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at NJC, and after moderating a committee at the MUN conference through NJC at the UN Headquarters. Jerry is an incoming Associate Management Consultant at Bain & Company’s San Francisco office, and plans to pursue a Masters in International Migration and Public Policy at the London School of Economics.
SAMANTHA STUART
SARAH MARTON
After graduating from NJC in 2014, Samantha Stuart headed to the University of Toronto on a full academic scholarship to study Materials Science & Engineering, with a minor in Bioengineering. She has spent the past 12 months working
as a Quality Engineering intern at Synaptive Medical in Toronto, helping
to develop robotic and software to assist
living with the Grecuccios in Peseux. They even had a fully operational pizzeria in the basement! Sarah says she had never eaten so well in her
life before moving in with her pension. She misses the small-town life in Neuchâtel and all of the wonderful and inspiring people that she met during her year at NJC.
Sarah credits NJC for helping her build a foundation of self-confidence, ambition and determination. She is grateful for this life-changing experience that has helped her realize that the only thing standing between her and the future that she wants is hard work and perseverance.
Sarah is now attending law school at Queen’s University.
Highlights of Samantha’s year at NJC were her extracurricular experiences
- she brought home the gold medal for Oral Interpreation at NESDA in Berlin and participated in MUN in St. Petersburg. She says that NJC is so much more than just a year abroad - it was an experience that helped her develop her character and will have an impact on her career and personal life forever. Samantha credits NJC for helping her become more open to new opportunities outside of her comfort zone.
This summer, Samantha completed an international research exchange project at the University of Liverpool in the UK to pursue engineering research, and was able to visit some of her NJC friends who are currently living in Europe. When she finishes her studies, she hopes to pursue a Masters in Biomedical Engineering and then continue to work in the field of R&D engineering.
Sarah Marton ’14 graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science, double majoring in Psychology and Ethics, Society & Law.
While at NJC, Sarah lived with two housemates who became her best friends and the three of them loved
in neurological procedures.
The NJC Community
and prospective families love to hear about what our grads do after their time in Neuchâtel. Please contact us at alumni@neuchatel.org if you would be willing to share your story!
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BROGAN PASTRO
Brogan Pastro ’14 graduated from
the University of Oxford with a BA Jurisprudence (Law and European Law Studies).
He lived with the Ferrantis in Colombier and says that they treated him and his three housemates like sons. Brogan fondly remembers the lively dinner conversations, and how comfortable and
supported he felt not only with his pension family, but with the NJC staff, students and community. He credits his time in Switzerland for opening
his mind to other people, and their perspectives and ways of life. One of his favourite parts of Swiss life and culture was having Friday night fondues on a terrace and people watching -
a picturesquely European experience!
As a gap year student at NJC, Brogan says that he was able to cater his education to exactly what he needed to succeed at university. He says that the courses he followed at NJC inspired him to take courses on international trade, carriage of goods by sea and taxation law at Oxford.
Brogan is now attending the University of British Columbia and is pursuing a Masters in Law.
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