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Student of the Month – Nic Peters

Name: Nic Peters

Grade: Freshman

Hometown: Mesa, AZ

Tell us about yourself: I’m a Biomedical Engineering major who also plays the drums and the cello.  I love being involved with scouting (I’m an Eagle scout), and robotics at my old high school (I mentor).  I love to fill my schedule up with as many events as possible, I love keeping busy, but that keeps me going!

Why ASU: I didn’t choose ASU because both of my parents went here.  I chose ASU because it is a great school that was well known for it’s engineering program, and they gave me scholarships.  I also have a few friends that went to ASU with me from my old schools.

Tell us about ULC/LCM: LCM is a place where I can be myself.  I find that in the college environment, God and religion gets pushed to the wayside or ends up feeling fake and forced by some clubs.  LCM is a place where I can feel God’s presence in the services we do and in the smiles of everyone in the ministry.  I love theology, and LCM is a great place to discuss theology at bible study or around the dinner table.  I appreciate the comradery and friendship that makes LCM feel like home.  Also, they let me play the drums every Wednesday and I have a ton of fun with that!

Special Interests: Music, Theology, Skateboarding, Robotics, Volunteering at STEM events, Camping (the outdoors in general), and skiing to name a few.

Best part of the school year so far: I love the time right after all the midterms that I have (because they all seem to line up on top of each other), when I can breath and relax with not much homework and no hard material.

Congratulations

Ian LeeTo LCM alum (2007) Ian Lee, now living in London with wife Holly and working for CBS. 

He has recently been nominated for an Emmy award for his reporting of the Genoa Bridge collapse. 

Ian has previously won both an Emmy and Peabody Award for Journalism. 

View Ian’s Bio on CBSNews.com

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Congratulations

to Natasha Cote, daughter of Dave and Bobbie Cote, who graduated from NAU with her Master’s in Cultural Anthropology May 2018. She did her internship in Tucson helping with asylum seekers. She is now working with Lutheran Social Services here in Phoenix. Her job is to work with people that have come to the United States and have been here less than 20 years, have good conversational English and wish to advance their careers. If you know of anyone that falls into this category, please contact Dave and Bobbie Cote.

LCM Student Pantry

As you may know we keep small food pantry for our students. They will be returning in August and it is time to restock the pantry! The pantry is a set of bookshelves just inside the main entrance of the Campus Center. Always popular are soups, ramen, mac and cheese, snacks, and other non-perishable food items. Students often stop in and make a lunch or take a can or box of something with them to their room/apartment. With over a third of ASU students experiencing food anxiety each week, this  and our twice weekly meals for students is a help to insure our students are not among that category. Thanks!!

Living Lutheran Article on Refugees

RefugeesPerspective: Why the ELCA welcomes refugees by Michael Rinehart, June 20, 2019

When World Refugee Day arrives on June 20, we will be several years into the largest refugee crisis the world has ever seen. Extreme weather, poverty and violence are pushing our neighbors to migrate. 

In March, Cyclone Idai killed 1,000 in southeastern Africa and left 110,000 in refugee camps. In Yemen, searing conflict and extreme poverty forced 3 million people to flee their homes; 280,000 have sought asylum in other countries. Closer to home, San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa in Honduras have the highest homicide rates in the world.  

These are three of many hot spots around the world. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 68.5 million people are displaced—one-third are refugees and many are children. At the risk of sounding cliché, what would Jesus do? 

Read the full article at LivingLutheran.org