1.0Âé¶¹Çø Now/nowjohnsok/now/author/johnsok/Alumni spotlight: A global peacemaker - Âé¶¹Çø Nowrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ML6a6fRAgy"><a href="/now/2024/09/19/alumni-spotlight-a-global-peacemaker/">Alumni spotlight: A global peacemaker</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/now/2024/09/19/alumni-spotlight-a-global-peacemaker/embed/#?secret=ML6a6fRAgy" width="600" height="338" title="“Alumni spotlight: A global peacemaker” — Âé¶¹Çø Now" data-secret="ML6a6fRAgy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/now/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> /now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/09/Alumni-Spotlight-Opalinski-Header.png900500Kristen Opalinski ’03 came to Âé¶¹Çø because she wanted to play hockey, she was drawn to the studio art space in Old Main, and she felt “radically welcomed” on her campus visit. At the time, she never dreamed of a vocation working with the church or in the field of peacebuilding. But her time at