for college students by college students Hillel Happenings Incoming first-year students gathered at Baskin-Robbins in West Bloomfield for an MSU Hillel Freshmen Mixer: Caroline Strauss, Farmington Hills; Natalie Herman and Sophie Dwoskin, both of West Bloomfield; Ashley Schnaar, Geil Schock and Jessica Lusky, all of Bloomfield Hills; and Sarah Brett, West Bloomfield. Impact. When you become a Laker, you look outward, focusing on others instead of yourself. With professors’ caring guidance, you learn how to make a meaningful, lasting difference. Then, as you go forward into the world, you’re ready to tackle challenges and make meaningful contributions. Like Michigan itself, your positive impact will be far reaching. That’s the Laker Effect. gvsu.edu MSU Hillel and Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan students and staff traveled to Washington University in St. Louis for the annual Hillel International Engagement Institute: Bottom Row: MSU Hillel/HCAM Senior Jewish Educator Rabbi Becca Walker; MSU Hillel Senior Engagement Associate Mimi Marcus; MSU junior Ariella Sternfeld and MSU sophomore Jessica Lusky, both of Bloomfield Hills; MSU junior Jessy Hirsch, Cupertino, Calif.; MSU Hillel Jewish Agency Israel Fellow Fentanesh Pnina Yanihudege. Top row: GVSU sophomore Nathan Dumond, Walled Lake; HCAM Jewish Agency Israel Fellow Ziv Zelinger; EMU sophomore Blake Zack, Bloomfield Hills; CMU junior Max Miller, West Bloomfield; and Kalamazoo sophomore Yale Lash, Farmington Hills. L’Shana Tovah, Bulldogs! Imagine More: Ferris Shoah Archive Students traveled to Israel in May with MSU Hillel and the Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan on Taglit Birthright Israel. MSU Hillel and the HCAM students on Taglit Birthright Israel: MSU graduate Michael Klar, West Bloomfield; MSU graduates Mitch Kontarev and Hunter Strager, both of Birmingham. College of Arts & Sciences ‡ZZZIHUULVHGX jn September 14 • 2017 119