Dordt in the News: May 2-14

May 14

Politico: Playbook: DeSantis fills a Trump-shaped hole in Iowa

“‘With the Republican Party, I don’t think Trump’s the worst thing,’ said JOHN COPLEY, the 20-year-old president of the Dordt University College Republicans. ‘But I do think DeSantis is stronger, if he does run.’”

Des Moines Register: DeSantis in Iowa calls for “positive alternative” to Biden. Though absent, Trump’s presence was felt

Others at the Republican fundraiser said they're open to voting for someone else.

“With the Republican Party, I don’t think Trump’s the worst thing," said John Copley, the 20-year-old president of the Dordt University College Republicans. "But I do think DeSantis is stronger, if he does run."

Wide World of News / Mark Halperin: A DeSantis good enough to beat Trump

“These three well-curated voter-on-the-street quotes in the Des Moines Register story suggest the opportunity and challenge facing the governor:

‘With the Republican Party, I don’t think Trump’s the worst thing,’ said John Copley, the 20-year-old president of the Dordt University College Republicans. ‘But I do think DeSantis is stronger, if he does run.’”

May 12

Sioux City Journal: Dordt University named a ‘John Deere Dealer Partner School’ with AgriVision Equipment

“With the designation, Dordt University will now begin offering an ‘Agriculture Service Technician Program.’”

PrairieLand Partners, LLC: AgriVision Equipment, PrairieLand Partners, and Dordt University Partner Up to Take Agricultural Education to the Next Level

“AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners are excited to announce their partnership with Dordt University as a John Deere Dealer Partner School. Dordt University will offer an Agriculture Service Technician program as part of the dealer partnership. The first group of students will begin in the fall of 2024.”

Farm Equipment: Editors’ Picks for ‘Best of the Web this Week’: May 12, 2023

“AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners are excited to announce their partnership with Dordt University as a John Deere Dealer Partner School. Dordt University will offer an Agriculture Service Technician program as part of the dealer partnership. The first group of students will begin in the fall of 2024.”

May 11

The Journal: Wilmes turns in MVP sophomore season at Dordtv

“The growth former New Ulm Eagles hockey player Noah Wilmes has had over the past two years at Dordt University has seen him develop as a person, leader and player.”

Cowsmopolitan: Promise Valley Farm Guernseys – A Different Path for Dairy

“[Mark and Caroline Nagtegaal] met in high school and neither of them was raised on a dairy farm. Caroline had a hobby farm and 4-H horse background, while Mark had family members with dairies where he worked in the summer. After graduating from Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA with an Animal Science degree, Mark returned home and worked on dairy farms on the island.”

May 10

KTIV: Dordt University adding new agriculture major

“As farming technology continues to advance, it’s important to prepare ag students for the future. Dordt University is doing that with its new partnership with AgriVision Equipment Group.”

KCAU: Dordt University to begin new Agriculture program in Fall 2024

“Students at Dordt University will soon have the option to pursue a unique career in agriculture. University representatives announced Wednesday an academic partnership with the Agrivision Equipment Group creating a two-year degree in Agricultural Service Technology. The program is slated to begin in the fall semester of 2024.”

KELO: Dordt University announces additions of men’s and women’s swimming programs

“Dordt University announced they will be adding men’s and women’s swimming beginning in Fall 2024. Dordt will join fellow GPAC schools Morningside, College of Saint Mary, Jamestown, and Midland as schools that offer swimming. Those four schools compete in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.”

May 9

WNAX: Dordt University partners with Agri-Vision to offer farm equipment technician course

“Dordt University of Sioux Center is entering a partnership with a farm equipment dealership offering interested students an opportunity to obtain a two-year degree in training as a technician. The agreement with Agri-Vision will be announced on Wednesday afternoon. Gary DeVries is the department chair for Dordt’s agriculture division and tells of the created partnership with the John Deere dealer.”

The Washington Post: Trump’s Fifth Avenue strategy for 2024

“He was standing beneath the enormous pipe organ at the front of the B.J. Haan Auditorium at Iowa’s Dordt College in January 2016. The organ isn’t only decorative; Dordt is a Christian school, and the auditorium is used for religious services. But on that day, Trump was addressing a different omnipotent deity.”

Dickinson County News: Milford grad receives scholarship to Western Theological Seminary

“Milford's Dallas Johnson, a Dordt University senior majoring in theology and social work, has received the Trustee Scholarship, which provides him with a 75 percent tuition break to Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and an invitation to conduct research with Director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination Dr. Winn Collier. He will begin his studies this fall and will ultimately earn a master of divinity degree as well as a master of social work degree.”

Iowa State University News: NSF awards Iowa researchers $20 million to build advanced biomanufacturing capacity

“The Iowa effort in microbe-based, advanced biomanufacturing will include researchers from Iowa State University in Ames, the University of Iowa in Iowa City, the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Central College in Pella and Dordt University in Sioux Center.”

Des Moines Register: Mile posts

“Moving to track and field, where the Dordt University men's track and field team completed an academic year sweep of the Great Plains Athletic Conference championships by dominating almost every distance race. The Defenders won the cross country, indoor and outdoor team titles, becoming the first to do it in the GPAC since Nebraska Wesleyan in 2005-06.”

KCAU: Dordt University announces additions of men’s and women’s swimming programs

Dordt University announced they will be adding men’s and women’s swimming beginning in Fall 2024. Dordt will join fellow GPAC schools Morningside, College of Saint Mary, Jamestown, and Midland as schools that offer swimming. Those four schools compete in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.

May 8

Sioux Falls Development Foundation: Dordt University students take part in talent tours at Sioux Falls businesses

“Students from Dordt University traveled to Sioux Falls on April 28th to tour different businesses around town. These English majors were ‘career curious’ about the opportunities to which their degree could lead them.”

May 4

The Abbotsford News: Two students from Abbotsford recognized at Iowa university

“Two students from Abbotsford who are currently studying at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa have recently made the news. One receives $10K scholarship, while the other has art piece exhibited.”

WORLD: Our biggest WJI yet

“…but first, a word about the applications themselves. In normal years, we expect to accept about half of the students who apply for the course, and all of those who meet the high qualifications. We limit the number of students who attend, based on available space at Dordt University, our budgeted resources, and the number of instructors we can commit.”

May 2

KIWA Radio: Dordt students win substantial scholarships through estate gift

“Dordt University officials tell us they have just announced the recipients of the Lambertus Verberg Prize for Excellence in Kuyperian Scholarship, one of the largest scholarships made available to Dordt students. Eoghan Holdahl, a junior from Watertown, South Dakota who is studying agriculture: missions and community development, will receive a one-year $15,000 scholarship. And, for the first time in the history of the Verberg Prize, two students were selected as runners-up and will each receive a one-year $10,000 scholarship, thanks to the generosity of the Barnabas Foundation and the estate gift of Rimmer and Ruth de Vries.”

Sioux County Radio: Kim is this week’s GPAC baseball pitcher-of-the-week

“Gyeongju Kim of Dordt University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports pitcher-of-the-week. Kim, a senior from Seoul, South Korea, went seven innings against Mount Marty and gave up one earned run and struck out 10 and left the game with it tied and wasn't involved in the decision.”