 Hello, future college student, my name is Mika McCracken, class of 2009, and I serve as the executive for innovation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The one thing I want you to think about as you're choosing your college is to choose a place that fits you today and will allow you to grow for tomorrow. For me, that was Gustavus, and this is my story. This is my Gustavus ID picture from my first year. Came in to Gustavus, planning to do kind of pre-med, as many Gustys do, and I had prepared for that all through high school. I actually had a scholarship that was coming with me for pre-med. I ended up failing my first chemistry test, and as a high school student, I had never failed a test in my life. I was crying. Let's be honest, I was crying. But Mark Anderson, who was the director at the time, came up to me and he just said, are you okay? I was working with the academic services, and they advised maybe I should try something in non-profit management. And so I got registered for a non-profit management class in that first J term, and that really, in some ways, sent me on the trajectory that I'm on today. So I had interned through a connection with Gustavus and the ELCA between my junior and senior year with the ELCA. My first job also came through that way. So I walked across the stage at graduation. I got my diploma, I got in a moving van, and came straight to Chicago and started on that Monday. I think there's something about the Gustavus experience that allows you to follow your passions, mash your skills with that, listen to those around you, get the help you need, and continue moving forward. One of the funnest things I've gotten to do is to partner with the ELCA Youth Gathering. This is the huge youth event with 30,000 people. Hunger is not caused by scarcity. It's especially powerful because it's about connecting with the next generation of people who are going to end hunger, who are going to make their faith matter, who are going to change their communities. For me that's fun. I think there's a lot of pressure on choosing the college and making the right decision. For me, Gustavus was a place where I could go to be myself and to be...