At Orientation for New Staff, which the National Service Center hosts every summer, InterVarsity gives the new staff a broader and more encompassing view of the organization.
The relationship that starts between a student and InterVarsity is meant to last for more than four years. Maintaining contact is dependent upon a smooth hand-off between campus staff and the alumni department.
Last month, as Mary and I sat teary-eyed watching our oldest daughter graduate from Georgetown University, I reflected back on a much different set of emotions just two years ago.
It was a watermelon picnic where Katie Rigby connected with InterVarsity as a new freshman at Wake Forest University. And it was a small group InterVarsity Bible study that she led as a sophomore that awakened her passion for social justice and eventually led her to Teach for America.
