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» Executive Committee
» Staff
» Small Group Leaders
» Other Leadership
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Ben Chidester
Ben Chidester graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 and is now
a third year graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering
department. His research interests are in image, video and signal processing,
in particular, he is interested in the impact of efficient signal representations
to such applications as MRI and video compression. Originally from Maryland, Ben
recently ventured on an incredible project with InterVarsity to central China.
He is now also an active member of the International Friendship Link in their
ministry to international students at UIUC. Ben attends All Souls Presbyterian
Church and on the side is an avid Steelers fan and enjoys all things baseball
and blues guitar.
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Brent Pomeroy
Brent Pomeroy is a second year Aerospace Engineering student and graduated from
Clarkson University in 2010. His research is in the field of applied
aerodynamics and is designing/studying a new wind turbine blade. He has
been active in Illinois GCF for his entire time while at UIUC. When not
testing his experiment in the wind tunnel, you are likely to find him outside
enjoying a baseball game, taking pictures, sailing (though sailing in the
Illinois corn fields has proven to be difficult), or some other sort of outdoor
adventure.
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Katie Crimmins, Webmaster
Katie Crimmins is a fourth-year PhD student in Physics. She studies
the acoustics of human hearing, which provides a convenient way to combine her
dual majors (Physics and Music) from the University of Michigan. She has
been involved in InterVarsity since she started college, and has served as a
worship leader and exec member in GCF. Katie fills her time with cookie
baking, swimming, singing, knitting, and wishing she could go sailing.
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David Suryk, GCF Staff Worker and Small Group Leader
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David Suryk is an InterVarsity Staff member who resources the Graduate Christian
Fellowship and the Illini Christian Faculty and Staff (aka, the faculty
fellowship). He studied economics and mathematics at Knox College where he
took his BA. He became a follower of Jesus Christ somewhere during the last part
of his senior year of college and the first year of law school. David first
got involved with InterVarsity while doing his JD degree at the Drake Law School.
After working as an attorney in the Des Moines area he felt that he wanted to be
back on campus helping others come to know the Lord Jesus Christ and to grow as
his disciples. While staffing undergraduate IV chapters at Illinois Wesleyan
and Illinois State Universities he decided to study philosophy and earned his first
philosophy degree at ISU. David also took a few summers of intensive theology
classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School after joining IV staff. After
coming to the U of I to work with grad students and faculty, he did graduate studies
in philosophy and is ABD for his PhD in philosophy at the U of I. The
philosophy doctoral program required two foreign languages so he got to do the
reading course in German and took courses in Greek. He’s not convinced that
doing the dissertation is what's in store for him. Doing his doctoral studies,
David taught philosophy for three years at the U of I and enjoyed enough not to
want to be a full-time faculty member. While doing his graduate work in
philosophy he taught logic, critical thinking, and intro courses in ethics and
moral philosophy. When not working on his house (always some repair or
improvement is needed—he even used a jack hammer) he enjoys reading, discussing
big ideas, leading Bible studies, and working out. He enjoys traveling in
Europe (Austria, Germany, Netherlands) and has met many great people from around
the world studying here. His web page is www.gfmuiuc.org.
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Adam Luchies, Treasurer
Adam Luchies graduated from John Brown University in 2009 and is currently
a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of
Illinois. He is interested in developing noninvasive ultrasound imaging
methods capable of detecting cancer. Adam enjoys traveling, reading, skiing,
and managing GCF's finances.
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