon
Chemical Engineering, 2020
Eugene Yoon
Eugene works as a Process Engineer at Northrop Grumman. He also became a benefactor for a scholarship fund that provides awards for first-generation immigrants and first-generation college students who demonstrate potential and passion to change their lives through higher education.
Class of 2019
Sam Althaus
Advertising, 2019
Sam Althaus
Working in the advertising industry in Chicago
Brittany Barajas
Spanish, 2019
Brittany Barajas
Working and pursuing a master’s in bilingual speech-language pathology from the University of Arizona.
Kaitlin Litt-Block
Social Work, 2019
Kaitlin Litt-Block
Kaitlin completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She now works as a Clinical Case Manager/Social Worker at Aetna Better Health of Illinois. Kaitlin was recently licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Colorado, as she will be moving there with her husband in Fall 2025. Once settled, she plans to start her own mental health therapy private practice.
Nick Magerko
Computer Science, 2019
Nick Magerko
Working as a software engineer at Facebook in Seattle
Chris North
Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Chris North
Working full-time for John Deere
Class of 2018
Anish Bhattacharya
Electrical Engineering, 2018
Anish Bhattacharya
Pursuing a Research Master’s Degree at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University
Eli Karvelis
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2018
Eli Karvelis
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Madeline Schulze
Industrial Engineering, 2018
Madeline Schulze
Working in the Leadership Development Program for Manufacturing Services at Rockwell Automation
Rachel Smith
Physics, 2018
Rachel Smith
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Particle Physics at Stanford University
Anusha Thotakura
Political Science, 2018
Anusha Thotakura
Serving in Teach for America in San Jose before beginning a Master in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Garret Waterstradt
Kinesiology, 2018
Garret Waterstradt
Garret is currently completing his third year as a resident physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Rochester.
Class of 2017
Benjamin Belford
Dual degree: Accountancy and Finance, 2017
Benjamin Belford
Working as an investment banking analyst covering the Healthcare sector at Jefferies in New York
Kevin Brenner
Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Kevin Brenner
Kevin earned his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2019. Since then, he has been working at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as a Mechanical Engineering. He received a patent for an anti-tipping device used to help with wheelchair training.
Anuj Chokshi
Neuroscience, 2017
Anuj Chokshi
Medical student at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL
MaryCate Most
Dual Degree: Journalism and Political Science, 2017
MaryCate Most
Working as an Associate, Office of the CEO at the Obama Foundation in Hyde Park, Chicago
Class of 2016
Carol Grzych
Chemical Engineering, 2016
Carol Grzych
Working as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) and ETA mentor in Warsaw, Poland
Dylan Hoyer
Dual Degree: Economics and History, 2016
Dylan Hoyer
Recently wed and currently working as a compliance analyst at Jump Trading, LLC
Catherine Kemp
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 2016
Catherine Kemp
Serving for AmeriCorps VISTA in the office of the mayor in Anchorage, Alaska through Cities of Service
Amanda Murphy
Atmospheric Sciences, 2016
Amanda Murphy
Amanda earned both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and now works as a Dataflow Analyst at NOAA NCEP Central Operations.
Annie Rong
Computer Science, 2016
Annie Rong
Working for Google as a software engineer and serving as a mentor for the Tech Intern Mentorship Program; adopted a golden retriever puppy
Class of 2015
Kristen (Cantieri) Hansen
Accounting, 2015
Kristen (Cantieri) Hansen
Kristen earned a Master of Accounting Science degree from Illinois and passed CPA exams; taught middle school math in South Carolina through Teach For America, and worked as a CPA and auditor an at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Florida and Connecticut. She is a full-time parent of two young children in Wisconsin.
David Van Vlierbergen
Dual Degree: Accountancy and Finance, 2015
David Van Vlierbergen
Working as an investment analyst at Fine Capital Partners in New York, New York; Serving on finance committee of Senegal-based, SEED Project
Joly Wu
Double: Accountancy and Finance, 2015
Joly Wu
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
Class of 2014
Anthony Bruno
Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Anthony Bruno
Working as a medical device analyst at health-tech startup “Procured Health” in Chicago after receiving an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University
Zach Cowden
Integrative Biology, 2014
Zach Cowden
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
Julia Weiss
Management, 2014
Julia Weiss
Working as a higher education consultant for Huron Consulting Group and living in Chicago
Janice Yoshimura
Materials Science and Engineering, 2014
Janice Yoshimura
Recently left McKinsey to found an HR company with another former colleague – Opus rotations