Alumni - 1998
Jessica Bigelow -- Mediaeval Studies, Hillsdale College
Kristen Costello -- English, University of Ottawa
"In the beginning I never imagined that the experience would be so thrilling... I thought it would just be a year of transition between high school and university. Augustine College will influence the whole rest of my life, intellectually, socially and morally."
Rachel (deHaan) Geleynse -- Admin Assistant, Richard Brancker Research. Married Bart, August 14, 1999.
Bart Geleynse -- Graduated Electronic Engineering Technology, Algonquin College. Married Rachel, August 14, 1999. Works at Richard Brancker Research. Alumni representative on Augustine College board.
Jessica Haak -- July 2004 Update: "I'm currently at Fanshawe College in London, starting into my second year of graphic design, after working for four years as a goldsmith in a jewellery store in Listowel, ON. I just got married this July and am now living in Strathroy."
Andrew Hackett -- Psychology, Carleton University
Leah (Hackett) Smith -- BA (Philosophy and Psychology) University of Ottawa 2002. Leah and James Smith were married on July 20, 2002.
Michelle Hoffman -- Graduated from Concordia with a B.Sc. in Physics and a major in Western Society and Culture (i.e. Liberal Arts). Currently working at her alma mater in the Office of Research, helping to promote faculty research.
"It scares me to think I almost didn't come to Augustine College. My year could not have been better spent. It was an immense privilege to be taught by such highly learned, deeply wise, and above all, very caring professors, who encouraged a great step in my quest towards an informed faith. And the best part is that I had such an awesome time doing it, making many friendships that will last a lifetime."
January 2004 Update: I'm currently at University of Toronto doing my Master's in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Rachel Johnson -- Graduated in 2001 from Wheaton with a BA (Art History, English Lit, and Theology). Currently working in Chicago with plans to go back to school for a PhD in Art History, or find a year to work as Augustine's in-residence tutor.
"What made Augustine so incredible was the community of people that God called here: diverse but unified, excellent faculty mentors, and friends -the best I have ever found."
August 2003 Update: "I have left Chicago, where I have been working since graduating from Wheaton, to move back to Canada to start an MA/PhD program in Art History at the University of Toronto. I never would have thought that David Jeffrey's History of Art and Theology in the Christian West would have set me on this path."
September 2005 Update: "Graduated with an MA in Art History from the University of Toronto. Moved to the PhD program in Art History at the University of California at Santa Barbara, working on the topic of 16th Century Netherlandish painting: Pieter Bruegel and Images of Carnival and the Grotesque."
Joe Kidd --
Matt Mann -- Valedictory Address -- Teaching English at Redeemer Christian High School. Matt and Natalie have had their first child (baby boy) in October 2002.
Graham Mann -- MA program in Philosophy at Ottawa U. Current specialization involves some combination of the philosophy of mind and applied ethics.
"I have learned here at Augustine College that all truth is God's truth, and that beauty belongs to Him as well, for He created all things. I have learned that Christianity is more than a set of rules; it is justice, friendship, a commitment to something far superior to our own powers of reason."
Jody (Moerman) Faber -- B.A. (English, Religion & Theology), Redeemer University College, 2001.
Married Ryan Faber, June 22, 2002. Living in Michigan where Ryan is an intern pastor. Working for Zondervan and in the church office.
Andre Nimigan -- Graduated Biology/Philosophy, St. Francis Xavier University and is currently in medical school at the University of Western Ontario.
"I would be a great deal further from the person I hope to become without my year with the profs and students at Augustine College."
August 2003 Update: "It is great to hear that there could be 14 students for this coming year's class at Augustine College! This unique program continues to touch many young people in a life-changing way, and I am grateful for my opportunity to attend the College as a student in the past and participate now as an alumnus. I am currently in my third year of medicine at the University of Western Ontario with a most keen interest in plastic surgery and ophthalmology. I have been in Halifax for two months this summer doing some research and an elective. I look forward to meeting the students this year and taking part in any way that I can."
January 2006 Update: "I am currently doing my residency / post-graduate medical training in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and the University of Western Ontario."
Greg Papazian -- Philosophy, University of Waterloo
"The wide breadth of knowledge that I was exposed to at Augustine College will enrich my life intellectually and spiritually for years and years to come."
James Smith -- Bio-Pharmaceutical Co-op Program, University of Ottawa. James and Leah Hackett were married on July 20, 2002.
Ed Speyers -- Computer Science / Philosophy, Calvin College
"...the opportunity to study among others of like mind became irresistible, even to the point that Augustine College was the only school to which I applied for my first year of University."