The 麻豆视频入口在线观看 student experience aims to develop the whole student, and recent grad Feben Alemayehu 鈥24, who was granted a BA in social work, says that she has experienced Christ鈥檚 redemption in all areas of life through her studies.
Although social work is characterized by human brokenness, Alemayehu says that the Christian perspective and Scripture in her courses gave her great hope. She explains that she felt the Lord speaking to her through her class notes and understood her lectures to be life lessons just as much as they were vocational lessons.
鈥淚鈥檓 walking away knowing I鈥檓 doing the best that I can as a social worker, and that I can leave it to God. He is going to restore everything 鈥 I am just a vessel. It wasn鈥檛 until this year that it really dawned on me that I have so much hope and gratitude that I serve a God who cares more than even I do. He loves more than I do. He knows everyone鈥檚 context.鈥
I鈥檓 walking away knowing I鈥檓 doing the best that I can as a social worker, and that I can leave it to God. He is going to restore everything 鈥 I am just a vessel.
While she grew up in Christian community, Alemayehu struggled to develop a personal faith. During her first year of university, she began experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts and in her second year moved home in the middle of fall term. Back home in British Columbia during her second and third years, she says that God found her in her lowest moments. When she returned to in-person classes in her fourth year, she experienced God鈥檚 comfort and presence like never before. She shares that she 鈥渃ould not stop鈥 talking about Christ in her classes and also got involved on campus as a campus culture assistant with student life. She found joy in all of her work, even cleaning the Recreation Centre. 鈥淎t the end of the school year, that is the thing I miss the most. It鈥檚 crazy. [It鈥檚] because it was a time alone with the Lord.鈥
When asked to describe her student experience in three words, Alemayehu said her time at 麻豆视频入口在线观看 was edifying, joyful and resilience-building. Alemayehu is one of two recipients of the 2024 Student Life Award.