Alumni Profiles
Hear directly from alumni about their experiences at Luther and what made Luther special for them.
Kirsten Loynachan ’22: A Curated College Experience (Accounting and Music)
Kelsey (Wauters) Swanson ’11: Appreciating the Value of the Liberal Arts (Accounting)
Sam Olson ’15: Language Provides a Diverse Career Path (Management and French)
Matt Benson ’22: Taking on Challenges (Biology)
Benell Weatherspoon ’12: An Outstanding Nursing Program (Nursing)
Em Dreiling ’03: Pursuing Her Passions (Theatre and Psychology)
Elise Sinnwell ’11: A Journey of Career Preparation (Biology)
Delaney McMullan ’14: Meaningful Experiences (Economics and Anthropology)
Thomas Sines ’08: Preparation for a Career in Law (Spanish and Economics)
Audrey Fashimpaur ’23
Audrey Fashimpaur was one of 500 students from across the country selected for the US State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship Spark program to learn Mandarin; she went on to spend a year in Japan, teaching English. An art major with minors in chemistry, biology and art history, she plans to enter the medical field.
Luther Graduates' First Destinations, 2018-2022
Top Employers
CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA)
Deco Products
Deloitte & Touche
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Encompass Health
Epic
Ernst & Young
Fairview Health Services
Fastenal
GEICO
Green Iowa AmeriCorps
Gundersen Health
Hennepin Healthcare
Hormel Foods
IBM
Integrated DNA Technologies
Lutheran Services in Iowa
Mayo Clinic
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Principal Financial Group
RSM US
School districts in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois
Securian Financial
Target
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Unity Point Health
University of Iowa
Wells Fargo
YMCA
Graduate and Professional Programs
Graduate schools
Boston University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yale Divinity School
Professional schools
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota
School of Medicine, University of Minnesota
College of Optometry, Ohio State University