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ALUMNI ON ECLA

Cristina
Groeger

USA
PY '08/09
Currently studying at
University of
Cambridge

Whenever I explain what ECLA is to friends back in the States, I usually end up making the claim: "It is what a liberal arts college should be like."
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Martin
Lipman

The Netherlands
AY '07/08
Currently studying at
University of
St. Andrews

In many ways, I still find ECLA an unusual place and I think there are few who would say that it was just another year of university education.
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Adina
Scortescu

Romania
AY '04/05 & PY '05/06
BBC Good Food Romania

I first came to ECLA for the summer university because I needed an efficient broken-heart remedy; then I returned home for one year to finish my journalism studies.
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ANA ANTIC, Serbia
Attended: ISU 2004, Project Year 2004/05
Education after ECLA: PhD student, History, Columbia University

I think of it as a true privilege to have worked with such an exceptional group of young and dedicated faculty, which created an exciting atmosphere of learning, original research, heated discussions but also some pretty fascinating and durable friendships. (more)

STEFAN PRZYBILKA, Germany
Attended: Academy Year 2003/04
Education after ECLA: Law student, Humboldt University

Looking back from today, I cherish my ECLA time as a glimpse on something unattainable. (more)

TANIA BARRERA, USA
Attended: ISU 2008, Academy Year 2008/09
Education after ECLA: Majoring in Philosophy (2010), MCLA

"Second Home" (MCLA News, 18 November 2009)

KAROLINA LEWESTAM, Poland
Attended: Academy Year 2002/03 & Project Year 2003/04
Education after ECLA: PhD student, Philosophy, Boston University

The ECLA experience has made me a different person. (more)

DIANA MARIAN, Romania
Attended: Academy Year 2002/03 & Project Year 2003/04
Education after ECLA: PhD in Political Theory, New York University
Currently: Social Media Executive/Content Strategist at Apppli

ECLA is a place for doubters and seekers who insist on seeing the world in terms of problems rather than methods. (more)

MARIA MOCANU, Moldova
Attended: Academy Year 2004/05 & Project Year 2005/06
Education after ECLA: Student, Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven

ECLA was the final impetus for deciding that instead of returning to my home university to finish a BA in an 'empirical facts'-intensive subject, I would start over and turn to philosophy. (more)

ELIZA SUBOTOWICZ, Poland
Attended: ISU 2002, Academy Year 2002/03 & Project Year 2003/04
Education after ECLA: Film Directing, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York

My understanding of the concept of liberal arts was rather vague at the time but I caught on very quickly fascinated by the idea of "totality" of knowledge. (more)

FLORIAN HOFFMANN, Germany
Attended: Academy Year 02/03 & Project Year 03/04
Education after ECLA: MPhil, European Politics and Society, Oxford
Currently: CEO, Dekeyser&Friends Foundation

My time at ECLA influenced my thinking in that I keep trying to reflect upon canonical answers from alternative, diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives. (more)