Senior Memories
During the Senior Reception each May, the Alumni Office asks seniors to share the next step in their journey, but also take a moment to reflect on their favorite memory from their time at St. Ambrose University.
Congrats to the Class of 2019!
Kate Lemons
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: RN at ICU Genesis East
Favorite SAU memory? Joining the nursing program.
Anne Nolting
Major: Exercise Science & Psychology
Next Steps: Graduate School at Clark University for DPT
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting all of the people at Ambrose and the activities hosted for students.
Michael Erskine
Major: Marketing
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Football; the team was my family.
Olivia Riehle
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Working at UW Madison
Favorite SAU memory? Nursing classes!!!
Anna Lasher
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: Loras College - Master of Arts in School Counseling
Favorite SAU memory? Homecoming
Hailey Broer
Major: Elementary Education
Next Steps: Be a Substitute Teacher and find a job
Favorite SAU memory? Winning Dance Team Nationals in 2016 and 2018!
Bronya Conner
Major: Accounting
Next Steps: Job at Northwest Mechanical Accounting
Favorite SAU memory? The teachers!
Julia O'Conner
Major: Exercise Science
Next Steps: PT School at St. Ambrose
Favorite SAU memory? Going to ACSM my junior year.
Lane DeVore
Major: Business Sales
Next Steps: Pharmacy Analyst at Cottingham & Butler
Elizabeth Lange
Major: Elementary Education
Next Steps: Job searching
Favorite SAU memory? Traveling with the Women's Volleyball team to the away games.
Molly Chambers
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: Gap year and then apply to OT
Favorite SAU memory? Dance Marathon
Jason Capper
Major: Biology
Next Steps: ED Scribe
Favorite SAU memory? Playing basketball
Alex Schott
Major: Math with an Endorsement in Secondary Education
Next Steps: Army Reserves and 6th grade teacher at Glenview
Favorite SAU memory? All the people I've met!
Dylan Fairsairn
Major: Computer Network Security
Next Steps: Florida Cancer Research Labs
Favorite SAU memory? Midnight Breakfast
Dillon Wasnecke
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: NCLEX
Emily Pendleton
Major: English
Next Steps: Bettendorf Middle School Teacher
Favorite SAU memory? The townhouses
Brent Schwoebel
Major: Human Performance and Fitness
Next Steps: YMCA
Favorite SAU memory? Having professors that were there to help me.
Katelyn Mack
Major: Computer Science & Data Science
Next Steps: Software engineer at John Deere
Favorite SAU memory? Late-night study sessions in Ambrose Hall.
Morgan Wheelwright
Major: Mathematics
Next Steps: Physical Therapy Graduate School at SAU
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting new people.
Erin Blackburn
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: RN at Mercy Hospital Chicago
Favorite SAU memory? Having the privilege to be a part of Dance Marathon all 4 years!
Axel Varges
Major: Criminal Justice
Next Steps: N/A
Favorite SAU memory? 712 W 17th Street, Davenport IA, 52804
Natalie Jones
Major: Communications
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Football games
Marcella Boers
Major: Master of Criminal Justice
Next Steps: Not sure
Favorite SAU memory? Graduating twice from SAU!
Emma Peeler
Major: Exercise Science
Next Steps: DPT Program at SAU
Favorite SAU memory? Winter sports class in Colorado.
Katharine Newhoff
Major: Forensic Psychology & MSCJ
Next Steps: Graduate Program
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting all my amazing friends! Also the endless opportunities (internships, jobs, clubs).
Karina Huaracha
Major: Marketing
Next Steps: Looking for jobs
Favorite SAU memory? Women's soccer team. Every practice, game, and hangout.
Jennifer Martin
Major: Sociology
Next Steps: Master of Social Work & MBA at Ambrose
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting my best friends and the love of my life.
Delina Tesfamichael
Major: International Studies & Political Science
Next Steps: Job in South Korea
Favorite SAU memory? Midnight Breakfast!
DeAnn Weeks
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: Gap year because my dad is terminally ill
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting my mentors. Every day was a blessing.
Kaitlin Buss
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Undecided
Favorite SAU memory? Women's soccer program- Jon Mannall!
Katelyn Schrueder
Major: Industrial Engineering
Next Steps: John Deere
Favorite SAU memory? Everything!!
Shannon Herra
Major: Exercise Science DPT
Next Steps: SAU DPT
Favorite SAU memory? All the Bees I met!
Crystal Bautista
Major: Biology
Next Steps: Applying Physician Assistant school and getting more patient care hours
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting my life long best friends!
Reilly Scanlon
Major: Psychology/Human Performance & Fitness
Next Steps: North Central College OT Program
Favorite SAU memory? The Woman's Golf Team, Dance Marathon, and all the friends I made along the way
Janet Ketelsen
Major: Biology
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Labs - I loved labs!
Casauandra Fernandez
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: To become an RN
Favorite SAU memory? Living with the best roomies!!
Josh Hlubek
Major: Management
Next Steps: Job at John Deere
Favorite SAU memory? Being Conference Champs sophomore year for baseball.
Shannon McEachern
Major: History & Political Science
Next Steps: Northern Illinois University Law School
Favorite SAU memory? Playing for the St. Ambrose Women's Tennis Team
Emily Nguyen
Major: Biology
Next Steps: PA School
Favorite SAU memory? Homecoming
Emily Jean
Major: Marketing
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Living with 6 of my friends
Jenna Coe
Major: Exercise Science
Next Steps: MSEP
Favorite SAU memory? Building the marching band!
Bailey Claussen
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Nurse at UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital
Favorite SAU memory? Midnight Breakfast
Alex Portwood
Major: Sales & Marketing
Next Steps: Marketing at Cottingham & Butler
Favorite SAU memory? Playing basketball for the team over the last 2 years.
Nico Boehling
Major: Sports Management
Next Steps: No Clue
Favorite SAU memory? Jon Mannall
Clare Sulentic
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: SAU Master of Speech-Language Pathology program
Favorite SAU memory? All 4 years of Dance Marathon
Brian Santino
Major: Sale Marketing
Next Steps: Bitco Insurance
Favorite SAU memory? Track and Cross Country stuff
Kelsey Page
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Next Steps: Job secured as a Sales Engineer
Favorite SAU memory? Living in Sudbrook A
Joaquin Bueno Diaz
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: Get a job and get my master's
Favorite SAU memory? Bee-ing very involved in extracurricular activities and bee-coming Barney the Bee!
Holly Block
Major: Strategic Communication
Next Steps: Graduate School
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting my professors
Madison Grundler
Major: Women & Gender Studies
Next Steps: Boston to work for the Boston Ballet Residence Life
Favorite SAU memory? Joining Residence Life and making my best friends!
Quenton Runge
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: E.R. Nurse
Colin Scharf
Major: Accounting & Finance
Next Steps: Associate Accountant
Molly Verdun
Major: Strategic Communication
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Living in a townhouse
Ian South
Major: Biology
Next Steps: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Favorite SAU memory? Every moment spent at Ambrose
Ashley Andre
Major: Biology
Next Steps: MSEP
Favorite SAU memory? Midnight Breakfast
Tameka Toney
Major: Accounting
Next Steps: QC Community Foundation
Favorite SAU memory? Accounting Club
Erin Dunn
Major: Exercise Science
Next Steps: Graduate Program DPT
Favorite SAU memory? Homecoming
Erin Vander Bleek
Major: Marketing
Next Steps: Human Resources at Rock Island Arsenal
Favorite SAU memory? Dance Marathon
Natalie Mendez
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Not sure!
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting all of my great friends.
Erin Bullington
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals
Favorite SAU memory? Homecoming and living in Sudbrook A.
Loren Liskunas
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Move and work on oncology unit
Favorite SAU memory? Participating in Dance Marathon.
Lauren Meyer
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: Master of Science in Child Development, Erikson Institute
Favorite SAU memory? Dance Marathon 7 with all my favorite bees.
Samantha Lang
Major: Exercise Psychology
Next Steps: Cardiac Rehabilitation Internship
Favorite SAU memory? Being on the Women's Soccer Team.
Nick Riedesel
Major: Elementary Education
Next Steps: Job
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting lifelong friends.
Sonya Addison
Major: Psychology
Next Steps: HR Coordinator
Favorite SAU memory? Midnight Breakfast!
Anna Valenti
Major: Computer & Network Security
Next Steps: Job at John Deere
Favorite SAU memory? The café
Collin Leddy
Major: TV/Radio
Next Steps: N/A
Favorite SAU memory? Being in the Marching Band
Michaela Kelly
Major: Accounting & Finance
Next Steps: Graduate School
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting amazing people.
Miranda Rodriguez
Major: Nursing
Next Steps: Unity Point E.R.
Favorite SAU memory? Meeting all of my nursing friends.
Clare Tobin
Major: History & Art History
Next Steps: Graduate program at WIU
Favorite SAU memory? Homecoming football games
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