{"id":2169,"date":"2018-04-09T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=2169"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:31:37","slug":"class-of-2016-2019-alumni-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/class-of-2016-2019-alumni-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2016-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h4>Class of 2016<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Meredith Varie<\/strong> has a chapter published in &#8220;Creativity and Philosophy&#8221;, edited by Berys Gaut and Matthew Kieran (published by Routledge). The chapter was a joint effort with Charles Taliaferro.<\/p>\n<h4>Class of 2018<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Elise Steichen<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/class-of-2016-2019-alumni-news\/headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/files\/2020\/02\/Headshot-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2130,3200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1577448152&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Headshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/files\/2020\/02\/Headshot-682x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2906\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/philosophy\/files\/2020\/02\/Headshot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am living and working in St. Paul, Minnesota at a private humanitarian and family-based immigration law firm called <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zimmigration.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.zimmigration.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582041915072000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsJxdSeJfJj2-Ya9c6DhP8YyAfZg\">Zimmer Law Group<\/a> as a case manager. My job is to prepare forms and affidavits with clients, and submit them to the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/eoir\/bloomington-immigration-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/eoir\/bloomington-immigration-court&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582041915072000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExvSS7n0BQBAXY6nGkizmTcZCJ1g\">immigration court<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582041915072000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPWl2lN7GgPb95ijdMLHEDF7ubAw\">USCIS<\/a> (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) so that clients may achieve legal status in the United States and, in some cases, avoid deportation. I currently manage around 110 cases, and work with clients almost exclusively in Spanish. I use the skills I learned in the philosophy major daily.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2016 Meredith Varie has a chapter published in &#8220;Creativity and Philosophy&#8221;, edited by Berys Gaut and Matthew Kieran (published by Routledge). 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