Who They Are...
David Brown '07: Thanks
to professor Tom Lewis, who offers a documentary film course, Brown got hooked
on videography early in his Skidmore career. By the time he graduated, he had completed four
independent studies in filmmaking in which he wrote, directed, shot, and edited
four different films on topics such as the environmental impact of roadway expansion and what
motivates people to join the army....Read more
Jenifer Ross '89: There she was, sitting in her local
Tarrytown coffee shop with a friend, laptop to laptop, racing to finish some
work. And she thought how great it would be to have a space where they could
work alongside other freelancers and have everything they needed to run their
businesses....Read more
Alex Yang Wang '99: Not even MB107, Skidmore's challenging intro business course, could have
prepared Alex Yang Wang '99 for the super-charged economic climate of his home
country China, where he returned after graduation to work with Pacesetter
Pictures International, a leading TV commercial production house.
Says Wang, who spent three years at Pacesetter, first as an executive producer,
then as creative director of its ad agency, "The business environment in China was
very attractive to me, with all the opportunities, the energy, and the 'Wild, Wild
East' feel....Read more
Laura Schwecherl '10: On
this particular December day, Laura Schwecherl '10 is writing—clacking away at
her laptop, actually—about how Read more
