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Portrait of Thomas Jesse

Honor Society® member

Thomas Jesse

  • University of Iowa
  • German
  • Class of 2018
  • North Liberty, Iowa

Member since December 2016

Education

  • Kirkwood Community college

    Physics

    2007 – 2010

  • University of Iowa

    German

    2003 – 2017

Honors and awards

  • phi theta kappa honor society

    Kirkwood Community College

  • academic recognition award

    For outstanding performance in intensive intermediate German course

Goals and interests

Career goal

Academic/ Professor

Graduate school interests

PhD in German Linguistics

Outside the classroom

Foreign literature and cinema, writing: fiction/nonfiction/poetry, classical music: piano/vocal, Rock/Jazz/Blues/Hip-Hop: bass guitar, beat-boxing, contemporary Christian music: church choir member, community musical theater, local history/amateur archaeology, 19th century architecture, amateur astronomy/physics/mathematics, vehicle maintenance, travel, snowboarding, disc golf, sailing, pontoon-boating, swimming, forestry, hiking, mushrooming, horseback riding, model trains, being a single father, pets: dogs/fish/rodents/cat, hacky-sack, carpentry, card-stacking, thrill-seeking, tarot and other occult.

Volunteering

  • Donations receiver/ sorter

    The Crowded Closet

    Aug 2014 – Sep 2014

Languages

  • German Fluent

Additional information