Fall 2002 - Northwestern College

N o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i c
C a m p u sn e w s
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is a doctoral candidate in
political science at Te m p l e
U n i v e r s i t y. He earned a mast
e r ’s degree in public and
i n t e rnational affairs at the
University of Pittsburgh and
a bachelor’s at Calvin
C o l l e g e .
D r. Te d
E i l d e r si s
s e rving in a
o n e - y e a r
position as
visiting assistant
pro f e s-
D r. Ted Eilders
sor of psyc
h o l o g y,
replacing re t i ree Dr. Don
Lindskoog. He comes to
N o r t h w e s t e rn from Polo, Ill.,
w h e re he was pastor of St.
Mark Lutheran Churc h .
Eilders received a doctorate
in counselor education at the
University of Iowa, a Master
of Divinity degree at
Wa r t b u rg Theological
S e m i n a ry, and master’s and
b a c h e l o r ’s degrees fro m
C o n c o rdia University-River
F o rest, Ill.
J o l y n n
To n s f e l d ti s
s e rving in a
o n e - y e a r
position as
an instructor
of education,
Jolynn To n s f e l d t
replacing the
re t i red Dr.
Ron Juff e r. She taught
English and German for 13
years at Le Mars Community
High School and spent the
last three years as a 4-H and
youth development specialist
in the Plymouth County
Extension Office. She earn e d
a master’s degree in education
from Drake University
and a bachelor’s degree fro m
Dana College.
Kevin Bullis ‘ 9 6, visiting
instructor in English, is
Kevin Bullis
s e rving as
the sabbatical
re p l a c e-
ment for Dr.
J o e l
We s t e rh o l m
this year.
Bullis completed
a
m a s t e r ’s degree in English at
We s t e rn Wa s h i n g t o n
U n i v e r s i t y. He has taught
composition at Whatcom
Community College and
We s t e rn Wa s h i n g t o n .
D a n y a l e
( Te m p l e
‘ 9 6 )
Ta m m i n g a
is serving as
a visiting
a s s i s t a n t
D a n y a l e
Ta m m i n g a
p rofessor of
t h e a t re this
fall, filling in
as Karen Barker’s sabbatical
replacement. She earned a
Master of Fine Arts degree in
acting at Ohio University.
She has directed pro d u c t i o n s
at Lynden Christian High
School in Washington and at
Orange City’s Unity Christian
High School.
N o n t a n d o
H a d e b e, visiting
instructor
in re l i g i o n
and Christian
education, is
D r. Jackie
Nontando Hadebe
S m a l l b o n e ’s
s a b b a t i c a l
replacement this fall. A
native of Zimbabwe and a
resident of South Africa, she
e a rned master’s and bachel
o r ’s degrees in theology at
the University of Natal.
Hadebe spoke at Yale and the
United Nations last spring on
s p i r i t u a l i t y, poverty, gender
issues and AIDS.
B u rch to coordinate
s e rvice learning eff o rt s
L i s a
B u rch, re s i-
dent dire c t o r
of North
Hall for the
last thre e
years, has
Lisa Burc h been named
the dire c t o r
of service learning. In this
new role, Burch will work
closely with Vice Pre s i d e n t
for Academic Affairs Kare n
Cianci and faculty to coord i-
nate efforts to integrate classroom
learning with whole
life experiences.
B u rc h s ’ re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
will include pro v i d i n g
re s o u rces for faculty who
want a service component for
their classes and helping to
make service an integral part
of the summer study abro a d
trips. She also will continue
to coordinate Urban Plunge, a
s e rvice learning experience
over fall mid-term and Easter
b reaks that teaches students
about poverty and homelessness
while involving them in
s e rvice to inner-city re s id e n t s .
“It is very impactful for
students to get a hands-on
experience for what they’re
l e a rning in class and have the
opportunity to use their
knowledge to serve others,”
says Burch. “Our goal is that
either through their work or
their reflection, they learn
something new about where
they served and the issues
i n v o l v e d .”
B u rch also will dire c t
N o r t h w e s t e rn s ’ new themed
housing project. This fall,
women students in three oncampus
cottages are exploring
what it means to live and
l e a rn in community as they
participate in study and discussion
related to a specific
theme. The cottages include
a Spanish house, in which
only Spanish language is spoken;
a residence devoted to
the issue of servant leadership;
and a community of
women looking at how
Tamar in Genesis 38 did the
right thing for her culture
and her society.
B u rch earned a master’s
d e g ree in college student
a ffairs from Azusa Pacific
U n i v e r s i t y, where she also
completed her underg r a d u a t e
e d u c a t i o n .
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