Senior Spotlight: Lydia Hansen

Favorite Subject: Calculus

Favorite book read at WA: Fahrenheit 451 or Lord of the Flies

Favorite WA tradition: Running around the hallway after finishing Plato’s Republic or mock trial.

What advice or encouragement would you give to younger students at Westminster?Tough it out and enjoy the small things because the time flies by at WA.

Please share a funny memory or highlight from your time at Westminster: Acting out all our reading passages in latin class, and debating whether Fahrenheit or Celsius is better with Mr. Adams.

Senior Thesis Title: Between Antioch and Heaven: DEI and fostering racial diversity as Christians 

Senior Thesis Statement:  Should the government be involved in fostering racial diversity? The government should not be involved in fostering diversity, rather, we as Christians should want diversity because we understand that all people are made in the image of God and should be respected as such.

Brief Description of Senior Thesis:  We should foster diversity because we understand that all people are made in the image of God, and that the differences He created are good things; the government shouldn’t be involved in fostering racial diversity because it reduces people to their physical properties, like race, rather than appreciation for someone’s person; and finally racial diversity should be desired as a standard for institutions worldwide because it includes more opinions and ideas that would benefit society as a whole. 

Post Graduation Plans: To attend Wheaton College, swim there, major in Aeronautical Engineering, and then pursue flight training

Favorite Bible Verse:  “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)

Prayer Request: That I find a godly community at Wheaton and friends that push me spiritually to grow closer to God and for my parents during the transition to having no kids at home.

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