Join Dean Varun Soni for a hike around Temescal Canyon, a post-hike lunch in the Palisades, and tour of Lake Shrine guided by Dean Soni! The trail is a 3 mile moderately-trafficked shaded loop in the Palisades with 875ft of elevation and rewarding ocean views.
PEAK: TEMESCAL CANYON AND LAKE SHRINE
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Waterfall, wildflowers, ocean views
FUN FACT: Lake Shrine, where Dean Soni will give us a tour after the hike, is a spiritual sanctuary for meditation and prayer. Check it out: here
PROFESSOR: VARUN SONI
DEPARTMENT: Religious Life
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "Definitely one of the best professors at USC. Attending his lectures was an absolute pleasure"
Dr. Varun Soni’s credentials are extensive. He is the Vice Provost at the Office of Campus Wellness and Crisis Intervention, the Dean of Religious Life, an adjunct professor in the School of Religion, and a University Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy. He has a B.A. degree from Tufts, a M.T.S. degree from Harvard, a M.A. degree from UC Santa Barbara, a J.D. degree from UCLA, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town. While most of us have spent semesters calling Leavey Library our home, Dr. Soni spent a semester as an undergraduate living in a Buddhist monastery in India.
TRIP LEAD: ANA
Contact Ana: adeolive@usc.edu
Read Ana's bio here.