Kaitlyn Doty

Noah decided to get involved with InterVarsity because he longed for community. He was inspired by how deeply they loved each other and loved God. Noah eventually developed a true relationship with Jesus being part of this community. He also went on to become a student leader and led worship for large group gatherings. Even though Noah had learned and grown so much since joining InterVarsity, God still had more to teach him about community through an InterVarsity Global Urban Trek to Nicaragua.

Across the country, InterVarsity communities create spaces for college students to thrive and become world-changers. But InterVarsity wouldn’t be the life-giving space it is without our thousands of faithful staff who have dedicated their lives to this mission.

As a high achiever who had always excelled in school, Gigi didn’t expect to have to work so hard for her grades in Dental School at Columbia University. Suddenly she was studying all day every day, with little time to pursue anything else. After living like this for the first year, Gigi realized something needed to change.

Beeliada still laughs when she remembers how she ended up at her first InterVarsity Bible study at Southern Utah University (SUU).  She had given her friend Mark excuses for weeks, until one day, she ran out. Mark didn’t hesitate. “He took my hand and dragged me! I didn’t know what to say, so I followed him and went,” Beeliada said.

Raised in a church that was heavy on legalism and dismissive about grace, Jennifer thought God wanted her to fit in a box. She didn’t think she’d be accepted as her genuine self at church, so she got used to suppressing certain parts of her identity, including her Japanese heritage. It wasn’t until she found InterVarsity that she encountered God’s true character… and the fullness of who he created her to be.

After the hardships of 2020, Evan was convinced that religion was a “scam” and that God wasn’t truly there. But the “build-your-own meaning” nature of atheism was unsatisfying, and Evan longed for something more.

Though she already had a solid relationship with God, Angelica hadn’t yet found a good fit when it came to Christian community. Until near the end of junior year when her friend Joy Hope invited her to InterVarsity.

InterVarsity at Michigan State is showing students that anyone can have the potential to be a leader — even those who might be unexpected. Through the ways they’re raising up leaders, students’ lives are transforming.

I stepped into my first large group session at Urbana 25, longing for my bed, after a 27-hour road trip from Wisconsin to Arizona. But that first night Jennie Allen told us to open our eyes. To ask ourselves what was holding us back from receiving what Jesus had for us. To listen. I realized that there were more important things than getting enough sleep that night. By the end of the week, I understood why the Lord had brought me to Urbana.