Dordt students Shine a Light on CRWRC website

Dordt College students were selected to "shine their lights" in a new web initiative by the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC).

The CRWRC launched a website on World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) in an effort to respond to the needs of people who suffer from poverty, hunger, disaster, and injustice.

www.iEmbraceAIDS.com was created to help a new generation be a light at the end of the tunnel of the AIDS crisis, and shine the light of Christ around the world. The site includes a variety of options for young people to do their part to learn about the disease, raise awareness with their friends, and be part of the solution.

Dordt students participated in the initiative through "Shine A Light Day," held on campus on December 1. Photography Instructor Doug Burg worked with students to create painted light images, posting nearly 100 photos on the CRWRC Shine a Light website.

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Students travel to serve during break

You can read about the experience of a group of digital media students who traveled to the Philippines over the semester break to shoot footage for a documentary on world poverty.

Professor Mark Volker's blog about the trip to the slums of Manila can be read at http://slumdoc.blogspot.com/

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Two Dordt professors inducted into physics society

Two Dordt physics professors were recently inducted into the official honor society of the physics profession, Sigma Pi Sigma. This organization recognizes and celebrates distinctive achievement and high scholarship in physics.

Dr. Douglas Allen and Dr. John Zwart, both professors of physics at Dordt, were honored at an induction ceremony held Dec. 13 on the campus of Dordt College. Allen and Zwart hope to reinvigorate the Sigma Pi Sigma chapter established at Dordt College 30 years ago. Fifteen faculty and student members were elected between 1972 and1978, but none have been elected since that time.

"We would like to start inducting eligible students to Sigma Pi Sigma next spring," said Allen. Undergraduate candidates must be in the upper one-third of their class in general scholarship, with a higher minimum average often established for a minimum of three physics courses taken.

Sigma Pi Sigma chapters are restricted to colleges and universities of recognized standing that offer a strong physics major. There are only 11 colleges in Iowa with chapters. Each chapter may receive into membership both students and faculty members who meet organizational standards.

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Schaap books republished by trio of publishers

Three books written by Dordt College professor James Calvin Schaap have been republished and released for a new round of distribution.

Touches the Sky was originally published in 2003 by Revell Publishing Company. Rights to the book were recently sold to DVB Publishing LLC, which is currently distributing the novel. It is available from online bookstores or by mail from DVB Publishing LLC, 2051 Woodlawn Ave S.E, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 ($13.50 plus shipping).

Near Unto God was originally published in 1997 and has now been republished by Dordt College Press. This devotional book is a contemporary abridgement of Abraham Kuyper's classic devotional, written in a shortened contemporary style that relates the deep spirituality of Kuyper's work in a fresh new way.

Things We Couldn't Say was originally published in 1994 by Eerdmans Publishing Company. Rights to the book were recently sold to Lighthouse Trails Publishing, which is currently distributing the new publication of the original story online and in retail bookstores.

All of Schaap's books are available at the Dordt College Bookstore.

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