Soccer Champ
Kai Kasiguran, senior
Accounting Major
Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania Kai Kasiguran is a successful student and theater performer on the Messiah College campus, but he's also found great success with the school's soccer team, which has won the NCAA Division III championship the past five out of seven years. "I had a lot of opportunities to go to other colleges, but I wanted to go to a Christian college and it's really paid off," says Kai, the team captain. "Our team is a true team. It's just like the Bible says, 'as iron sharpens iron.' As believers and teammates, we build each other up so we're a strong body—using each other's strengths and helping each other out where we're weak." While the team has been successful, Kai has found personal achievement as well. He was named D3Kicks.com's NCAA Division III player of the year and has appeared in Sports Illustrated and Sharing the Victory, the magazine of The Fellowship of Christian Athletes. "All the publicity is great," he says. "But what's even better is I'm doing something I love and serving God while doing it. We play teams from all different colleges, so when we have down time I do some one-on-one witnessing." Novelist
Kathryn Reyes, senior
Journalism and Communications Major
California Baptist University, Riverside, California Kathryn "Katie" Reyes entered California Baptist University with plans to be a teacher. But after she wrote The Block, a novel inspired by her experience of going off to college, she realized God was calling her to become a professional writer. "I've loved writing my whole life, but I never really thought that was what God wanted me to do," she says. "When I switched my major to journalism, God just opened so many doors." A professor who edited Katie's book saw her talent and suggested she start working for the campus newspaper. Thus began her writing dreams. Currently she's the managing editor for the campus paper, The Banner, and is working on a sequel to The Block. "My biggest goal is to encourage others to follow their dreams," she says. And she's already succeeded at inspiring two specific women—her mom and grandma. "Neither of them were able to go to college, but God is using me to show them the importance of using their writing gifts," she says. "My grandma has begun journaling and my mom is now submitting articles for print." Scientific Researcher
Pulkit Sawroop Bose,
'07 Graduate
Chemistry Major
Fresno Pacific University, California Even before his freshman year at Fresno Pacific University (FPU), Pulkit Sawroop Bose was on campus doing advanced scientific research on viruses and medicine. During the next two summers, he spent his break working in labs at Yale University Medical School where his findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006. In the summer of 2006 he researched an influenza virus at Washington University in St. Louis and was given an honorarium to attend any scientific conference in the U.S. to present his findings. "God is absolutely amazing," he says. "I wouldn't be where I am today without him." Pulkit also gives a lot of credit to FPU. He was accepted to many colleges, but couldn't obtain the grants and funding to pay for his tuition. FPU offered him a full scholarship. "I cannot thank FPU enough," he says. "They care about their students." Pulkit hopes to eventually earn his doctorate in science and medicine, but for right now, he says, "I'm currently seeking God and applying for a job in a research lab so I can work to further my education." Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Campus Life magazine.
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