Upper School and College alum, Laura Shepard Churchley (US’65, C’69), recently visited the School to talk about her trip to space aboard Blue Origin’s Shepard spacecraft. Churchley is the daughter of Alan Shepard, America’s first astronaut to fly into space, and followed in her father’s footsteps on December 11, 2021. ...
College Professor of Theatre Trish B. Schmit is building new bridges across the Mississippi River—straight from the College to the bustling St. Louis theatre scene. Professor Schmit, known as Trish Brown in theatre circles, launched the Prism Theatre Company this summer with business partner Joy Addler—a respected St. Louis area ...
Zacher Lewis (US’13, C’17) Portfolio Accounting Associate, Fisher Investments
A business administration and economics double major and a Phi Alpha Eta (honor society) graduate, Zacher took full advantage of support from Principia faculty across the liberal arts curriculum. “I came into college with a love of math and science, ...
Meredith Hamilton (US’13, C’17) Elementary School Teacher, Teach for America
An English and political science double major with a minor in Spanish, Meredith Hamilton is passionate about education, which led her to become a Teach for America corps member at Stege Elementary in Richmond, California, where she teaches four- ...
Seth Cadell (C'07) Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher, Oregon State University
After a childhood working alongside his dad building custom farm machinery in Oregon, Seth Cadell had all the skills he needed to earn good paychecks in the building trades. So he skipped college and worked in construction— until, ...
Esteban Xifré-Villar (US'07, C'11) Senior Associate, Global Intelligence Operations Center, PricewaterhouseCoopers
While majoring in business and economics at Principia College, Esteban Xifré-Villar interned in California at JumpSport Inc.—which opened a door on the world. Following graduation, he helped JumpSport get its Fitness Trampoline into Spanish-speaking markets in Peru, Colombia, ...
Emily Moeller-Prom (C’08) Execution Planning Advisor, ExxonMobil
Participating in Principia’s 3+2 dual-degree engineering program, MoellerProm earned a BS in engineering science (with minors in math and chemistry) from Principia in 2008 and a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2009. “The small class sizes in ...
Caroline Korthals (US’08, C’12) UX Designer, IBM iX
After discovering her love of art at the Upper School, Caroline Korthals continued her passion for painting, drawing, and design as an art major at the College. Now working for IBM iX as a UX designer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she blends ...
Tessa (Bray, C’02) Frost Director of Federal Government Affairs for the Christian Science Committee on Publication, U.S. Federal Office
Near the end of high school, Christian Science became increasingly important to Frost. Then a visit to Principia made the college decision easy, despite her previous Ivy League plans. For ...
Alice Stanley (C’10) Actor, Playwright, Teacher
Alice Stanley’s passion for theatre, and especially improv comedy, began her freshman year at the College, when she acted in mainstage productions and joined Lazy Zipper, Principia’s improv group. Today, after earning an MFA in dramatic writing from Arizona State University, she moves ...
