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Show 3 ADMINISTRATION & STUDENT GOVERMENT WESTAMIMS7E& Tf rvn n rn -- V! r CHLOIE DALE Morgan Scheffer discussed her love for love at this years Westminster Thinks Big event. Students, faculty and alumni and were welcomed to speak at the event, covering topics ranging from politics to feminism to love. Students and alumni gather at Third annual Westminster Thinks Chloie Dale Staff Reporter For one students, mingled night, faculty Westminster and alumni and thought big. Westminster Thinks Big was held in Jewett Center for the Performing Arts and Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory on Friday, Sept. 25, as part of the 2015 reunion weekend. While Westminster students are always thinking, this event gave Griffins the chance to share their life passions and big ideas. Started in 2013 as a play on TED Talks and Harvard Thinks Big, the event is now held annually and donates all ticket profits to the Student Hardship Fund. This scholarship helps students with acute financial needs get. the necessary resources to attend Westminster. Event coordinators Ryan LaRae and Emma Metos have been working since April to make sure the event went smoothly. A main part of the process was choosing the speakers. With over 20 applications, LaRae and Metos were able to narrow it down to five key speakers. We wanted a wide range of topics that had a broad appeal, LaRae said. The speakers were made up of students, faculty and alumni slot to pour who had a their passions out to the audience. included topics like Speeches politics, feminism and love. Morgane Scheffer is currently working on her second masters degree in art and community leadership at Westminster. As an attendee last year, she said she wanted to get involved and speak at 10-min- ute Josie White s presentation blew me away and brought me to tears." Big this years event. I went last year and it was so fantastic to gather all of these bright minds at Westminster, Scheffer said. She shared her love for love with the audience and ended her speech dance. p with a Gano Hasanbegovic, sophomore double majoring in philosophy and psychology, came to the event to listen to some friends who were hip-ho- presenting. He said he left feeling inspired. Josie Whites presentation blew me away and brought me to tears, Hasanbegovic said. LaRae, one of the event coordinators, also described the event as inspiring and hoped attendees left feeling inspired, too. I wanted people to get a big idea that resonated with them and apply it to their life, LaRae said. LaRae and Metos will host Westminster Thinks Big next year and welcome new speakers that have big ideas. If students are interested in becoming a speaker at next years event, contact Ryan LaRae at rfl0517westminstercollege.edu for more information. CHLOIE DALE Attendees of the Westminster Thinks Big event mingle and munch on snacks in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts before the event started on Friday, Sept. 25. |