Corinne Teply, a 2001 Veritas Academy graduate, earned a degree in International Business Marketing with a minor in German from Grove City College. She is currently working for BDP International, a logistics and freight forwarding company. After working in Belgium for three years for this same company, she is back in the United States heading up their new Oil and Gas Logistics enterprise.
Jameson Detweiler received his B.S. in Materials Engineering from Drexel University. He now runs his own company, LaunchRock in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Aaron Hoover earned one of the four engineering scholarships at Grove City College. Graduating in May of 2008 Aaron works for Honda of America doing transmission research and development,
specialize in shift quality tuning and functionality. In order to properly test transmissions, Honda America sent Aaron to high speed driving school in California which he successfully completed.
Benjamin Long graduated with a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has also received a commission in the United States Navy as an Unrestricted Line Officer. Since commissioning, Benjamin and his wife Christine are living in Charleston, SC where he will attend Nuclear Power School in preparation to serve on board a nuclear power submarine.
Priscilla Liu, 2005 graduate, is studying linguistics and Chinese with a Korean minor at the University of Pittsburgh. She is also a Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowship Awardee. She will be studying how Asian Americans utilize the speech of other communities in order to construct unique identities. She has studied abroad in China, Taipei, Taiwan and Seoul, South Korea.
Liz Dawson graduated from Penn State University in State College, where she earned multiple academic scholarships. She majored in English literature and creative writing.
Brandon Detweiler received a Business Management degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He also played on the ODU Golf Team, having earned a very generous golf scholarship. He is now playing golf professionally.
Daniel Droz graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 2010, majoring in Math and Physics with a minor in Music Theory. He is a second year graduate student, pursuing his PhD in Mathematics at Penn State. He plays the organ for a church in State College and plays the oboe in the Penn State non-majors orchestra.
Baylor Long is working as the morning producer for WTAJ TV in Altoona, PA. He graduated in the the fall of 2009 from Penn State and started immediately at the CBS affiliate. He works the overnight shifts writing and producing the two hour morning show. He is excited about his future as a producer in the news business.
At Penn State University in State College, he earned a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism with an emphasis in Sports broadcasting. He served as Student General Manager for ComRadio, Penn State's student-run radio station. His duties include developing the station's web site, directing the first 46 hour-a-THON ever, overseeing daily operations and directing remote broadcasts. He also served as a PSU football broadcaster for 3 seasons games, most notably the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas and the 2008 regular season game at Ohio State.
Jenna Melton is a 2007 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Geneva College in Western Pennsylvania double majoring in Pre-Med and an Independant Liberal Arts Major (focusing on Philosophy, Humanities, Mission, and Bible). She also is taking a minor in Chemistry. In her free time (if there is any) she enjoys the outdoors, Medieval reenacting, and girls rugby.
Jeremy Chen is a 2007 Veritas Academy graduate. He graduated from Princeton University majoring in civil engineering and minoring in architecture. He currently works with a Princeton Christian campus ministry. He is also the coordinator for "SEEK Justice", a campaign to raise money and awareness for World Vision's ministry to children of war in Uganda. Read more of Jeremy's story in a recent article in the Lancaster FIG.
Joshua Chen is a 2007 Veritas Academy graduate. He attends Virginia Tech majoring in civil and environmental engineering and transportation infrastructure and systems engineering. Summer of 2009 he studied in Taipei, Taiwan and he is currently studying at The University of Hong Kong for one year. He is an active member of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship and is the main editor of their periodical.
Deborah Arrick graduated from Veritas Academy in 2007. She currently attends Lancaster Bible College, majoring in music voice performance.
Stephen Liu attends University of Pittsburg as a finance major. He is also considering an additional major in economics. In the summer of 2008, Stephen worked full time as an accounting assistant at Ambassadors for Christ.
Alison Sailer is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Temple University, majoring in music therapy and philosophy. She hopes to work in hospice as a music therapist and then further pursue philosophy in graduate school. She is currently working on an elementary school curriculum project.
Hannah Hoover is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Grove City College, majoring in communications. On campus she has been working for Media Services as an A/V technician. She is also playing in the orchestra and part of a big/little sister program with freshmen girls. She is a member of the Crown and Scepter women's honorary service group.
John Hayward is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. He attends Grove City College, majoring in history. "I am using a lot of Dante to explain the relationship between the foundations of Rome and the teachings of Jesus, and learning to love it more."
Jordan Melton is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Grove City College, majoring in Philosophy and minoring in Religion & Political Philosophy and Theology. She has participated in Steel City Homeless Ministries, New Life, and Gove City's Law Journal.
Megan Petticoffer is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. Megan has attended Lancaster Bible College.
Meghan Lake is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Appalachian College, majoring in Bible with a minor in elementary education. She has enjoyed participating in a traveling puppet team with the college. In her own words, she expresses "All those years of rhetoric have paid off. I have been getting A's in speech class and my confidence is a lot higher than most of my classmates...Thank you so much for the wonderful education. It has served me well."
Rachel Arrick is a 2008 Veritas Academy graduate. In Aug 2009 she graduated from Lancaster County Career and Technology Center third in her class.
Jonathan Lake is a 2009 Veritas Academy graduate. He attends Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) majoring in physical education.
Christiana Bewersdorff is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) studying to become a nurse practitioner.
Marianna Bewersdorff is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Lancaster Bible College pursuing an education major.
Ariana Hoover is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Lancaster Bible College (LBC) studying athletics, Bible and music.
Ariella Hoover is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. She attends Lancaster Bible College (LBC) majoring in vocal music performance.
Grace Jackson is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. She is looking forward to taking a year off before pursuing further education.
Jacob Martin is a 2010 Veritas Academy graduate. He is attending Hillsdale College, majoring in English with a minor in music.
Stephen Jakubowicz is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. He plans to attend Penn State, University Park to further his education.
Garrett Pickell is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. He plans to attend Millersville University's Honor College in the fall.
Emily Sailer is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. She plans to attend Eastern University to study marine biology or special education.
Zachariah Spykstra is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. He will be attending Lehigh University majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He has a passion for cars and his dream is to help engineer the next generation of ultimate driving machines!
Sarah Stoltzfus is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. She plans to go to Australia with Youth With a Mission (YWAM), participating in the music and art program.
Hannah Yellak is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. She plans to travel and study languages.
Nathaniel Youndt is a 2011 Veritas Academy graduate. He will be attending Gordon College and is hopeful that the Lord will make clear to him which studies he should pursue.



