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11 | Eat Your Homework
New vegetarian culinary arts program encourages students to play with their food! But the message these health evangelists will take to the world is quite serious.
12 | Transform Tomorrow
Graduation isn’t the end, it’s just the beginning for 436 new alumni who are ready to change the world.
4 | New Media 6 | Headlines 10 | Spotlight 23 | Mission Minute 24 | Professor Inspiration 26 | Beyond the Columns 31 | The Word
16 | Ministry of Memories
Southern graduates’ new nonprofit provides cancer patients and their families with free photography sessions. These intimate portraits provide a lasting light that transcends the darkness of the moment.
20 | No Work Beneath Us
Administrators model commitment to servant leadership through a special dedication service, volunteer activities, and the ability to find fulfillment beyond a paycheck.
On the cover: Magic Hour Foundation volunteered its time and talents to photograph Southern alum Paco Rodriguez (attended) and his daughter, Kayla, as she battled ovarian cancer in 2010. Paco and his wife, Irma (Perez), ’03, are happy to report that almost three years after surgery, Kayla remains healthy. Cover Photo: Alan Darmody
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