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Day of
Encouragement is set for Saturday, February 6, 2010
Registration materials are
available on the Day of Encouragement
website
or contact Wes Fopma at 712-722-6028. The deadline for registering
is January 30, although you will receive a discount if you register
before January 23. Group discounts are also available. Also in this issue . . . Dordt College Concert Band on tour Band touring Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Eastern Iowa during semester break For performance dates and times, click
here.
Dordt student covers Palin book
signing
The opportunity came to Yoder through a Dordt communication class he's taking, taught by English adjunct professor Jennifer Dukes Lee, who was previously employed as chief political correspondent for the Des Moines Register. She was contacted by a former colleague to free-lance at the Palin event and Dukes Lee decided to pass the opportunity on to Yoder. The bureau chief at IowaPolitics.com thanked Yoder for a job well done.
Yoder's submission can be seen
here,
and photos taken by him at the event are posted
here. Summer travel offered
For more information click here or contact Dianne De Wit. |
Alumni and
friends events
Thursday, January 7 at 7 p.m.; Phoenix, Arizona -- Alumni and friends of Dordt College are invited to hear Dr. Paul Fessler, professor of history, speak on the history of immigration in the United States. His presentation is titled: Melting Pot or Exploding Kettle: Understanding Today's Immigration Debates from a Historical Perspective. RSVP to Wes Fopma, Liz Danzeisen (623-478-9659) or Merl Alons (623-875-0826). Dr. Lauren Winner will be a guest speaker at Dordt College on
Monday, February 1, at 11 a.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium. The
presentation is part of the First Monday speaker series at Dordt and
is open to visitors. Winner is a writer and teacher at Duke Divinity
School, with degrees from Duke, Columbia, and Cambridge
universities. For more information visit
www.laurenwinner.net
To check out current employment opportunities at Dordt College, click here.
Also, please
contact us if you or someone you know would be a good
match for one of our available positions.
Please remember to
include information about yourself when sending in birth
announcements for the Voice. Your classmates like to
hear what you've been doing. Send us an e-mail at
alumni@dordt.edu.
This is the place
to connect and network with other Dordt College alumni. The
directory is available only to Dordt College alumni, who must
register to gain access to contact information for other Dordt alumni.
Those who register can update their own profiles and hide any
information they do not want listed. The directory has a simple
search function and an advanced search function, allowing you to
search for other alumni, based on various criteria. For more
information contact the alumni office at 712-722-6022 or via
email.
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The
keynote speaker is Ron Nydam, Director of Pastoral Counseling at
Calvin Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Workshops will include
sessions on ministry basics for council members, seminars aimed at
spirituality and leadership, plus seminars on outreach and service.
Aaron
Yoder, a senior digital media production major at Dordt College, had
the opportunity to write a story and take photos for
A new Great Plains
Experience "Prairie's Edge" will be held June 6-11, 2010. Join Dordt professors Jim
Schaap and Robb De Haan on this one-week learning vacation that
begins and ends at Dordt College. You'll visit places in eastern
South Dakota and western Minnesota that most tourists will never
find. That's the adventure!