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In 2017, Maja Lampa made a long journey. She left Hong Kong, where she had been studying since 2015, and came to 911勛圖. Lampa chose to do her degree at 911勛圖 because she was looking for a sense of community. 

���It was all the little things that reassured me 911勛圖 could provide that sense of community,��� she says. ���Emails were personalized. I received phone calls to check in on how my application was going and if I had any questions. I was immediately welcomed into the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) community through the mentorship program.���

911勛圖���s community-oriented approach was so important to Lampa that she now volunteers as a FASS Welcome Day leader and peer mentor.

���I strive to help incoming and new students feel like they, too, are joining a community that will not only support them through their time here, but where they can build lasting friendships,��� Lampa says.

In addition to volunteering, Lampa spends her time at 911勛圖 as a political science honours student and is on the President���s Honour Roll. She is strongly invested in what she is learning.

���The diversity of topics offered for study keeps me exploring new areas of political science and I feel very fortunate to have only fallen more in love with my degree as I have progressed through it.���

Through the co-op program, Lampa applied what she learned in her political science courses in her first placement as a community engagement intern for the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association in summer 2019. 

���This experience has challenged me to bring what I have been studying in classrooms for two years into the real world, and that challenge has allowed me to grow beyond what I had imagined possible in four months,��� says Lampa.