Luke Neureiter on Swarthmore: Peace Engineering, Soccer, and Lang Scholar.

Episode summary introduction: Swarthmore did not make Luke’s initial list, because his dad went to Swarthmore. Then, late fall of his senior year, he visited Swarthmore and stayed overnight with the soccer team. Luke was blown away by the people he met at Swarthmore. Luke Neureiter is a Senior at Swarthmore College pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Peace & Conflict Studies. In particular, we discuss the following with him: Why Swarthmore ? Why Major in Engineering and Peace & Conflict Studies? Being a Lang Scholar Advice to Applicants Topics discussed in this episode: Introduction to Luke Neureiter, Swarthmore [0:51] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:54] Incredible Experience [4:51] Why Swarthmore? [5:51] High School Interests [7:14] Transition to Swarthmore [9:32] Peers - “The Best Part” [12:19] Profs - Phenomenal Experience [14:20] Campus Life [16:21] Activities - DFC, Lang Scholar [19:17] Summers [26:00] Majors - Engineering & Peace and Conflict Studies [29:43] COVID Impact [36:03] Advice to Aspirants [41:34] Memories: Best Lunches & more [45:25] Our Guest: Luke Neureiter is a Senior at Swarthmore College pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Peace & Conflict Studies. Luke is a Lang Scholar. Memorable Quote: “And Peace Engineering, in my mind, is really about combining both the ideas in Peace and Conflict Studies, and practical Engineering technical skills.” Luke. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.