After Beloit

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Rebecca Lammers’07 at the DNC delegate welcome party in Chicago.

Back in the U.S.A.

From launching a student record label at Beloit to founding a global media company, Rebecca Lammers’ career has been defined by innovation. Now, she’s using her entrepreneurial skills to advocate for expat voting rights and tax reform on the global stage.

Alumni Lirio Hittle’86 (far end of the table) and Samir Goswami’98 (standing) talk with students

Students received career advice from alumni

Lirio Hittle’86 and Samir Goswami’98 visited Beloit College on September 12-13 to participate in classes and offer professional advice. Students were particularly interested in careers in diplomacy, security, climate policy and advocacy, foreign policy, international law, human rights, and international development.

A Jordanian flight crew watches crates of food drift down to Gaza.

A moment of clarity above Gaza

Taylor Luck’07 lives in and reports from the Middle East. His 17 years there have been marked by wars, refugee crises, and extremism, but he has also found generosity, dignity, and hope, reinforcing his faith in our common humanity and borderless values. His stories provide a personal perspective on events in the region. Here is one of them.…

Lyndon Defoe, Jasmine Nears’09, and Alex Kalb in Madison at a voter drive sponsored by America Votes.

Pathways to Public Service

While the notion of public service may seem quaint in this time of deep partisan divisions, the careers of these four alumni prove that there are many ways to work for the collective public good, and that the liberal arts and a Beloit education have always been invaluable preparation for that work.

Breaking Down Barriers

Rick Rose’88 found his voice at Beloit, and in his wide-ranging career as a producer, business owner, podcaster, talent agent, and activist, he’s used it to speak up for others.

The “Yuyanapaq” project documented the atrocities inflicted on the Peruvian people during two decades of national unrest, creating photographic evidence. The sign in this Lima protest translates as “No to terrorism.”

Yuyanapaq: A Photography Exhibit, an Assignment, and a Book

A decade of student and faculty work has come together into a book which documents and reflects on the human rights violations that took place in Peru between 1980 and 2000, two of the bloodiest decades in the nation’s history.

Point of No Return: Speaking out for democracy and freedom

Anastasia Voronovsky’21 grew up in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, but as an international student on Beloit’s campus, she gained a new perspective on her home country and grappled with what she learned.

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