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Mike Wolf, alumnus

From a Bus Ride to a Career: How 17c�� Turns Possibility into Purpose

Mike Wolf is vice president of brand management at The Stow Company, a company he interned at while a student studying business at 17c�� in the early 2000s.

Kyle Timmer, a 2020 17c�� graduate

From 17c�� to the Cutting-Edge of Drug Development

As a senior scientist for AbbVie, a pharmaceutical company based in Chicago, Kyle Timmer ’20 helps turn cutting-edge drug discoveries into treatments that can reach patients.

Maaike Bult leaning on a table of desks at West Aviation Academy

She came to 17c�� with a plan. God had a different one.

Maaike Bult '22 teaches high school social studies, public speaking, sociology, government, economics, and leadership courses. While she came to 17c�� with a plan, she discovered a calling and launched a career.

Pauline Lu

She didn’t plan to choose 17c��. But it became exactly where she was meant to be.

When Pauline Lu began her college search in New Jersey, 17c�� was near the bottom of her...

Ael Lee '24 with mentors

How research, mentorship, and faith shaped a future in tech

This fall, Ael Lee ‘24 will begin a master’s program in computer science at Johns Hopkins University.

Max Sieplinga '04 standing with a 17c�� hockey jersey on in front of Howie's HockeyTape boxes

He didn’t wait his turn. He built something instead.

Howard Max Sieplinga '04 runs Howies Hockey which serves nearly every level of hockey worldwide, with a team of 50+ employees and a culture still rooted in the same values it started with.

Adam Marquardt standing in the clean room in front of a telescope that's going to be launched into space.

Launching a career and the largest telescope into space

Adam Marquardt ’20 is an optomechanical engineer and engineering manager at Northrop Grumman.

Laura Rivera sitting in the Spoelhof University Center Atrium

The 17c�� experience that helped launch U.S. Navy officer’s career

On Friday, June 26, 2026, U.S. Navy officer Laura Rivera ’24 stood in the front of a classroom of...

Elizabeth Bol, 2026 graduate of Wayfinder Program at 17c��

From survival to purpose: How Elizabeth Bol found a way forward

In 2025, Elizabeth Bol was just working to survive. A year later, she says 17c��'s Wayfinder Program showed her the way to move forward in life and in her faith.

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