Fall 2002 - Northwestern College
Fall 2002 - Northwestern College
Fall 2002 - Northwestern College
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C a m p u sn e w s<br />
N o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i c<br />
Multicultural affairs<br />
p rograms re v a m p e d<br />
N o r t h w e s t e rn s ’ efforts to serve international and minority<br />
students have been put under the umbrella of the new off i c e<br />
of multicultural affairs. Todd McDonald, an assistant dire c t o r<br />
of admissions and international student immigration adviser<br />
at NWC since 1999, is the new director of multicultural<br />
a ffairs.<br />
The office will have responsibility for recruiting and<br />
admitting international students, as well as serving those who<br />
e n roll. The office also seeks to be an advocate for multi-ethnic<br />
minority issues.<br />
“One of the distinctives of a <strong>Northwestern</strong> education is<br />
that we seek to help students build a Christian worldview, ”<br />
says McDonald. “It’s difficult to do that in Orange City, Iowa,<br />
without outside re s o u rces. We do send a number of students<br />
away to study and serve, but we all are enriched by having<br />
students from other parts of the world here, studying and living<br />
with us. It makes <strong>Northwestern</strong> a better place.”<br />
M c D o n a l d ’s goals for this year include establishing multicultural<br />
leadership scholarships for students who have a passion<br />
for racial issues and who are involved in leadership in<br />
Administrators<br />
in new ro l e s<br />
Several administrators are in new roles at <strong>Northwestern</strong> this fall.<br />
Paul Smith<br />
P a u l<br />
Smith ‘98<br />
has been<br />
p romoted to<br />
a s s o c i a t e<br />
d i rector of<br />
c o m p u t i n g<br />
s e rvices. A<br />
member of<br />
the college’s computer staff<br />
since shortly after graduating,<br />
he served most recently as<br />
web development manager.<br />
Dan Robinson ‘01 i s<br />
the new web development<br />
m a n a g e r. Involved in the<br />
development of some of<br />
N o r t h w e s t e rn s ’ web pages<br />
when he was a<br />
student, he<br />
p re v i o u s l y<br />
s e rved MED-<br />
TEC in Orange<br />
City as a contract<br />
pro g r a m-<br />
m e r, network<br />
a d m i n i s t r a t o r<br />
and webmaster.<br />
Deb Sandbulte<br />
Dan Robinson<br />
D e b<br />
S a n d b u l t e<br />
has been<br />
h i red for the<br />
n e w l y - c re a t-<br />
ed position<br />
of human<br />
re s o u rc e<br />
Working with Director Todd McDonald in multicultural affairs are Anila<br />
K a runakar ‘02, assistant (left), and Grace Rohre r, international student counselor<br />
( c e n t e r ) .<br />
those areas, and sending staff on one or two intern a t i o n a l<br />
recruiting trips. “One of my biggest goals is to work on communication<br />
and cooperation between staff and faculty re g a rding<br />
international student issues. We are fortunate that we<br />
have many faculty and staff who have a heart for this issue;<br />
we hope to corral that and work in a collaborative manner. ”<br />
McDonald was program coordinator in the office of international<br />
student services at Azusa Pacific University for two<br />
years. He earned a master’s degree in college student aff a i r s<br />
t h e re and did his undergraduate work at Central <strong>College</strong>.<br />
c o o rd i n a t o r. She worked in<br />
human re s o u rces for 20 years<br />
at American Identity/K-<br />
P roducts, serving most<br />
recently as employment<br />
c o o rd i n a t o r. Sandbulte is a<br />
graduate of Dordt <strong>College</strong>.<br />
A n i t a<br />
Vogel ‘69 h a s<br />
been appointed<br />
interim<br />
d i rector of<br />
R a m a k e r<br />
L i b r a ry, serving<br />
while the Anita Vo g e l<br />
college searc h-<br />
es for a permanent re p l a c e-<br />
ment for Dr. Richard<br />
Reitsma, who became the<br />
l i b r a ry director at Siena<br />
Heights University in<br />
Michigan this summer. Vo g e l<br />
has been re f e rence librarian<br />
at NWC since 1999. She<br />
e a rned a Master of Library<br />
Science degree from the<br />
University of Iowa.<br />
J e n<br />
M c A l p i n e<br />
‘ 0 2 has been<br />
appointed as<br />
i n t e r i m<br />
sports inform<br />
a t i o n<br />
Jen McAlpine<br />
d i re c t o r. A<br />
s t u d e n t<br />
worker in that office for the<br />
past two years, she will be<br />
filling the position for a year<br />
as she raises support and<br />
p re p a res to move to Sarajevo,<br />
Bosnia, where she will be<br />
doing full-time missions<br />
work with PIONEERS. She<br />
replaces Rick Clark, who is<br />
now focusing on his roles as<br />
instructor in Spanish and<br />
assistant men’s basketball<br />
c o a c h .<br />
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