Class of 2007 Cardin Alumni Get Ready to Move On

As a parent of two Cardin graduates from the Class of 2007, I am frequently asked how the girls are doing. Four years ago, daughters Chelsea and Johanna were looking forward to high school graduation and exuberant about college acceptances. Now they are only three months away from college commencement and exuberant about their future.


Last week Chelsea received an acceptance to the Social, Decision, and Organizational Science doctoral program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. She will spend the next five years working in the Mind Perception and Morality Lab of Dr. Kurt Gray. Chelsea’s interest in moral judgments and their real world implication may well have been sparked by the integrated curriculum she experienced at Cardin. Who knows how many other students in Mr. Cantor’s AP Psychology course will go on to obtain their PhD? For an idea of what Chelsea will be researching, check out a presentation by Dr. Gray delivered a few months ago at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgnR3iIjO_c .

Johanna also received an honor last week. The President of Franklin & Marshall College requested that Johanna introduce David Ferriero, a guest speaker invited to address the full campus community. Mr. Ferriero was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Archivist of the United States responsible for overseeing all branches of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the 13 Presidential Libraries. Johanna worked as an intern with the Legislative Center of the NARA last summer, a wonderful experience which motivated her to apply to Masters programs in Public History – a specialized field of history linking archival and library sciences with outreach to the public. When he thanked Johanna for her introduction, Mr. Ferriero commented that NARA would be delighted to welcome Johanna back to work at the Archives. Next month Cardin students will stop at the National Archives as part of their Interim Week activities. Perhaps one of them will be the next Cardin student to be inspired by the power of seeing primary source documents.

As the first Cardin graduates complete their college studies this spring, we are equally proud of them. They made their mark on campuses across the county and will now enter various fields of scholarly work and professions, well equipped to become leaders of tomorrow.

~Jan Schein
CFO, Financial Literacy Instructor