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Tiffanie Beatty Major: Psychology Selected activities/honors: Black Student Union president; Northwest Leadership Foundation "Street Saint" Award; member of Bonner Leaders for community service; Multi-Cultural Awareness Council member; Whitworth Psychology Department scholarship recipient Future plans: To attend graduate school, then work in leadership/community development Quote: "BSU has developed into… a campus group that has the mission of justice and racial reconciliation. I've been part of a transformation from minority culture being about entertainment to it being more about education and enlightenment." |
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Sarah Rim Major: Biology (pre-med) Selected activities/honors: Presenter for Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference; president, vice-president and activities coordinator for International Club; cultural-diversity advocate; studyabroad programs in Thailand and Mexico; Whitworth Laureate Society, 2003-06 Future plans: To attend medical school, then practice pediatric medicine in Seattle/Tacoma Quote: "I used to think that being a leader meant you had to be outgoing and able to lead a big group of people, but Act Six introduced me to a new style of servant leadership." |
Fa'ana Fanene Major: English Selected activities/honors: ASWC president (2006- 07); participant in cultural anthropology study program in Hawaii; resident in Seeking Shalom Theme House; member of Students Organized for Activities team; contributor to Script student literary magazine Future plans: To teach (possibly through Teach for America) and attend graduate school Quote: "Act Six has helped me to look at life through a lens where you are looking at the bigger picture as opposed to things here and now." |
Denice Randle Major: English (language arts) Selected activities/honors: Senior-class coordinator; featured in documentar y about the college's Discerning Vocation: Community, Context and Commitment program; student ambassador for Whitworth Admissions Office; participated in Bill Robinson's leadership cohort; resident assistant; spoke to national forum of Leadership Foundation presidents Future plans: To teach and eventually become a school principal in Tacoma Quote: "Act Six has been instrumental in bringing different voices to conversations and more dialogue about issues that might not have been brought up without the program." |
Holy Chea Major: Communication (sociology minor) Selected activities/honors: Participated in Asian-philosophy study-abroad program in China; internship with Excelsior Youth Center; resident of Hip-Hop Theme House; participated in International Banquet; intern with the Northwest Leadership Foundation; student ambassador for Whitworth Admissions Office Future plans: To work with youth who have criminal or substance-abuse histories Quote: "I never felt a part of a community until Act Six…. Being away from my family is hard, but Act Six has been there for me, has been my family." |
Sha'Nay McQuirterMajor: Sociology Selected activities/honors: Founder and director of student gospel choir; volunteer step-team coach at Rogers High School; internship with Spokane County Juvenile Court System diversion program; attended Christian community-development conference in Atlanta Future plans: To become a principal at an inner-city school Quote: "I was called for a time to be here and serve this community. I now feel like it is time to go back to my own community and try to set the bar higher than what is expected presently." |
Lauren Thompson Major: Elementary education Selected activities/honors: Black Student Union president; resident assistant; diversity-events coordinator for Whitworth Admissions Office; Act Six presentation at the North American Coalition of Christian Admissions Professionals national conference; Washington Mutual Future Teachers of Color scholarship recipient Future plans: To teach Quote: "It's important for me to be a good student so that I can be a good teacher to my students. My dream is to teach those kids ever yone has given up on and let them know that they will make it." |
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Daniel Bacon Major: International studies Selected activities/honors: Participated in inaugural Religion, Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland study program; co-author of Act Six policy booklet; presented on Act Six to George Fox University faculty; student ambassador for Whitworth Admissions Office Future plans: To do communitydevelopment work Quote: "Given the diversity in the world, there is a need to engage people while staying who you are and allowing others to do the same. Then, have the commitment to do it again the next day." |
Delia OroscoMajor: Political studies Selected activities/honors: ASWC cultural-events coordinator ; intern with the Washington State Legislature; worked in U.S. Senator Patty Murray's office through the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities' American Studies Program Future plans: To attend law school and teach for AmeriCorps Quote: "Act Six has given me a new frame of mind through which to view the world and think in terms of community and not just individual need." |
Tara Yi Major: Biology Selected activities/honors: Pre-Medicine Club member ; Young Life leader; activities coordinator for International Club; traveled to Prague to work at an English camp run by Young Life; Whitworth Black Student Union member; resident of Seeking Shalom Theme House Future plans: To teach middle-school biology in Tacoma; to attend graduate school Quote: "Through the Northwest Leadership Foundation and Act Six, I have tremendous support that will be there throughout my life. I hope one day to give back to the program." |