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Tiffanie BeattyTiffanie 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."

Bobby WalstonBobby Walston

Major: Political science
Selected activities/honors: ASWC off-campus representative; research assistant for Chaplain Terry McGonigal's new book on shalom theology; planned Act Six presentation for Whitworth Faculty Development Day; participant in Prejudice Across America study program; performed in Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations against Bigotry for Kids, Parents and Teachers
Future plans:
To complete a master's degree in public administration at U.W., then work in Tacoma city government
Quote: "The vision of the Act Six program coincided with my own vision to challenge myself to be a stronger leader and to make an impact in the world."

Sarah RimSarah 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 FaneneFa'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 RandleDenice 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 CheaHoly 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 McQuirterSha'Nay McQuirter

Major: 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 ThompsonLauren 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."

Michael ChansavangMichael Chansavang

Major: Communication
Selected activities/honors: Highly selective internship with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education; participant in People, Prophets and Politics of South Africa study program; Psi Chi National Honor Society; cultural-diversity advocate; Young Life volunteer
Future plans: To be involved in economic development in the Tacoma area
Quote: "Whitwor th is a ver y homogeneous environment…. Building one-on-one relationships makes it a lot easier to sit down and talk through issues. Sometimes we just need to listen to the other person."

Daniel BaconDaniel 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 OroscoDelia Orosco

Major: 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 YiTara 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."
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