{"id":1793,"date":"2013-02-07T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:49:22","slug":"liberal-arts-and-christian-faith-prepare-k-student-to-achieve-things-that-will-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/liberal-arts-and-christian-faith-prepare-k-student-to-achieve-things-that-will-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Arts and Christian faith prepare K student \u201cto achieve things that will last.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/arquise-Griffin-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1797 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/arquise-Griffin-15-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marquise Griffin\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/arquise-Griffin-15-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/arquise-Griffin-15.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquise Griffin \u201915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Barack Obama, members of Congress, other world leaders, and 80 college students from across the United States\u2014including Kalamazoo College student Marquise Griffin \u201915\u2014attended the National Prayer Breakfast today (Feb. 7) in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a complete surprise when I got the email saying I got selected,\u201d Marquise said. He attended the National Student Leadership Forum Conference in Nov., a larger conference, also in D.C., from which National Prayer Breakfast attendees were chosen.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marquise, the two events promote a leadership model that focuses on the role of love in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>K Chaplain Elizabeth Candido \u201900 nominated Marquise for the fall Forum and is impressed that he was chosen for the interfaith Breakfast gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarquise is just a great Christian leader on campus,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s growing in his leadership abilities. Being selected to attend the National Prayer Breakfast is an acknowledgment of that. It\u2019s a really big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquise identifies as a nondenominational Christian. He says he grew up with the Bible as a guiding source for how to live his life and credits overcoming the hurdle of severe hearing loss for fueling his drive and unwillingness to accept human limitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid, I felt cursed. I felt like God had turned his back on me for that to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cOver time, I began to grow spiritually and realize my hearing loss was not a curse. It was actually a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently an English major, Marquise has a notion to add theater and classics. He said having a degree in the liberal arts will provide him with a well-rounded base, which he intends to apply wherever God needs him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try not to get too wrapped up in trying to plan out exactly what will happen,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I really want to do\u2026is to see how I can help better people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His faith, he added, assures him that he isn\u2019t going through life randomly. \u201cI have a purpose in life that I have to achieve things that will last long after I\u2019m gone from this earth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Maggie Kane \u201913.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; President Barack Obama, members of Congress, other world leaders, and 80 college students from across the United States\u2014including Kalamazoo College student Marquise Griffin \u201915\u2014attended the National Prayer Breakfast today (Feb. 7) in Washington, D.C. \u201cIt was a complete surprise when I got the email saying I got selected,\u201d Marquise said. 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src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/arquise-Griffin-15-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marquise Griffin\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marquise Griffin \u201915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Barack Obama, members of Congress, other world leaders, and 80 college students from across the United States\u2014including Kalamazoo College student Marquise Griffin \u201915\u2014attended the National Prayer Breakfast today (Feb. 7) in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a complete surprise when I got the email saying I got selected,\u201d Marquise said. He attended the National Student Leadership Forum Conference in Nov., a larger conference, also in D.C., from which National Prayer Breakfast attendees were chosen.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marquise, the two events promote a leadership model that focuses on the role of love in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>K Chaplain Elizabeth Candido \u201900 nominated Marquise for the fall Forum and is impressed that he was chosen for the interfaith Breakfast gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarquise is just a great Christian leader on campus,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s growing in his leadership abilities. Being selected to attend the National Prayer Breakfast is an acknowledgment of that. It\u2019s a really big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marquise identifies as a nondenominational Christian. He says he grew up with the Bible as a guiding source for how to live his life and credits overcoming the hurdle of severe hearing loss for fueling his drive and unwillingness to accept human limitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid, I felt cursed. I felt like God had turned his back on me for that to happen,\u201d he said. \u201cOver time, I began to grow spiritually and realize my hearing loss was not a curse. It was actually a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently an English major, Marquise has a notion to add theater and classics. He said having a degree in the liberal arts will provide him with a well-rounded base, which he intends to apply wherever God needs him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try not to get too wrapped up in trying to plan out exactly what will happen,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I really want to do\u2026is to see how I can help better people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His faith, he added, assures him that he isn\u2019t going through life randomly. \u201cI have a purpose in life that I have to achieve things that will last long after I\u2019m gone from this earth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Maggie Kane \u201913.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9470,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/9470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}