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Yurie: One of the things that's important to me
is to make sure that I'm living out my life
according to my ideals
in a consistent and coherent manner.
Whether that's the way I interact
with my family, my friends.
Whether it's the way I interact
with students and my colleagues.
And then also, the contributions that I'm making
in the larger world.
I think a life lived with purpose
really has to do with
connecting all the different parts of your life
in accordance with your values.
So one of the things I try to do
is stay on top what's on the news
and what kids of things are happening in the world.
Both far away and also close to home.
And then I try to bring that
into the classroom as much as I'm able
to show students that anything you're learning
within the classroom can have some kind of connection
to what's going on in the rest of the world.
By allowing them to take advantage
of many opportunities,
to take their passions and their knowledge
and put them into action,
not only during their time at Gustavus
but also after they've graduated.
So that they can continue making contributions
into the world for many years.
These days, were facing a lot of different challenges
and a lot of huge changes in society
and the way that societies work.
And a Liberal Arts education
provides students with the knowledge
and more importantly the tools,
the kind of intellectual habits of mind.
That allows students to look at an issue
and then take a really 360 degree
kind of, approach to whatever problem it is
that you are trying to solve.
I think a Liberal Arts education
also equips students to talk to one another.
I think we can all agree that communication
between and across different groups of people
is really, really important
for the ability to work together
and to find some common understanding.
One of the things I've really loved about Gustavus
is that it not only provides students an opportunity
to grow in all of these different
intellectual and social and cultural areas.
It's that it also provides faculty
an opportunity to do that as well
because I recognize it as place that had
a lot of amazing people that I could
learn from and work with.
And I saw Gustavus as a place where
I could actually make some kind of impact.
Gustavus Adolphus College
Make your life count.