STUDENTS
Who are the women of WLP?
Jenna Marie Armijo Kloeppel, 2005 IA&C Alumna
Life After WLP:
Since graduating from WLP, I have received a Shapiro Pubic Service Fellowship (GWU), a Wolf Trap Foundation Internship, and a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship. I have also been accepted to several graduate programs in psychology. My junior year, I studied abroad in Prague, Czech Republic, at Charles University. In Spring 2007, I went to Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy to perform with the George Washington University Singers. I graduated from GW in Spring 2008 Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. I am currently teaching English at a Secondary School in Prague with a Fulbright award. Upon returning to the U.S. next year, I plan to attend the University of Denver Clinical Psychology program.
On Academics:
I will always fondly remember the WLP dinners held at Professor Mary Buckley’s house. The dinners were particularly special because they really embodied the friendships, in addition to academic relationships, that were such a core component of the program.
That is something that sets WLP apart from many other programs - there is such a close community collaboration between faculty and students, and faculty members make themselves available for wonderful relationships outside as well as inside the classroom.
Symposia were also always a highlight of my week- I would often reflect, mid-symposium, about how lucky I was to be part of a funded group that essentially exposed me to many venues and events that I wouldn’t have found, much less gone to or attended, otherwise.
On Community:
Through WLP, I met young women with similar interests and aspirations to mine. Living together and attending classes/symposia together was a unique situation that I will likely never experience again. It provided an ideal setting and opportunity for people to know each other in a close way (for some, almost like sisters). Most people from the program developed friendships that stayed with them through college and into post-graduate years. For example, last December, I attended a bachelorette party for one of the first WLP members to get engaged. Most of the attendants were WLP members who had remained close throughout the years and were now together to celebrate the pending wedding of a friend.