Fall 2003 - Northwestern College

C a m p u sn e w sN o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i cNew faculty come to NWCSeveral recently appointedfull-time faculty membersa re among the many newfaces at Nort h w e s t e rn thisfall.D r. LairdEdman joinsthe psychologydepartmentas ana s s o c i a t eD r. Laird Edmanp ro f e s s o r. Hecomes fro mIowa StateU n i v e r s i t y, where he wasassociate director of the honorsprogram. He pre v i o u s l ywas honors program dire c t o rand associate professor ofpsychology and English atWa l d o rf College, where hewas named the 1995P rofessor of the Ye a r. Hee a rned a doctorate in educationalpsychology from theUniversity of Minnesota,m a s t e r ’s degrees in counselingpsychology and Englishl i t e r a t u re from the Universityof Notre Dame, and a bachelo r ’s degree from Luther. Hereplaces Dr. Don Lindskoog,who re t i red in 2002.Also newto the psych o l o g yd e p a rtment isD r. JenniferF e e n s t r a ,assistant profe s s o r. Sherecently completedherD r. JenniferF e e n s t r adoctorate in psychology andm a s t e r ’s degree in teaching atthe University of NewH a m p s h i re, where she alsoe a rned a master’s in psycholog y. Feenstra did her undergraduatework at CalvinCollege. She replaces Dr.Doug Trimble, who is nowon the faculty at EasternUniversity in Pennsylvania.D r. JuyeonKang is anew assistantp rofessor ofmusic. Shehas been ap i a n oD r. Juyeon Kangi n s t ructor atthe SouthS h o re Conserv a t o ry inHingham, Mass., and theNew England Conserv a t o ryin Boston. She won first prizein 1998 at the JosefHofmann Piano Competitionat the University of SouthC a rolina at Aiken and at theHeida Hermanns Yo u n gA rtists Competition inS o u t h p o rt, Conn. Kange a rned her Doctor of MusicalA rts degree in piano perfo rm a n c e / l i t e r a t u re atEastman School of Music inR o c h e s t e r, N.Y., where shealso received master’s degre e sin pedagogy of music theoryand piano perf o rm a n c e / l i t e r-a t u re. She earned her bachelo r ’s degree at Seoul NationalU n i v e r s i t y. Kang re p l a c e sBrian Lee, who is teaching atthe Wheaton CollegeC o n s e rv a t o ry of Music andMoody Bible Institute.Jennifer Rogers has beenappointed to the kinesiologyd e p a rtment faculty andnamed program director ofathletic training after serv i n gNWC as head athletic trainersince 2000. She also was anathletic trainer for the Centerfor Neuro s c i e n c e s ,O rthopaedics and Spine inDakota Dunes, S.D. Rogersholds a master’s degree ineducation with an emphasisin biomechanicsand sportp s y c h o l o g yf rom theUniversity ofKansas. Shedid heru n d e rg r a d u- Jennifer Rogersate studies atBriar Cliff University. Shereplaces Wendy Potratz, whohas moved toB e m i d j i ,M i n n .After servingin a oneyearpositionas an instru c-Jolynn To n s f e l d ttor of educationlast year,Kevin BullisJolynn Tonsfeldt has beenappointed to a tenure - t r a c kfaculty position in the educationdepartment. She taughtEnglish and German for 13years at Le Mars CommunityHigh School and spent thre eyears as a 4-H and youthdevelopment specialist in thePlymouth County ExtensionO ffice. She earned a master’sd e g ree in education fro mDrake University and a bachel o r ’s degree from DanaC o l l e g e .Kevin Bullis ’96, a visitinginstructor in English lasty e a r, is serving in anotherone-year position as the sabba t i c a lre p l a c e m e n tfor Dr. KeithF y n a a rd t .Bullis completeda maste r ’s degre ein English atWe s t e rnWashington University andhas taught composition atWhatcom CommunityCollege and We s t e rnWa s h i n g t o n .R u t hG rossmann iss e rving as av i s i t i n gi n s t ructor inb i o l o g y, fillingin as Dr. SaraTo l s m a ’s sabba t i c a lRuth Gro s s m a nreplacement. She earned am a s t e r ’s degree in biology atthe University of Iowa. Shereceived a bachelor’s degre eat Georg i a ’s CovenantCollege, where she hass e rved as a visiting pro f e s s o rof biology.D r.A n d re wS a u e rw e i n ,visiting assistantpro f e s-sor of music,is Dr. MarcD r. Andre wS a u e rw e i nWo o l d r i d g e s’s a b b a t i c a lre p l a c e m e n t .S a u e rwein received a doctoraldegree in music compositionfrom Duke University,w h e re he has been a visitingi n s t ru c t o r. He earned master’sand bachelor’s degrees incontinued on page 118 ▲ F a l l 2 0 0 3