Winter 2019 Meijer Lecture
March 26, 2019
As part of our continuing celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the opening of the Niemeyer Learning and Living Center. the Honors College welcomed back three outstanding alumni to be our panelists for the Winter 2019 Frederik Meijer Lecture. Dr. Amy Fletemier graduated in 1993 with a Biomedical Sciences degree and later earned her M.D. at the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State. She currently practices full spectrum family medicine in Marquette, Michigan. Michael Judd graduated in 1999 with a degree in Film & Video and soon moved to Los Angeles, where he has worked as a production assistant, assistant director, writer, and director of a long list of films and television shows, including Seabiscuit, Gran Torino, Evan Almighty, New Girl, and Young Sheldon. Len Van Popering graduated in 1994 with a Management degree and later earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina. He is currently Vice President of Global Brand Management and Innovation for Subway Restaurants, based in Milford, Connecticut.
![Roger Gilles at the podium](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/gilles_introducing_panelists_w_crowd[1554757461].jpg)
Honors Director Roger Gilles introducing the panelists
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Part of the audience, listening
![Len Van Popering speaking into a microphone](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/len_van_popering(2)[1554757813].jpg)
Len Van Popering
![Panelists speaking and Dr. Coeli Fitzpatrick moderating](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/panelists_w_coeli[1554757569].jpg)
Our three panelists and moderator Dr. Coeli Fitzpatrick
![Dr. Amy Fletemier speaking into a microphone](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/dr_amy_fletemier[1554757702].jpg)
Dr. Amy Fletemier
![Student Lauren Thibault asking a question](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/lauren_thibault_asks_question[1554757748].jpg)
Honors student Lauren Thibault asking a question
![Mike Judd speaking into a microphone](/cms4/asset/8FD27608-AF95-77B5-29623F385B8819C8/mike_judd(2)[1554757859].jpg)
Michael Judd