Amanda Portis

Class of 2004: Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, minor in bioprocess engineering

Employer: Pfizer, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Engineer, started June 2004 (Gull Lake High School assistant track/cross country coach)

Accomplishments at TSU: GPA of 3.998, Member of AIChE, Omega Chi Epsilon (Chem. Engineering Honor Society), Managing editor of The Triangle (university newspaper), Physics Lab instructor, Member of Circle K, 4 yrs. Cross Country Indoor/Outdoor Track (captain, Academic All-American, All-conference, All-American, 2003 NAIA 10,000m National Champion)

Goals: My next goal is graduate school for the fall of 2007. I’m studying for the GRE this fall, but I still have to nail down exactly what it is I want to study.

Andrew R. Hein

Class Year: 1998

Employer: Grippo & Elden LLC, associate, started Jan. 2006; prior to that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, associate (2003-05).

Graduate school: Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, May 2003) Magna Cum Laude (top 10 percent of class), Order of the Coif (honor society), CALI Award for Best Examination-in two of my classes (Civil Procedure and Secured Transactions), Who's Who American Law Students (2001-03).

TSU honors: Jannen Renaissance Scholar Award, NAIA Academic All-American, Varsity Soccer Goalkeeper, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Voted Mr. Tri-State University (1997-98), Outstanding Sophomore and Senior, Toledo Section American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996, 1998), American Chemical Society Outstanding College Chemistry Student Award (1997), Sigma Phi Epsilon Clifford B. Scott Award (Highest GPA in fraternity) (1997, 1998), Alpha Chi Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, Omega Chi Epsilon Honor Society (Chemical Engineering Honor Society), Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (Freshman Honor Society), Who’s Who Among College Students, United States Academic Association All-American Scholar, President’s List Eleven Quarters.

Crystal (Hardesty) Sattler

Class Year: 2002

Employer: Pfizer, Inc–started in August, 2002, currently working at facility in Kalamazoo, MI as an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Engineer

TSU Accomplishments: Omega Chi Chemical Engineering Honor Society (Vice President), Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Alpha Chi Honor Society, captain of varsity women’s basketball team (2001 and 2002), NAIA Emil S. Liston Award winner in 2001, NAIA Academic All American (2002), NAIA All American Honorable Mention (1999) Third Team (2002), 4 year WHAC All Conference, 1999 WHAC Rookie of the Year, Sherri Coons Award winner (2002), Member of women’s tennis team that qualified for the NAIA National Tournament in 1999.

Accomplishments after Graduation: JV Girls Basketball Coach at Climax-Scotts High School in Climax, MI