{"id":2138,"date":"2013-03-20T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:57:37","slug":"lux-esto-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/lux-esto-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Lux Esto. Forever."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2141\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/illian-McLaughlin-Lux-Esto-tattoo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2141 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/illian-McLaughlin-Lux-Esto-tattoo1-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jillian McLaughlin shows her Lux Esto tattoo\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/illian-McLaughlin-Lux-Esto-tattoo1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/illian-McLaughlin-Lux-Esto-tattoo1-662x1024.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jillian McLaughlin \u201910 knows how to &#8220;be light.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What would you do to remind yourself and others just how much you loved and appreciated your college experience\u2014assuming you only have about $100 to spend?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to go a ways to top <strong>Jillian McLaughlin \u201910 <\/strong>who recently treated herself to a tattoo just below her left ribcage of \u201cLux Esto,\u201d K\u2019s Latin motto that means \u201cBe Light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past few\u00a0years, I have\u00a0really come to appreciate the unique undergraduate experience I had at K and the friendships forged,\u201d said Jillian, a Grosse Pointe (Mich.) native now working for an anti-poverty think-tank in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose I could have bought a T-shirt or a mug but a tattoo of \u2018Lux Esto\u2019 seemed more epic. So that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jillian\u2019s K experience was a full one. She ran on the Hornet cross country team, wrote for <em>The Index<\/em> student newspaper, worked as a student sustainability coordinator in the College\u2019s Facilities Management Division, and conducted research into political ideology with K Professor of Psychology Gary Gregg. She also served as an intern in U.S. Senator Carl Levin\u2019s office in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>During her senior year, the political science major earned a departmental award to travel to Spain and conduct interviews on international human rights law for her Senior Individualized Project, or SIP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds corny, but no matter where I am, I feel like I<strong>\u2019<\/strong>m at home when I<strong>\u2019<\/strong>m around other K grads,\u201d Jillian said. \u201cAs I get ready to attend graduate school [in pursuit of an MBA on nonprofit management and impact investing], I wanted a reminder of that experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the tattoo idea was the brainchild of her K classmate and friend <strong>Anne Renaud \u201910<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe joked about getting \u2018Lux Esto\u2019 tattoos before we graduated. It didn\u2019t happen but the seeds of my decision were planted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for honoring your alma mater, Jillian. You\u2019ll be glad to know that your tattoo complies with the College\u2019s new branding guidelines for typefaces!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do to remind yourself and others just how much you loved and appreciated your college experience\u2014assuming you only have about $100 to spend? 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college experience\u2014assuming you only have about $100 to spend?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to go a ways to top <strong>Jillian McLaughlin \u201910 <\/strong>who recently treated herself to a tattoo just below her left ribcage of \u201cLux Esto,\u201d K\u2019s Latin motto that means \u201cBe Light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past few\u00a0years, I have\u00a0really come to appreciate the unique undergraduate experience I had at K and the friendships forged,\u201d said Jillian, a Grosse Pointe (Mich.) native now working for an anti-poverty think-tank in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose I could have bought a T-shirt or a mug but a tattoo of \u2018Lux Esto\u2019 seemed more epic. So that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jillian\u2019s K experience was a full one. She ran on the Hornet cross country team, wrote for <em>The Index<\/em> student newspaper, worked as a student sustainability coordinator in the College\u2019s Facilities Management Division, and conducted research into political ideology with K Professor of Psychology Gary Gregg. She also served as an intern in U.S. Senator Carl Levin\u2019s office in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>During her senior year, the political science major earned a departmental award to travel to Spain and conduct interviews on international human rights law for her Senior Individualized Project, or SIP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds corny, but no matter where I am, I feel like I<strong>\u2019<\/strong>m at home when I<strong>\u2019<\/strong>m around other K grads,\u201d Jillian said. \u201cAs I get ready to attend graduate school [in pursuit of an MBA on nonprofit management and impact investing], I wanted a reminder of that experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said the tattoo idea was the brainchild of her K classmate and friend <strong>Anne Renaud \u201910<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe joked about getting \u2018Lux Esto\u2019 tattoos before we graduated. It didn\u2019t happen but the seeds of my decision were planted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for honoring your alma mater, Jillian. 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