Jennifer Eidum Zinchuk

Jennifer Eidum Zinchuk
Admission Counselor

BA Politics and Government 2003
University of Puget Sound

Territorial Responsibilities
Montana, Oregon (Outside the Greater Portland Area), Washington's Seattle Area, and Transfer Students

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Born and raised in Helena, Montana, Jennifer came to Puget Sound in 1999. Throughout college, Jennifer was active in student government and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. In addition, she was a competitive debater (CEDA and parliamentary debate), an orientation leader, a campus tour guide, and held a variety of on-campus jobs.

Jennifer found her passion in international politics: she studied abroad at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, finished her Politics and Government degree in spring 2003, and moved to Ukraine as a Peace Corps Volunteer that fall. Jennifer taught English in southern Ukraine, where she learned Russian, met her husband Alexander, and learned how to make a mean pot of borsht. After finishing her Peace Corps service, Jennifer spent a semester studying Political Science at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary before returning to the US and to her alma mater.