400 Reasons to Say “Yes” to Willamette!

#116

Helping new students move in during Opening Days

#177

Midnight Breakfast with your friends always takes the edge off of finals.

#300

Teaching ballet to football players to improve their performance

#18

Being accepted to Willamette and ringing the admission bell to the sound of WU cheers.

#133

Jim Andersen’s master plan for Willamette’s campus grounds and flowers — using sustainable practices

#52

Curry pockets at the Bistro. Enough said.

#305

The Bistro chairs—each one tells a different story hand painted by Willamette students.

#179

Minto Brown at night when the frogs are calling.

#201

Participating in Into the Streets where students, faculty, and staff honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by serving the community

#166

Mandy Devereux in the Career Center because she's warm and inviting

#94

Getting enormous tasty $1 cookies from the Bistro.

#17

Avoiding stepping on the seal in Jackson Plaza.

#92

Gatke Hall is haunted and awesome.

#43

Closest university in Oregon to an In-N-Out.

#232

Professor Ricardo De Mambro Santos — there is no one more animated and so excited to teach art history.

#187

Nerf Wars in Smullin late at night.

#28

Building the largest salad possible at Goudy Commons for $5.

#141

Karen Wood's mellifluous voice at any formal ceremony.

#272

Spaces like the Japanese Garden hidden around campus for a study reprieve

#53

David Craig because of his bird watching expeditions around campus

#142

Knit-bombing the Chicken Fountain

#176

Meeting with Governor Kate Brown at the State Capitol

#72

Ernie on facilities who always waves and says hi from the golf cart.

#206

Pi Day with the Math Department.

#341

The years and years of graffiti in the Waller Cupola.

#139

Karen McFarlane Holman who not only has the cutest corgi, Griffin, but is also a kick-ass guitarist in the all-female punk band she formed and is a top-notch, award-winning chemistry professor

#237

Professors like Sammy Basu who give great advice and are there for you both professionally and as friends even post-graduation

#33

Catching up with professors and their dogs in the hearths.

#149

Library room 56 which used to have a friendly spider named Margaret.

#48

Combined IQs of four professors is 800 trillion.

#360

Watching people slackline across the Mill Stream.

#45

Coach Kip Ioane teaching hoops on the court and masculinity off the court

#308

The Capitol Intern Program: our continued work with the State Capitol is evidence of the high quality work done by students

#213

President Thorsett found a planet, gives you cake on your birthday, and allegedly controls the weather

#256

Seeing all of the posters around campus on Scholarship Saturday.

#311

The Dean of the Law School, Curtis Bridgeman, lends his pickup truck to students who need help moving.

#306

The bridge by Goudy where I always look for ducks and check the drainage pipe for nutria and mink.

#135

Jonathan Bucci because he'll give you a secret underground tour of the art museum

#315

The friendly Bistro staff who ask for music preferences of the people inside

#361

Watching Professor Basu glide through Jackson Plaza in his fedora on his Razor scooter.

#140

Karen Wood can always offer a smile.

#336

The University is responsive to the environment students want to create—they leave a lasting legacy.

#320

The legend about what happens when you kiss under the Star Trees

#233

Professor Sarah Bishop — no professor will push you more and help you succeed more

#381

Wraps at Goudy.

#353

Visiting with Betty and Ciro at Goudy when they ring up my lunch.

#294

Support from alumni who believe in Willamette's future

#310

The cherry blossoms at the Capitol across the street are magical.