名称: 梅格唤醒
家乡: 加州千橡市
主要: Art with an Illustration/New Pictures emphasis, Entrepreneurship and Creative Writing minors)
毕业年份: 2022
大学的活动/俱乐部: 联通学生员工, member and contributor to student art journal Lingua, publicist for community service program Latreia, regular volunteer for STUB events and hosting high school students on campus
What made you decide to come to SPU?
I first heard about SPU from a family friend who graduated from SPU and recommended I visit the school. I later toured SPU as a pit-stop on a family road trip my junior year of high school. At the time I was only looking at schools in California, but I loved the campus location and felt very welcomed by my admissions counselor.
As an introverted high schooler, I always felt awkward when I had to talk with counselors, but she helped me picture myself at SPU and got me really excited about college. I noticed a 西雅图 postcard on her desk and told her how much I liked it, and when I got home after vacation that exact postcard was waiting for me in the mail with a note saying she hoped I would consider applying to SPU! 不用说, 我申请, and after meeting so many great people at the Distinguished Scholars Competition, I knew SPU was where I wanted to be.
What are you most thankful for at SPU?
I am thankful for my awesome roommate, who was randomly assigned freshman year, and for all of the other wonderful people I’ve met through the honors program, 在Latreia, and all the fun dorm and school-wide events.
What makes SPU unique (for you)?
SPU is a Christian campus, but it is not stifling. A lot of the other Christian colleges 我申请 to during my college search were much stricter with their chapel policies and had a much more homogenous student body when it came to faith. 在SPU, 全体教员都是基督徒, and there are many different chapels, 组, and service opportunities available for students, 但它们不是必需的. 正因为如此, I’ve met people coming from many different faith backgrounds, or people who are not religious at all, and I’ve been able to grow by interacting with those who possess different beliefs than I do.
If I choose to partake in what SPU has to offer in regards to faith, it does not feel like a burden or something I am being forced to do, but rather something that I get to explore of my own free will.
Your best advice for SPU students, or potential SPU students?
尝试新事物! I know that’s what everyone tells you over and over again, but it’s true. Some of my closest friends and the most fun I’ve had since coming to college has been from stepping out of my comfort zone. Not every new experience is great, but it’s worth trying new things anyway, as you just might find that one new hobby or friend.
What are you most passionate about here at SPU?
I am passionate about using art as a means of communication and a way to interact with people on campus, whether that means through fun projects made in my illustration classes, 拉脱维亚的海报, or personal projects for Lingua.
你对未来的计划?
I don’t know exactly where my future will take me, but I know I want a career in which I can use what I’ve learned from my major and minors here at SPU. I am very interested in narrative and storytelling, and would love to use my artistic skills to create graphic novels or create storyboards and concept art that will engage with audiences of all ages.