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Join us on this adventure through the Santa Monica Mountains! After completing the hike at Temescal Canyon, we’ll grab lunch before heading to Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine (a spiritual sanctuary for meditation and prayer), where Dr. Soni will give us a tour.
PACKING LIST:
SUNSCREEN
SNEAKERS
HAT + SUNGLASSES
H2O
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: VARUN SONI
DEPARTMENT: RELIGION
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "I made an account just so I can rate Dr. Soni. One of the best professors I have ever had… he made its seem like coming to SC was worth it."
Varun Soni serves as the Dean of Religious Life of USC. In this role, he brings together the spiritual and scholarly resources of the university, provides moral and ethical leadership for the USC community, and works closely with the 90 student religious groups and the 40 religious directors on campus. Fun facts about Dean Soni: He has five (FIVE!) degrees, personally knows Oprah, and is the first Hindu leader of religious life at an American university.
You can learn more at: http://varunsoni.com/
PEAK: TEMESCAL CANYON
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Scenic views of the Santa Monica Mountains and Pacific Ocean.
FUN FACT: Lake Shrine is home to a portion of Gandhi’s ashes, which are enshrined in a thousand-year-old sarcophagus from China.
TRIP LEAD: Jaden