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Nykerk Moments ............................ 3
Faculty Books ..................... 7, 10-11
Secretary of State ........................ 13
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news from
HOPE COLLEGE
December 2002
The campus community joins us in wishing alumni and friends of the college both near
and far a rich measure of God’s grace and goodness during this Christmas season.
As you gather together with family and friends we trust that traditions will be
remembered and special moments cherished. Especially, we wish for you a time for
celebrating the birth of the Christ Child, our Savior and Lord.
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Campus Notes
Student program named outstanding
The Social Activities
Committee (SAC) has been
named best in the region.
SAC
won
the
“Excellence
in
Programming Award” from the Mid
America Region of the National Association
for Campus Activities (NACA) on Saturday,
Nov. 2, during the region’s annual conference. The event was held on Thursday–
Saturday, Oct. 31–Nov. 2, at the Grand
Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., with some
1,300 delegates from 137 colleges and universities attending.
SAC was honored in the category for
organizations with an annual programming
budget of $75,000 and above. Criteria
included effective use of resources, promotion of the program to students, student
involvement in planning and implementation, clarity and achievement of the
program’s goals, and effective program
evaluation.
The region presents a variety of awards
based on three budget levels: less than
$35,000; $35,000 to $75,000; and $75,000 and
above.
SAC programs social activities of an
all–campus nature, including Homecoming
events; a weekly film series; a weekly coffeehouse; comedians and other entertainers; dances including the annual
Fantasia formal; and off–campus trips for
activities including skiing, and to locations
such as amusement parks and other sites of
interest.
The award, based on an initial written
submission and then a presentation during
the conference, recognizes SAC for its
2001–02 programming year. The directors
of SAC last year were current seniors Mary
Chambers of Holland, Mich., and Carrie
Williams of Grand Haven, Mich.
Chambers and junior Sara Barber of Grand
Rapids are SAC’s directors this year. The
group’s advisor is Diana Breclaw, director
of student activities at Hope.
“Quote, unquote”
Quote, unquote is an
eclectic sampling of
things said at and about
Hope College.
During an “Arts and Humanities
Colloquium Series” talk on Wednesday, Oct.
16, historian Dr. Fred Johnson addressed “The
Historian as Novelist.” His novel
Bittersweet was published earlier this year,
and he has another enroute to publication. He
considered the way that truths can be conveyed through both academic and fictional
storytelling.
“[H]istory and writing a novel both
make use of the facility of words, language. And since I’m not completely in
the realm of English, and what I’m doing
is not completely in the realm of history,
it’s kind of like I have to establish an
uneasy truce between what I’m doing relative to the commands and the disciplines
of the historical profession, and also what
I think I’m trying to do relative to English
and literature...
“Words communicate thoughts, communicate feelings, famous/infamous
people, knowledge of events, controversies, and the story of small and great
struggles. Words for the historian are not
just a means to keep the ‘sacred past’ in
storage. The historian, when properly
using words, paints a vista that has the
ability to awe and inspire. Those words
have the ability to cause despair, or leave
the reader incredulous. Those words can
communicate the hope that maybe, just
maybe, the human species will survive...
“The power of history is to deliver to us
the small and grand details of our human
drama––the things that make us laugh, the
things that cause us to cry, ignite our rage,
make clear after the fact why people would
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lay down their lives for a cause. It is the storytelling potential of history that makes it a
type of factual novel if you will. If indeed,
truth is sometimes stranger than fiction––
or, as I’ve sometimes thought of it, truth
masquerades as fiction––then the irrational
stands a chance of being understood.
“It becomes possible to analyze the
shortcomings of lofty ideals in which, for
example, ‘We hold these truths to be
self–evident’ is uttered while denying basic
human rights to Blacks, Native Americans,
women and the poor. It becomes possible
to craft a novel from the historical reality of
the human experience... in which the inherent contradictions of individual and
collected humanity can be explored, directed, demonstrated, negated, uplifted, pulled
down or be brought to an either very tidy or
messy end.
“This is the uneasy truce, for in history
it is a rare occasion to get a tidy ending.
For the constant dynamic of the
cause–effect and the ceaseless activity of
human beings never lets you have, really, a
tidy ending––whatever it might be, over
whatever issue.
“In the novel, though, it must at some
point come to an end. There must be a
point where the story has been told, as
much as possible. The heroes can become
no more heroic, or the despicable can be no
more despised lest they lose their relation
to reality. The ending may be neat to
satisfy the yearning that somewhere in this
world, unlike the realities presented by
history, people might actually go on to live
happily–ever–after. The ending may be
left unresolved, following a more true
pattern to what the historical record tells
us in the case of humanity’s journey. On
the other hand, the ir–resolution might be
the best form of ending, signalling that
there is still a chance, an opportunity for us
to make things right.”
The student–run Social Activities Committee (SAC) has been named best in the Mid
America Region of the National Association for Campus Activities. SAC organizes
programs of an all–campus nature, like the annual “Spring Fling,” which gives students
a chance to unwind through a picnic, games and other activities on the Friday before
spring semester finals.
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HOPE COLLEGE
Volume 34, No. 3
December 2002
On the cover
Our main photo looks west through the Pine Grove as students travel campus while going
about the business of learning.
Our top center image shows junior James Grosse of Three Oaks, Mich., as he conducts research on
seed dispersal, mentored by Hope biologists Drs. K. Gregory Murray and Kathy Winnett–Murray.
The college’s emphasis on collaborative learning experiences is an award–winning Hope quality
that benefits students in many departments. The story is on page 20.
Our top right image shows junior Ed Huebner of Kalamazoo, Mich., in action as the men's
soccer team achieves victory in first-round NCAA regional competition with Dominican
University of Illinois. Coverage of the fall sports season begins on page nine.
Volume 34, No. 3 December 2002
Published for Alumni, Friends and
Parents of Hope College by the Office of
Public Relations. Should you receive
more than one copy, please pass it on to
someone in your community. An overlap
of Hope College constituencies makes
duplication sometimes unavoidable.
Editor: Thomas L. Renner ’67
Managing Editor: Gregory S. Olgers ’87
Layout and Design:
Holland Litho Service, Inc.
Printing: News Web Printing Services
of Greenville, Mich.
Contributing Photographers:
Harvey Blankespoor, Lou Schakel ’71,
Phil Wilcox
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equal rights, equal opportunities and equal
protection under the law. Hope College admits
students of any race, color, national and ethnic
origin, sex, creed or disability to all the rights,
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prohibiting discrimination in employment.
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Campus Notes
HOPE FOR HUMANITY: The alumni
H–Club presented its “Hope for Humanity
Award” to Robert Van Dis ’47 of Kalamazoo
on Saturday, Oct. 12.
The award, first presented in 1990, recognizes Hope athletic alumni for service to
others, transformation of Christian values
and consistency of commitment. The H–Club
consists of Hope alumni who were athletic
letter winners and other honorary letter
winners as approved by the H–Club’s Board
of Directors. The group recognized Van Dis
during its annual Homecoming luncheon,
held in the Haworth Inn and Conference
Center.
Van Dis has served Hope in a variety of
ways. He is a past “Class Representative” for
the Class of ’47, has helped to organize class
reunions, and is a past member of the H–Club
Board of Directors. For several years, he
helped acquaint high school athletes with the
college by bringing them to Hope football
and basketball banquets. He spoke at the
dedication for the college’s Milton L. Hinga
Student Services Center. His faithful financial
support has included establishing, in 1992,
the Van Dis Scholarship Fund.
ROOM NAMED:
Also during the
H–Club’s Homecoming luncheon on
Saturday, Oct. 12, the college recognized Dr.
Kenneth Weller ’48 of Knoxville, Iowa, and
announced the naming of the new weight
room in the Dow Center in his honor.
Jim Jurries ’63 (a former student of Dr.
Weller) and his wife Ginger Huizenga ’64
Jurries of Holland, Mich., provided the
funding for the renovation.
Dr. Weller served as a member of the economics and business administration faculty,
and football coach, at Hope from 1949 until
1969, when he became the president of
Central College in Pella, Iowa. Hope presented him with a Distinguished Alumni Award
in 1971, and an honorary degree in 1983.
Dr. Weller was accompanied to the
H–Club event by his wife, Shirely Gess ’50
Weller.
NEUROSCIENCE FOCUS: A growing
program at Hope finds its focus in the blurring boundaries of science.
The college is developing a concentration
in neuroscience, which blends traditionally–
independent disciplines including biology,
chemistry and psychology in studying the
brain. A new grant from the National Science
Foundation (NSF) is helping Hope create a
laboratory course to complement a lecture
section established in the spring of 2001.
Where things go from there has yet to be
determined, but according to Dr. Leah Chase
of the Hope faculty the initial course has been
well received.
“There’s definitely interest among the
student population in having such a
program,” said Dr. Chase, who holds a joint
appointment as an assistant professor of
biology and chemistry and was brought to
Hope in 2000 to initiate the program. “We’ve
maxed out the enrollment both times.”
Dr. Chase noted that while the field of neuroscience has been around for decades, the
greatest growth in the discipline––a result of
rising interest in and federal funding for brain
research––took place during the 1990s, a
period that she said has been termed “the
decade of the brain.”
In keeping with neuroscience’s multidisciplinary focus, the lecture course at
Hope has examined a variety of topics,
ranging from neurotransmitters; to how a
group of neurons work together for a
response, such as the “knee–jerk reaction”;
to memory and learning; to diseases such
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Nykerk memories
It is one of the college’s
oldest traditions.
First held in 1936, the annual Nykerk
Cup competition showcases a blend of
freshman and sophomore talent in friendly
rivalry. The event is also intended to
provide a chance to get new students
involved, and to provide leadership opportunities for upperclass students.
It succeeds. Some 200 students participated in this year’s mix of choral song,
comic plays and carefully prepared individual oration. In keeping with Nykerk’s
Even–Year/Odd–Year design, members of
the junior and senior classes coached the
freshman and sophomore classes respectively, and organized the event itself.
The freshmen won this year’s contest,
presented on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the
Holland Civic Center as part of Parents’
Weekend.
(Editor’s Note: As reported in the last issue,
audio recordings of selected past Nykerks are
available for purchase on compact disc through
the Hope–Geneva Bookstore. Those available
are 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977–89, 1991 and
1994–97. More information may be obtained by
calling the bookstore at 1–800–946–4673 or
online at: hopebookstore.com.)
Smiles with the cup. From left to right are junior Meridith De Avila, ’06 oration
coach; junior Samantha Hyde, ’06 song directing coach; senior Hillary
Noordeloos, Nykerk general chair; and senior Kristi Cummings, ’05 oration
coach.
Above left, the Class of ’06 performs “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Above right, Peter Vanderpan (Lacy Peterson) and Captain
Clompin (Holli Cooper) do battle in the ’05 play, “Peter Vanderpan from Dutchy Dutchy Land.”
as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
The new laboratory course will adapt previously published exercises in two general
areas: neurophysiology, and learning and
memory. Significantly, according to Dr.
Chase, Hope’s approach will require students
to move beyond the exercises to applying the
lessons in research projects of their own.
“The emphasis in the Natural Science
Division at Hope is that science is best learned
by doing,” she said. “We want them to be
active participants, learn the scientific method
and become better scientists because of that.”
Faculty Kudos
Barry Bandstra of the religion faculty
wants to give away what he knows, to
anyone who’s interested.
Dr. Bandstra is developing “Reading
Hebrew,” a Web–based course that he
intends to make available for free. He hopes
to make it easier for others to learn biblical
Hebrew by providing a resource for colleagues at other institutions and even
individual students.
“One of my goals is to provide a tool that
would encourage and facilitate teaching biblical Hebrew at the college level, especially at
liberal arts colleges where staffing and
resources in Old Testament may be low,” said
Dr. Bandstra, a professor of religion and chair
of the department at Hope. “I also hope that
the learning package will be useful for individual students of biblical literature who may
not have access to college or seminary
instruction, such as pastors who desire to
learn, review or further develop their biblical
Hebrew reading skills.”
Dr. Bandstra is developing a package of
materials that can be used in a two–semester
course sequence. In support of his work, he
has received a $14,256 grant from the Wabash
Center for Teaching and Learning in
Theology and Religion, which is based at
Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind.
The package will include the entire
Hebrew Bible, sound files, and a full set of
grammar lessons, and self–graded exercises
and tests. Dr. Bandstra also hopes that it will
be inviting. “The basic premise of my work
developing Internet resources for biblical
study is that instructors must find them
extremely easy to use,” he said.
The Web–based resource is just the sort of
material that Dr. Bandstra, an Old Testament
scholar who has been at Hope since 1983,
would like to have in his own teaching. In
fact, he has already been using a preliminary
version in his biblical Hebrew course at Hope,
and intends to use the completed edition as
well.
The project combines two of his scholarly
interests: biblical Hebrew linguistics, and the
use of computing technology as an instructional tool.
The content will feature a grammar of biblical Hebrew that Dr. Bandstra has developed
using a “functional” approach to learning language––meaning with a primary emphasis on
learning the language as a means of communication, with secondary emphasis on
memorizing forms and rules.
(See “Campus Notes” on page eight.)
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Events
Academic Calendar
LOS
Spring Semester
Jan. 5, Sunday––Residence halls open, noon
Jan. 6, Monday––Registration for new students, Maas Center
auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Jan. 7, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.
Feb. 7, Friday––Winter Recess begins, 6 p.m.
Feb. 12, Wednesday––Winter Recess ends, 8 a.m.
March 14, Friday––Spring Recess begins, 8 a.m.
March 24, Monday––Spring Recess ends, 8 a.m.
April 18, Friday––Good Friday. Classes not in session, but not
an official holiday
April 24, Thursday––Honors Convocation, Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 7 p.m.
April 25, Friday––Spring Festival; classes dismissed at 1 p.m.
April 28–May 2, Monday–Friday––Semester Examinations
May 2, Friday––Residence halls close for those not participating in Commencement, 5 p.m.
May 3, Saturday––Alumni Day
May 4, Sunday––Baccalaureate and Commencement; residence halls close for graduating seniors, 7 p.m.
May Term––May 5–30
June Term––June 2–27
July Term––June 30–July 25
Summer Seminars––July 28–Aug. 1
ANGELES
GUITAR
QUARTET
Admissions
Campus Visits: The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. until noon on
Saturdays. Tours and admissions interviews are available
during the summer as well as the school year.
Appointments are recommended.
Visitation Days offer specific programs for prospective students, including transfers and high school juniors and seniors.
The programs show students and their parents a typical day in
the life of a Hope student.
Monday, Jan. 20 Friday, Feb. 14
Friday, Jan. 31
Friday, Feb. 28
Junior Days: Friday, April 4; Friday, April 11
Pre–Professional Day: Wednesday, May 21
For further information about any Admissions Office event, please
call (616) 395–7850, or toll free 1–800–968–7850; check on–line at
www.hope.edu/admissions; or write: Hope College Admissions
Office; 69 E. 10th St.; PO Box 9000; Holland, MI; 49422–9000.
Dance
InSync Dance Theatre––Friday–Saturday, Jan. 31–Feb. 1
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citizens and students, and will be available at the door.
Dance 29––Thursday–Saturday, March 6–8
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citizens and students. Information concerning advance ticket sales
will be available by mid–February.
Contemporary Motions––Friday–Saturday, April 4–5
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citizens and students, and will be available at the door.
Spring Student Dance Concert––Monday–Tuesday, April 14–15
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Aerial Dance Theatre Spring Concert––Friday–Saturday,
May 16–17
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citizens and students, and will be available at the door.
Cecchetti International Ballet Summer School Concerts––
Saturday, July 19
Knickerbocker Theatre, 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
DePree Gallery
“Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the
Myth of Daedalus”––Monday, Jan. 13–Friday, Feb. 7
“Going Dutch: Contemporary Artists and Dutch Artistic
Tradition”––Monday, Feb. 17–Friday, March 14
Reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 28.
“Senior Show”––Friday, April 4–Sunday, May 4
Work by graduating Hope seniors.
The gallery’s school–year hours are Monday through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
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The Great Performance
Series will feature the
Los Angeles Guitar
Quartet on Tuesday,
Feb. 18, at 8 p.m.
in Dimnent Memorial
Chapel.
Great Performance Series
Anthony Zerbe in “It’s All Done With Mirrors” –– Saturday,
Jan. 11: Knickerbocker Theatre, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet –– Tuesday, Feb. 18: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Oleksiy Koltakov, pianist –– Thursday, March 6: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Camerata Sweden –– Friday, April 4: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m.
Individual tickets for Great Performance Series events are $14 for
regular adult admission, $12 for senior citizens and members of the
Hope faculty and staff, and $5 for children under 18 and Hope students, and go on sale approximately one week prior to the show.
Season subscriptions are available for $55 for adults, $45 for senior
citizens, $20 for Hope students and $115 for families. Additional
information may be obtained by calling (616) 395–6996.
Theatre
Laramie Project––Friday–Saturday, Feb. 14–15; Wednesday–
Saturday, Feb. 19–22
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
The Birds––Wednesday–Saturday, April 23–26
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets for Hope College Theatre productions are $7 for regular adult
admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for senior citizens
and students, and will be available approximately two weeks before
the production opens. The ticket office is open Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., and
may be called at (616) 395–7890.
Student Spoken–Word Performance –– Thursday, Jan. 16
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
A student performance directed by Anthony Zerbe.
Admission is free.
Actors from the London Stage––Wednesday, Feb. 26; Friday,
Feb. 28, Saturday, March 1
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets are $14 for regular adult admission, $12 for senior
citizens and members of the Hope faculty and staff, and $5
for children under 18 and Hope students. They will be sold
at the theatre lobby box office in the DeWitt Center on
Tuesday–Friday, Feb. 4–7; Wednesday–Saturday, Feb.
12–15; Monday–Saturday, Feb. 17–22; and Monday–
Saturday, Feb. 24–March 1.
Visiting Writers Series
Tuesday, Jan. 28––Peter Ho Davies
Thursday, Feb. 27––Glenis Redmond
Thursday, March 27––Robert Olen Butler and Elizabeth
Dewberry
Tuesday, April 22––Lucy Grealy and Mong–Lan
All of this year’s readings will be at the Knickerbocker Theatre
beginning at 7 p.m. Live music by the Hope College Jazz
Chamber Ensemble will precede the readings at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free. For more information, please call the department of English at (616) 395–7620.
Alumni and Friends
Regional Events
Various Locations Nationwide––Saturday, Jan. 18
A gathering with Hope and Calvin alumni to watch
the Hope–Calvin men’s basketball game on a
big–screen television. The game, hosted by Calvin at
the Knollcrest Fieldhouse, starts at 3 p.m. Eastern
Time. A mailing with details will be sent to the areas
hosting a satellite party. Locations will also be listed
on www.hope.edu/alumni.
Winter Happening––Saturday, Jan. 25
Please see the advertisement on page 15 for more
information.
Alumni Weekend––Friday–Sunday, May 2–4
Includes reunions for every fifth class from ’38 through ’83.
For more information concerning alumni events, please call the
Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616) 395–7860.
Traditional Events
Honors Convocation––Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m.
Baccalaureate and Commencement––Sunday, May 4
Instant Information
Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may be
obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395–7888.
(See “Events” on page six.)
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Legacies: A Vision of Hope
The final phase, a lasting difference
Hope makes a difference that
the world can’t afford to be without.
As he considers the importance of the Legacies: A Vision of
Hope comprehensive campaign, co–chair Phil Miller ’65 sees
a strong case in the daily headlines that reflect a world in
pain.
“I think it is more evident than it’s ever been that the
Hope College graduate is so much needed in our society,” he
said.
“Simply said, we need knowledgeable, motivated, ethical
leaders,” Miller said. “And the scandals of the last 12
months have certainly driven that home.”
“Hope College provides that kind of leader, but will only
be able to if we have the resources,” he said. “And we need
to be able to provide that education at an affordable cost.”
That’s where Legacies: A Vision of Hope comes in. With its
emphasis on enhancing both facilities and endowment, the
$105 million campaign is designed to have a positive impact
on every area of the campus community.
Legacies: A Vision of Hope has four primary components:
building an 86,000 square foot science addition and renovating the Peale Science Center; improving and adding other
facilities including the Martha Miller Center for Global
Communication; increasing the endowment; and building
the DeVos Fieldhouse. Much has been accomplished in each
since the campaign was launched in October of 2000, but
much also remains to be done.
Science Center
Construction began on the new science center in March,
and is scheduled for completion in time for the fall, 2003,
semester. Renovation of the 30–year–old Peale Science
Center will follow.
Given the changes in science and in science education in
the past three decades, it was absolutely essential for the
college to begin work on the new building. Hope’s nationally ranked program in the sciences was at risk.
The decision to begin, though, was difficult. Even as construction proceeds, nearly $14 million still needs to be raised
to reach the total project cost of $36 million.
Martha Miller Center for Global
Communication/Campus Development
Completed projects include the renovation of the Dow
Center to include new dance studios and health and fitness
rooms; renovation of Dimnent Memorial Chapel’s stained
glass windows and stonework; addition of an organ studio
to Nykerk Hall of Music; and property acquisitions including a neighboring office building that is housing the
department of psychology during the science center construction and properties for additional parking.
The college has also acquired the former Lincoln School
property on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street as the future
Legacies: A Vision of Hope, launched in October of
2000, aims to raise $105 million by December of 2003.
The four primary initiatives are: renovating and expanding the Peale Science Center; constructing the DeVos
Fieldhouse; increasing the endowment; and general
campus improvements, including the construction of the
Martha Miller Center for communication and modern
and classical languages.
For more information about the campaign, please
visit the college online at www.hope.edu or call (616)
395–7393. To make a pledge to the campaign, please call
(616) 395–7775.
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Multiple projects are underway or on–deck because of Legacies: A Vision of Hope. Pictured is an artist’s
rendering of the interior of the DeVos Fieldhouse, construction of which will begin next year. While much has
been accomplished, however, much also remains to be done––including completing funding for the fieldhouse.
site of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication,
and will break ground for the building in the spring of 2003.
Careful thought has been given to the role of the new building, with an estimated cost of $8.5 million, since its
announcement in the summer of 1999. It will become home
to the departments of communication and modern and classical languages, and the offices of multicultural life and
international education, a synergistic combination intended
to serve all well.
Other projects that are planned include restoration of historic Graves Hall and renovation of Lubbers Hall.
Fund–raising for the initiative continues. The total campaign goal for campus development is $19 million, of which
nearly $6 million has been raised.
Endowment
Endowment is something like a savings account––the
college invests the principal, and spends the interest.
Endowment gifts provide scholarship support, enhance
faculty retention and recruitment, provide student/faculty
research opportunities, and strengthen spiritual life programs and essential educational programs.
Endowment successes during Legacies include the creation of 91 endowed scholarships and three new endowed
professorships. Contributions to the endowment have been
generous, even extraordinary.
Unfortunately, the economy has been less kind.
According to William Anderson, senior vice president for
finance and development, because of the sagging economy
the endowment has dropped from a high of about $127
million two years ago to approximately $105 million today.
Hope remains near the bottom among its peer schools in
both total endowment value and endowment–per–student.
Hope is a far–distant second–to–last in per–student endowment among the 12 Great Lakes Colleges Association
Schools. During 2001–02, 11th–place Hope had $39,762 per
student; 10th–place Ohio Wesleyan had $66,619.
Fund–raising for the endowment is on–going, and very
essential. While an economic recovery will result in some
gains, the immediate decline in income available from the
endowment requires additional support. Thus, while
endowment gifts have exceeded the Legacies endowment
goal of $30 million by $2 million, the negative economic
impact requires Hope to seek more.
DeVos Fieldhouse
The opportunity to build the DeVos Fieldhouse arose
because of a $7.5 million gift from the Richard and Helen
DeVos Foundation. The project originally developed inde-
pendently of the campaign, but was added into Legacies this
spring given the progress made in both efforts, which
proved complementary.
The building will become home court for the volleyball
and men’s and women’s basketball programs, and will
house the athletic training program. It will be owned and
operated by Hope and serve as a community resource for
local events, helping to meet an area–wide need for such
space.
The college acquired the Western Foundry Inc. property
on Fairbanks Avenue at 9th Street for the project this
summer. Ground will be broken in the late summer/early
fall of 2003, with completion scheduled for late fall of 2004.
As with the campaign’s other initiatives, however,
although the need for the facility is such that Hope cannot
afford to wait, fund–raising is not yet complete. The total
cost for the DeVos Fieldhouse is $20 million, of which nearly
$14 million has been raised.
Even as crucial needs remain, support so far of Legacies: A
Vision of Hope has been encouraging. Some $92 million has
been raised, a total that includes undesignated gifts that will
eventually be shared among the four primary campaign
components.
“We’re very pleased with where we are in the campaign,”
said President James Bultman ’63. “We have examples of
great generosity on the part of much of our constituency, and
also examples of very sacrificial giving, and we’re grateful
for both.”
The emphasis in fund–raising so far has been on leadership gifts. Gifts and pledges from the members of the Board
of Trustees, for example, total more than $20 million. In the
coming months, Legacies will enter its final phase, with the
entire Hope family asked to participate.
As the campaign enters its home stretch, the hope is that
all in the college’s constituency will appreciate the significant
difference that their gifts can make in shaping young people
into the leaders of tomorrow.
“The challenge remains to finish strong in the campaign.
It’s a big challenge, given the economic times,” President
Bultman said. “If there was a time when Hope really needed
its constituency to be supportive of a capital campaign, this
is it. The things that we have done or are doing are, I think,
crucial to the vitality of the college.”
“As we call on more of our constituency in the months
ahead, we hope that they will be as generous as they can
be in helping us to build the infrastructure at Hope that
will allow for the very best education for 3,000 students,”
he said.
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Christmas Vespers
Bring a beloved Hope tradition home for the holidays by enjoying
Christmas Vespers on one of the radio stations that will feature the service
this year. Contact the station in your area for the day and time.
NEBRASKA
Omaha–KCRO–AM
ARKANSAS
Little Rock–KAAY–AM
Springdale–KOFC/KAYH–AM
NEW YORK
Syracuse–WMHR–FM
CONNECTICUT
Middletown–WIHS–FM
NEW JERSEY
Zarephath–WAWZ–FM
INDIANA
Gary–WGVE–FM
NORTH CAROLINA
Mooresville–WHIP–AM
IOWA
Boone–KFGQ–AM/FM
Mason City–KCMR–FM
Shenandoah–KYFR–AM
Sioux Center–KDCR–FM
Sioux Center–KSOU–AM
Spencer–KICD–AM
OHIO
Jefferson–WCVJ–FM
Springfield–WEEC–FM
KENTUCKY
Hopkinsville–WNKJ–FM
West Liberty–WLKS–AM
MICHIGAN
Bad Axe–WLEW–AM
Bloomfield Hills–WBFH–FM
Dowagiac–WVHQ–FM
Escanaba–WCHT–AM
PENNSYLVANIA
Wellsboro–WLIH–FM
SOUTH DAKOTA
Yankton–WNAX–AM
Grand Rapids–WFUR–FM
Broadcast plans include some
evenings at 9:30–10:30 p.m.,
and Christmas Day.
Hillsdale–WCSR AM/FM
Holland–WHTC–AM
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m.;
Saturday, Dec. 21, 6 p.m.;
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 3 p.m.;
Wednesday, Dec. 25,
9:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo–WKPR–AM
Marquette–WNMU–FM
Port Huron–WPHM–AM
Zeeland–WGNB–FM
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.
MINNESOTA
Worthington–KWOA–AM/FM
VIRGINIA
Roanoke–WRIS–AM
WASHINGTON
Seattle–KNHC–F
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington–WEMM–FM
WISCONSIN
Waupun–WMRH–AM
Events
Music
Senior Recital––Sunday, Jan. 12: pianist Joseph Deller of
Dearborn, Mich., Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 3 p.m.
Admission is free.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band––Wednesday, Jan. 22:
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for the
general public, $10 for Hope faculty and staff, and $5 for
Hope students, and will be sold at the theatre lobby box
office in the DeWitt Center on Tuesday–Saturday, Jan. 7–11;
Wednesday– Friday, Jan. 15–17; and Monday–Wednesday,
Jan. 20–22.
Concerto/Aria Concert––Friday, Jan. 24: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Combined Senior Recital––Saturday, Jan. 25: tenor Daniel
DuPuis of Flushing, Mich., and soprano Abby Whitenight of
Ludington, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Senior Recital––Saturday, Jan. 25: clarinetist Jeremy Davis of
Egan, Ill., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 6 p.m.
Admission is free.
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet––
Wednesday, Jan. 29: Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Guest Pianist––Friday, Jan. 31: Michael Sheppard, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Saturday, Feb. 1: saxophonist Richard
VanVoorst of Holland, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk
Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Saturday, Feb. 1: violinist Benjamin Fuhrman
of Lansing, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Feb. 2: Wichers Auditorium
of Nykerk Hall of Music, 3 p.m. Admission is free.
Christian Music Series––Friday, Feb. 14: Michael Card;
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for the general
public and $7 for Hope students. Tickets will be sold to Hope
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform on
Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial
Chapel.
students on Tuesday–Wednesday, Feb. 4–5, and will be sold to
the general public on Thursday–Friday, Feb. 6–7, and
Wednesday–Friday, Feb. 12–14. They will be available at the
theatre lobby box office in the DeWitt Center.
Chamber Quartet––Wednesday, Feb. 19: Ceruti, a chamber
quartet from the University of Memphis, Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Symphonette Concert––Friday, Feb. 21: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Feb. 23: Wichers Auditorium
of Nykerk Hall of Music, 3 p.m. Admission is free.
Wind Symphony Concert––Wednesday, Feb. 26: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Jazz Ensemble I Concert––Thursday, Feb. 27: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Friday, Feb. 28: organist Heidi Dykema of
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Senior Recital––Saturday, March 1: cellist Nicholas Toben of
Troy, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8
p.m. Admission is free.
Musical Showcase––Monday, March 3: DeVos Hall, Grand
Rapids, Mich., 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Additional information
to be announced.
Opera Workshop––Wednesday, March 5: Wichers
Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission is
free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, March 9: violinist Mihai
Craioveanu, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 2
p.m. Admission is free.
Orchestra Concert––Wednesday, March 12: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Chapel Choir Concert––Monday, March 24: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Percussion Ensemble––Monday, March 31: Snow Auditorium
of Nykerk Hall of Music, 7 p.m. Admission is free.
Senior Recital—Wednesday, April 2: soprano Alyson Payne
of Three Oaks, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Thursday, April 3: soprano Sara Luneack of
Alma, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8
p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Friday, April 4: violinist Titus Munteneau of
Brasov, Romania, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Junior Recital––Saturday, April 5: violist Joseph Gutowski of
Muskegon, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 2 p.m. Admission is free.
Senior Recital––Saturday, April 5: soprano Laura Litteral of
Jackson, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music,
6 p.m. Admission is free.
Christian Music Series––Saturday, April 5: Fred Hammond;
with the Hope College Gospel Choir. Additional information
to be announced.
Senior Recital––Wednesday, April 9: soprano Crystal
Stabenow of Mount Pleasant, Mich., Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free.
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Faculty Kudos
Intuition has the answers – sometimes
In his new book, psychologist David Myers shows that intuition is both remarkably
useful and spectacularly misleading. The key is to know which is when.
T
“ rust your feelings”
or “The facts speak for
themselves”?
In his new look at intuition, psychologist
Dr. David Myers of the psychology faculty
suggests developing a healthy appreciation
for both points of view.
In his new book Intuition: Its Powers and
Perils, published by Yale University Press,
Dr. Myers considers psychology’s take on
the “voice within,” giving attention to a mix
of topics ranging from first impressions, to
the fear of flying, playing the lottery, shooting streaks in basketball and choosing
stocks.
“The new research on the powers of automatic, out–of–sight information processing
that has accumulated over the last 10 years
is fascinating,” said Dr. Myers, who is the
John Dirk Werkman Professor of
Psychology. “Psychological science gives
new affirmation of the huge powers of
unconscious, intuitive information processing and how it guides our lives. But it also
points us to the perils.”
As one example of how intuition can go
wrong, Dr. Myers considers an example
from the sports world: the “hot hand” in
basketball––the way that scoring streaks are
often interpreted as meaningful. In one
study, he writes, “nine of 10 fans agreed that
a player has a better chance of making a shot
after just making two or three shots than
after just missing two or three shots,” and he
quotes coaches and commentators who
share the view.
Analysis of thousands of shot sequences
tells another story, according to Dr. Myers:
each player’s overall average is the best predictor of what is likely to happen next.
“Could it really be that nearly all players,
coaches, and fans––after observing thousands of shot sequences––are deluded in
believing that players are more likely to
score after scoring and miss after missing?,”
he writes. “Yes, it really could be. And the
reason is simple. They’re not misperceiving
streaks––basketball shooting is streaky––
they are misinterpreting them.”
He recognizes that his counter–intuitive
sport analysis isn’t necessarily popular or
accepted. The book notes that one broadcaster responded to the information with,
“Please tell the stat man to get a life.”
However, Dr. Myers writes, intuition also
gets things right. In one study of first
impressions, student instant evaluations of
teachers based on a brief video clip reflected
the average ratings given at the end of the
semester by students who had been in the
entire course. In another study, people in
China accurately guessed Americans’ extrovertedness based solely on photos, while
their American counterparts did the same in
return.
“There is ancient biological wisdom to
this express link between perception and
response,” he writes. “Those who could
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read a person accurately were more likely to
survive and leave descendants, which helps
explain why humans today can detect at a
glance the facial expressions of anger,
sadness, fear, or pleasure. Small wonder
that the first 10 seconds of a relationship tell
us a great deal, or that our capacity for
reading nonverbal cues crosses cultures.”
In an anecdotal example, Dr. Myers
relays the story of a woman who encountered a polite, clean–cut youth while leaving
her church prayer group. Something about
him seemed wrong to her as they talked,
and ultimately she called the police. It
turned out that he had murdered his
mother, a crime that had not yet been discovered.
“Our speedy social intuition packs
enough insight to serve us well,” Dr. Myers
writes.
Dr. Myers hopes his book will help
people distinguish between the useful
instincts and the misguided interpretations
that can deceive them. “It’s really a book
that aims to enhance people’s powers of critical thinking,” he said.
For example, while helpful in some situations, superficial impressions can be
deceptive in others. Two psychologists’
review of 85 years of personnel selection
research found that interviews “are weak
predictors” in anticipating job productivity,
suggesting that employers consider carefully their approach to hiring. “If there’s a
contest between what your gut tells you
about someone and what test scores, work
samples, and peer ratings tell you, go with
the latter,” Dr. Myers writes.
Intuition, he notes, also tends to place too
much emphasis on vivid examples. That
one person won $197 million in a lottery is
remembered more readily than the 328
million losing tickets that built the jackpot.
Images of horrific plane crashes override
awareness of the thousands of safe flights
daily, such that travelers are more concerned about flying than the statistically–
riskier drive to the airport.
“Dramatic outcomes capture our attention; probabilities we hardly grasp,” he said.
“The result: We overvalue lottery tickets,
overestimate flight risk, and underestimate
the dangers of driving.”
Being aware of such intuitive inclinations
can help in overcoming them, according to
Dr. Myers. He noted that investors, for
example, can find lessons in research into
“loss aversion.”
Studies have found that people “feel that
pain from a loss twice as keenly as we feel
the pleasure from a similar–sized gain,” Dr.
Myers writes. “In experiments, people
prefer a sure gain over flipping a coin for
double or nothing. Yet they will readily flip
a coin on a double or nothing chance to avert
a loss.”
The phenomenon, he said, is reflected in
a study of 10,000 brokerage accounts, which
showed that investors were more likely to
sell a winning stock than a losing one.
“There’s no logically right answer
The research on intuition was so compelling that Dr. David Myers of the psychology faculty was inspired to write a book about it. Intuition: Its Powers and Perils is
intended for a general audience.
here––no investor knows the future value of
either stock. But the preference is curious,
given that, rationally, an investor’s goal is to
make money, not redeem past mistakes,”
Dr. Myers writes. “Our aversion to loss
deters us from locking in the loss, which
becomes real and final––not just a paper
loss––the moment we sell.”
While keeping the loser might be a sound
financial strategy, he said, it could also be a
result of the aversion to losing.
Understanding such intuitive responses, Dr.
Myers feels, is key to determining how
much of a role they might be playing, whatever the arena.
“When forming judgments and making
decisions––in business, politics, sports, religion, and other everyday realms––
discerning people will welcome the powers
of their gut wisdom yet know when to
restrain it with rational, reality–based critical thinking,” he writes. “Most of the time,
our autopilot’s perceptions and intuitions
are good enough, and they probably exist
because they enabled our ancestors to
survive and reproduce. But sometimes in
the modern world accuracy really matters.
When it does, reason should rule.”
Dr. Myers has been a member of the
Hope faculty since 1967. His research and
writings have appeared in a dozen books
and in five dozen periodicals, from Science to
Scientific American. His other books for a
general audience include The Pursuit of
Happiness: Who Is Happy––And Why, A Quiet
World: Living with Hearing Loss and The
American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age
of Plenty. His textbooks for introductory and
social psychology are studied at nearly 1,000
colleges and universities.
Intuition: Its Powers and Perils is available
in hardcover, and retails for $24.95. Free
excerpts are available at www.davidmyers.org.
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Alumni News
Trip will feature Galapagos
Students know a good
thing when they see it.
The college’s May Term to the Galapagos
Islands, led by biologist Dr. Harvey
Blankespoor, is so in demand that it regularly runs at capacity.
“We’ve always had large groups. It’s
been a very popular trip,” said Dr.
Blankespoor, who has been leading teams
of students to the islands since the late
1980s.
He appreciates that participants have
come away from the May Term feeling like
this alumna who even a few years later had
this to say: “She said, ‘Well, if I had to name
15 of the most exciting things that I did in
my life, I did 13 of them in that three–week
period.’”
This summer, alumni and friends of the
college will be able to gain the same learning experiences that have made the class
such a hit. In an educational trip scheduled
for June 5–21, Dr. Blankespoor will lead
participants to the Galapagos Islands as
well as to sites of cultural and historical
interest in Ecuador and Peru on the South
American mainland.
The trip is scheduled in the tradition of
faculty–led educational visits abroad that
through the years have included countries
ranging from Germany to Morocco to Costa
Rica to Great Britain to Russia to Turkey.
Participants will be registered for one hour
of continuing education credit through the
college.
The Galapagos Islands rose to fame
through the work of naturalist Charles
Darwin, who visited them in 1835 and drew
upon them in his scientific writing. The
Hope trip will include several sites during
an eight–day, 520–mile cruise that will
feature multiple islands in the archipelago.
Highlights will include a visit to the Charles
Darwin Station as it works with tortoises, a
horseback ride to the edge of a volcanic
crater, and encounters with wildlife so tame
that visitors are greeted not with fear but
languid curiosity.
The 75–foot cabin cruisers will be chartered for the Hope trip specifically, lending
flexibility should other opportunities arise.
“If we hear that there are whales in a certain
part of a bay that’s not far away, we go,” Dr.
Blankespoor said.
Participants will leave the U.S. from
Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, June 5, and
arrive in Quito, Ecuador. Time in Ecuador
before leaving for the islands on June 9 will
include visits to the communities of
Otavalo, Cotacotchi and Calderon, known,
respectively, for knitted goods, leatherworking and dough figurines.
The visit to Peru will follow the time in
the Galapagos. Highlights will include the
current capital of Lima; Cuzco, former
capital of the Incas; and the historic ruins of
Machu Picchu.
Dr. Harvey Blankespoor joined the Hope
faculty in 1976. Acclaimed as a teacher, he
received the Hope Outstanding Professor
Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award from the graduating class in 1980, and was named the
national 1991 Professor of the Year by The
The absence of natural predators has made Galapagos inhabitants like the sea lion
at right remarkably unafraid of visitors. Harboring varied and unique wildlife, the
Galapagos are an important and popular destination for scientists and enthusiasts
from the general public alike.
Council for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) and The Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. Although he retired in the spring
of 2002 as the Frederich Garrett and Helen
Floor Dekker Professor of Biology, he has
continued to teach at Hope part–time.
The total cost for the tour was still being
finalized as of press time, but will be
approximately $4,000, including one hour
of tuition for continuing education. The
registration deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 15,
due to the need to reserve the boats for the
islands based on participation.
Those interested in the trip may register
or obtain more information by e-mailing Dr.
Blankespoor at blankespoor@hope.edu or
calling him at home at (616) 335–9829. He
may also be reached through the department
of biology's office by calling (616) 395-7720.
Campus Notes
(Continued from page three.)
James E. Bultman ’63, president of Hope
and professor of education, has an essay
included in College Faith: 150 Christian Leaders
and Educators Share Faith Stories from Their
Student Days.
Published by Andrews University Press,
the book brings together the personal faith
perspectives of scores of leaders in Christian
higher education, including more than 60
college, university or seminary presidents.
The testimonies are presented to cover a wide
range of issues faced by any Christian student
in any age: academic struggles, financial
crises, satisfying or frustrating personal relationships, opportunities to witness and the
call to follow Jesus.
President Bultman’s essay, “A Few Godly
Men,” reflects on the positive influence of his
coaches while he was a student at Hope. He
reflects on the way that they taught through
their coaching, emphasizing excellence in
sport while keeping the activity in perspective, and through the way that they lived out
their faith.
“These godly men did not wear their
religion on their sleeves,” he wrote.
“Rather, it was an inherent part of the
fabric of their lives. They lived their faith
every day, and it was experienced by those
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“Chapel Beach” (black and white gelatin silver print, 8”x34”), one of the photographs by faculty member Steve Nelson selected
for a group exhibition of Creative Artist Grant Award winners this fall. Please see the story on page 18.
of us who had the privilege of coming
under their tutelage.”
President Bultman played football and
baseball during each of his four years as a
student, and captained both teams.
His coaches in football were Gordon
Brewer ’48, Russ De Vette ’45 and Dr. Ken
Weller ’48, and his baseball coach was Dr.
Daryl Siedentop ’60. Others he cites in the
essay include the late Larry “Doc” Green,
who was the college’s athletic trainer, and
former football coach Al Vanderbush ’29,
who was continuing to serve on the col-
lege’s political science faculty.
Roberta Kraft of the music faculty
received a Distinguished Service Award from
the Michigan Music Teachers Association
(MMTA).
She was honored on Monday, Oct. 21,
during the association’s 117th state convention, held on Sunday–Tuesday, Oct. 20–22, at
the Valley Plaza Resort in Midland.
Professor Kraft was president of the
MMTA from 1998 to 2000, previously serving
as vice president for two years. Her activity at
the state level has also included serving on the
MMTA’s 30–member Board of Directors as
chair of Student Achievement Testing (SAT)
Auditions.
Her association with the MMTA began
through the local chapter, Holland Piano
Teachers Forum, which was established in
1969 and of which she was a charter member.
The chapter affiliated with the state organization in 1971–72, during the first of three terms
that she has served the Holland chapter as
president.
(See “Campus Notes” on page 18.)
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Fall Sports Roundup
Continued excellence
C
onsistent excellence
has been a hallmark of
Hope College athletics
over the years. The 2002
fall sports season was no
different.
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (MIAA) experienced one of its
most competitive seasons in memory, with
seven member schools claiming a league
championship in the eight fall sports.
The lone title by a Hope team was a cochampionship in men’s soccer, but across
the board there were five seconds, a third
and a fourth, allowing Hope to take the lead
in the MIAA Commissioner’s Cup standings after the fall season. Hope is also the
leader in the men’s All-Sports standings and
is tied for first place with rival Calvin in the
women’s All-Sports standings.
Soccer
A highlight of the fall season was Hope’s
soccer program. The men’s team qualified
for the NCAA Division III tournament,
advancing to the regional finals, while the
women’s team finished second in a league
race that went down to the final week.
The Flying Dutchmen won a schoolrecord 17 games while tying Kalamazoo for
the conference championship. Qualifying
for the NCAA playoffs for the seventh time
in school history, Coach Steven Smith’s
Dutchmen did not allow a goal in three tournament games before bowing in the regional
finals to Wheaton, Ill., in a shootout.
Senior Matt Margaron of Naperville, Ill.,
was presented the league’s Marvin Zuidema
Award for contributions to team play and
for leadership qualities. He was one of four
players named to the All-MIAA first team,
joining senior goalkeeper Marcus Voss of
Zeeland, Mich., senior forward Bryant
Loomis of Fredonia, N.Y., and junior mid-
were freshman Alden Hoksbergen of
Holland, Mich., who was ninth in the player
standings and sophomore Ryan Shedd of
Coldwater, Mich., who ranked 11th.
In women’s golf, three Hope athletes
achieved All-MIAA recognition as the
Flying Dutch finished second in the MIAA
standings.
Senior Emily Colenbrander of Holland,
Mich., achieved All-MIAA first team honors
by finishing third in the player standings
while teammates Sarah Scholten, a junior
from Grand Rapids, Mich., and Brittany
Philo, a freshman from Greenville, Mich.,
were All-MIAA second team.
The honor was especially meaningful for
Colenbrander, whose older sister Ellen was
also an All-MIAA first teamer at Hope from
1996 to 1999.
fielder Ed Huebner of Portage, Mich. Voss
and Huebner were each honored for the
third time.
Named to the All-MIAA second team
were sophomore forward Tyler Basler of
Bay City, Mich., senior midfielder Tim Kelly
of Kalamazoo, Mich., and junior back Steve
Lepper of Midland, Mich.
A young Flying Dutch women’s soccer
team came on strong during the league
season. Winners of just one of their first six
games, Coach Leigh Sears’s Dutch rallied to
win 11 of their next 14 to finish second in the
MIAA and end the season at 12-7-1.
Sophomore midfielder Dawn Gillam of
Portage, Mich., was named a first team AllMIAA honoree. Two freshmen, defender
Erica Pagorek of Munster, Ind., and midfielder Tess Scholz of Portage, Mich., were
named to the second team.
Football
Golf
Hope sophomore Justin Spyker of
Schoolcraft, Mich., captured MIAA men’s
golf medalist honors in men’s golf in a most
unusual way.
The season’s final conference tournament was held at Hope’s home course.
Spyker entered the tournament in second
place in the player standings, needing to
finish what appeared to be an insurmountable seven strokes better than the league
leader.
But he did just that, shooting a 73 under
ideal conditions at the Wuskowhan Players
Club. That put Spyker at an average of 75.28
strokes over the season’s tournaments,
while runnerup Jason Miller of Olivet ended
at 75.33. It marked the fifth consecutive year
that a Hope golfer has been the MIAA
medalist. Olivet dethroned the Flying
Dutchmen as conference champion.
Gaining All-MIAA second team honors
The Flying Dutchmen placed second in
the MIAA football race, finishing the season
with a three-game winning streak and
overall 5-5 record.
(See “Fall Sports Roundup” on page 17.)
The accumulation of individual performances resulted in team accomplishments for Hope teams this fall.
Sophomore Justin Spyker (top) was the
MIAA medalist in men’s golf. Junior quarterback Phil Butler (left) threw his way into
the football record book. Sophomore
Dawn Gillam (above right) established a
mark for points in league games. Senior
goalkeeper Marcus Voss (right) ended his
collegiate soccer career with a schoolrecord 39 career shutouts.
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Faculty Kudos
Bookwork: faculty authors help bu
Hope professors are active scholars. The range of faculty book
diverse interests and expertise, intellectual vitality that benefit
Dr. Albert Bell Jr. applies his interest in
ancient history to his latest mystery novel,
setting the action in the Roman Empire.
His newest mystery, All Roads Lead to
Murder, is set in April of A.D. 83, in the provincial city of Smyrna. His protagonist is a
real–life historical figure, Pliny the Younger.
Dr. Bell has drawn upon his scholarly interest in the period before in writing fiction. His
novel Daughter of Lazarus is set in first–century
Rome, and his mystery Kill Her Again is set
around an archaeological dig in modern–day
Italy.
A professor of history and chair of the
department, he noted that he finds the era and
empire interesting as both a scholar and an
author.
“It just appeals to me because in some ways
it’s similar to the United States today,” he said.
“It’s large, it’s a diverse culture, people travel
long distances, and many of those things are
the kind of issues that we face today. There are
different groups of people who are interacting
who don’t always understand one another,
who don’t always get along well, and it seems
to me a situation where a lot of tension could
arise, and that’s certainly a good setting for
fiction.”
All Roads Lead to Murder’s protagonist, Pliny
the Younger, held a variety of government
offices in the Roman Empire, and is known
through surviving letters that include his
first–person account of the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and his investigation of the
Christians in the province of Bithynia.
All Roads Lead to Murder is published by
High Country Publishers Ltd. of Boone, N.C.
Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre of the religion
faculty is author of The Quest for the Cuban
Christ: A Historical Search, published recently
by University Press of Florida.
In the book, Dr. De La Torre reasons that for
all Cubans, Christ must be understood through
the historical analysis of Cuban culture. He
examines how the Cuban religious experience
differs from that of other traditions, including
other Latino/a traditions.
He analyzes key figures, groups and
periods in Cuban history, as well as the ways
that Christ is currently being depicted in
Cuban art. He focuses on the art created by
marginalized segments of Cuban society, in
both Cuba and the United States, exploring
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how Cuban understanding of Christ has been
created by those who were and are oppressed
by the Cuban culture, and not by the powerful
and privileged.
The Quest for the Cuban Christ is Dr. De La
Torre’s second book of the current calendar
year. His book Reading the Bible from the
Margins was published by Orbis Books in the
spring. He is also co–author of the book
Introducing Latino/a Theologies, published in
October of 2001, also by Orbis Books.
He has four other books enroute to publication: La Lucha for Cuba: Religion and Politics on
the Streets of Miami, with University of
California Press; Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals
of a Growing Religion in America, with Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing; Handbook of U.S.
Theologies of Liberation, with Chalice Press; and
Doing Ethics from the Margins, by Orbis Books.
Phantoms of a Blood–Stained Period: The
Complete Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce,
co–edited by Dr. David Klooster of the English
faculty, has been published by the University of
Massachusetts Press.
The idea for the book grew out of a course
on “Literature of the American Civil War” that
Dr. Klooster and co–editor Russell Duncan
taught together at John Carroll University
when both were faculty members there. As
they read and studied a wide range of books
about the war, they realized that Bierce wrote
with unusual insight and with astonishing
power about the battlefield.
“Because he’s the only writer who actually
fought in the war, his works deserve to be
better known,” Dr. Klooster said.
The book gathers for the first time virtually
everything Bierce wrote about the war, from
the battlefield maps he drew as a topographical
officer for the Union to his masterful short
stories, from the detailed memoirs of specific
battles to his final bittersweet ruminations
before he disappeared into Mexico in 1914. It
also includes a detailed 25–page introduction
that places Bierce in historical context.
The collection is organized chronologically,
following Bierce’s participation in a wide range
of battles, from the early skirmishes in the West
Virginia mountains to the bloodbaths at Shiloh
and Chickamauga and his near–fatal wounding
at Kennesaw Mountain. His overlapping
accounts of the events provide a record of the
sights and sounds of the battlefield, the psy-
chological traumas the war induced in its soldiers, and the memories that would haunt
survivors for the rest of their lives.
Writing in the 1880s and 1890s, at a time
when both the North and the South were erecting monuments to the heroes and glories of the
war, Bierce insisted that his readers confront
what really happened. Rather than celebrate
causes and comrades, Bierce’s fiction and
memoirs describe the brutal realities of the
Civil War battlefield.
The award–winning poetry collection
Against Elegies by Jack Ridl of the English
faculty is in its second edition.
The collection was originally published in
the fall of 2001 in a limited–edition run as the
winner of the 2001 “Letterpress Chapbook
Competition” sponsored by the Center for
Book Arts of New York City. The collection
was chosen by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
from among some 500 entries. The letterpress–printed chapbook was designed, printed
and bound by artists at the center.
The new edition has been designed by BBK
Design of Grand Rapids and published
through Ridgeway Press.
According to Professor Ridl, the poems of
Against Elegies are linked thematically in beginning with everyday objects and situations that
have meaning below the surface.
“In most of these poems, I start with something that doesn’t necessarily look meaningful,
and then I’m searching in the poems to find
meaningfulness––why it might matter,” he
said. “And we’re surrounded by these things.”
Professor Ridl is the author of other published collections including The Same Ghost
(1985), Between (1988), the chapbook After
School (1987) and Poems from The Same Ghost and
Between (1993).
When the first edition of his book The U.S.
Supreme Court and the Electoral Process was published in the early fall of 2000, political scientist
Dr. David Ryden never imagined that the
second edition would include as dramatic a
new example as “Bush v. Gore.”
“I certainly never anticipated such a dramatic and direct illustration of the Court’s
formative role in electoral politics. I doubt that
anyone did,” he said. “In part, it was simply
the result of a ’once in a lifetime’ election. Are
any of us likely to live through anything like
the amazing circumstances that culminated in
the Florida recount?”
Eerily, Dr. Ryden noted, the recent Senate
race in New Jersey offered some parallels to the
2000 presidential race, with the Court called by
New Jersey Republicans to review the New
Jersey Supreme Court’s decision to allow New
Jersey Democrats to enter a new candidate on
the November ballot after the deadline set by
state law.
The first edition of Dr. Ryden’s book was
published by Georgetown University Press
only a few weeks before the photo–finish presidential election that saw the Court play a
pivotal role in the outcome: a 5–4 decision
against recounting in the closely–contested
Florida race. As an expert on the Court’s role in
the political process, he observed the unfolding
events with interest––and was frequently asked
to provide expert commentary in media
accounts of the situation.
For Dr. Ryden, even as active awareness of
“hanging chads” and “dimples” fades two
years later, the fact that the Court could and did
play a role is a lesson to remember.
Dr. Peter J. Schakel of the English faculty is
author of Imagination and the Arts in C.S. Lewis:
Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds, published by the University of Missouri Press.
The book, Dr. Schakel’s fifth on Lewis, has
two central purposes: to present Lewis as a cultivated person of wide–ranging interests, and
to show how an appreciation of Lewis’s interests in the arts, non–literary as well as literary,
deepens a reader’s response to his fiction, especially the Chronicles of Narnia. According to
Dr. Schakel, the book reaffirms the long–established tradition that books should be read with
one’s whole personality, not just with the intellect.
The book is the first study to provide a thorough analysis of Lewis’s theory of
imagination––the making of connections
through association, intuition or inspiration––which is central to his life, his creative
and critical works, his writings on Christianity,
and his ideas on education. It examines the role
of imagination in the experience of reading
Lewis’s fiction, especially the Chronicles of
Narnia, and explores Lewis’s ideas about imagination in the nonliterary arts, considering the
place of music, dance, art and architecture in
Lewis’s own life and in his poems and stories.
NFHC Dece
ild the body of knowledge
s announced in recent months reflects
ts the college’s students daily.
It also considers the importance of “moral
imagination” in Lewis’s discussions of literature, and in the stories and poems he created.
A book of poetry by Dr. Heather Sellers of
the English faculty has been likened to a
coming–of–age story.
Drinking Girls and Their Dresses has been
published by Ahsahta Press of Boise, Idaho.
Poet Marianne Boruch has said, “Heather
Sellers’ poems take us back––where?––to the
first taste of our whereness, the fresh instant
click of yes, that, or no, absolutely not, it was
this and this and this. Be careful. These poems
can be wonderfully dangerous; jumpy,
radiant.”
Poet Barbara Hamby has noted, “If you love
poetry you can see, smell, taste, hear, and feel,
then you will love the luscious poems in this
collection. Heather Sellers’s lines have the
cadence of a chant, and there is some serious
voodoo going on here, some magic incantations about being a girl, a woman, a human
being in a scary, beautiful world.”
Dr. Sellers was born in Orlando, Fla., and
earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate
at Florida State University, in 1985, 1988 and
1992 respectively.
Her publications also include Never Told Me,
a collection of stories. Her first children’s book,
Spike and Cubby: Ice Cream Island Adventure!, is
forthcoming from Henry Holt. She is currently
working on a novel, The Plain and Simple Truth,
a sequel to Georgia Under Water.
Not only producers but also “consumers” of
research are intended to benefit from Research
Methods in Psychology, a textbook co–authored
by psychologist Dr. John Shaughnessy.
“We recognize that most students in our
classes will be consumers of research and not
producers of research,” Dr. Shaughnessy and
his co–authors, Gene and Jeanne Zechmeister
of the psychology faculty at Loyola University
of Chicago, Ill., note in their preface. “Students
who choose to take on either role will benefit
from developing critical thinking skills. We
believe that we can best help our students think
critically by taking a problem–solving
approach to the study of research methods.”
The textbook, now in its sixth edition, provides up–to–date explanations of how
psychologists pose questions, execute studies,
analyze data and interpret their findings. In
ember 2002
the new edition, Dr. Shaughnessy and his
co–authors liken the scientific process to the
criminal justice process.
“Detectives can know the excitement of discovering a critical piece of evidence.
Prosecuting attorneys can know the satisfaction of bringing a guilty person to justice, and
defense attorneys can prevent a miscarriage of
justice. Judges and juries bear the responsibility for discovering the truth,” they write in the
preface. “Research psychologists play all these
roles as they search for evidence, make the
case, and render verdicts about what principles
of behavior and mental processes are true.”
The book is published by McGraw–Hill Inc.
of New York, N.Y. Since the first edition
appeared in 1985, Research Methods in
Psychology has been used at many colleges and
universities throughout the United States and
Canada.
Dr. Robert Swierenga of the A.C. Van
Raalte Institute explores a topic especially close
to home in his latest book, a history of the
Dutch in greater Chicagoland.
Dr. Swierenga has spent decades writing
about the Dutch in America, but had never
explored the 150–year history of the Dutch in
the Chicago area in–depth, even though he
grew up in a Dutch neighborhood on Chicago’s
west side.
In the course of his scholarly work, he found
it a story little known, even by the immigrants’
descendants. “From my view, the Dutch of
Chicago have been invisible in terms of the
world of scholars and the general public,” Dr.
Swierenga said.
During one visit to the library of the Chicago
Historical Society, he found, “there was
nothing. They didn’t even have an entry in the
card catalog for ’Dutch in Chicago.’”
His book Dutch Chicago: A History of the
Hollanders in the Windy City, published by Wm.
B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. of Grand Rapids,
is changing all that. At 929 pages, the volume
is a detailed account of Chicagoland’s ethnic
Dutch, now some 250,000 strong.
At a ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the
Chicago Historical Society hosted a reception
during which Dr. Swierenga presented a copy
of the book to Peter Huizenga ‘60 of Oak
Brook, Ill., who represented the Chicago Dutch
today.
The book was made possible through the
support of Huizenga, whose family was
among the early Dutch immigrants to Chicago.
A member of the college’s Board of Trustees,
Huizenga has supported awareness of and
scholarship in Dutch–American history in a
variety of ways. He and his late mother
Elizabeth also donated the funds to establish
the A.C. Van Raalte Institute, and he funded
the creation of the statue of the Rev. A.C. Van
Raalte that was installed in Holland’s
Centennial Park in 1997 in conjunction with
the city’s sesquicentennial celebration.
Also during the reception, Chicago
Alderman Edward Burke presented Dr.
Swierenga with a resolution by the City
Council of Chicago and Mayor Richard Daly.
The book presents a comprehensive history
of the Dutch churches, schools and communities of greater Chicagoland since the 1840s. The
volume includes 250 photographs and illustrations, and detailed appendices.
“I think that this book is going to be a nostalgia trip for the old timers,” Dr. Swierenga
said. “But for the children and grandchildren,
and to some extent for parents, this will create
a memory.”
The history, he said, goes back to the same
period of migration that saw communities like
Holland settled by Dutch immigrants.
However, while Holland’s Dutch heritage has
often been preserved, he said, Chicago’s has
often vanished. The first Dutch Reformed
Church is gone, its site forgotten near the Dan
Ryan Expressway. The second is also gone,
now a part of the University of Illinois campus.
Holland’s Pillar Church, conversely, is a prominent local landmark.
Dr. Swierenga approached the topic with a
sense of urgency because yet another heritage,
living memory, was also vanishing.
“The timing was desperate,” he said. “It
had to be done now because the generation that
knows the history of the 20th century is dying
off.”
When it comes to helping students succeed
in college, Dr. Scott VanderStoep ’87 wrote the
book.
Dr. VanderStoep is co–author, with Dr.
Paul R. Pintrich of the University of Michigan,
of Learning to Learn: The Skill and Will of College
Success, published by Prentice Hall. The book
has one goal: to help students learn how to
learn.
“The research in psychology says a lot
about how students can do better in college,”
said Dr. VanderStoep, an associate professor
of psychology.
“The lesson is, you can improve your skills
and you can improve your motivation,” he
said. “It’s not something you’re born with,
and it’s not something that you have to
resolve yourself to live with in a fatalistic
way.”
The book presents a variety of suggestions
for improving cognitive strategies, the “skill”
of the title, and motivation, or “will.”
The discussion of “skill” improvement,
for example, includes improving cognitive
strategies. “Certain techniques... form the
foundation of completing college work
well,” the authors write. The authors
describe four cognitive strategies––rehearsal,
organization, elaboration and metacognition––and ways to improve them. Moreover,
different courses and professors will require
students to use combinations of the strategies
to do well, and the book challenges students
to adapt the strategies to particular course
needs.
The suggestions for improving “will”
include focusing on qualities that can be
changed. In considering failure, Drs.
VanderStoep and Pintrich note, “Believing
you’re not smart is not helpful. In contrast,
attributing a failure to lack of effort is more
useful, because you can control effort. You
can work harder next time and expect to do
better.”
The authors emphasize “learning strategies” rather than “learning styles” in keeping
with their focus on the things that students
can do to improve themselves academically.
Conversely, Dr. VanderStoep noted, for a
student simply to identify himself or herself
as a “visual learner” won’t prove helpful in
situations that require different skills.
“We like the term ’strategy’ because it
implies adaptability,” Dr. VanderStoep said.
“The issue is, you are a student in a particular
time and place, and you’ve got to deal with
the demands at hand.”
(Editor’s Note: This isn’t the last word about
faculty books, of course––these are just the ones we
have written about so far. Stay tuned as future
issues of news from Hope College continue to
share word of faculty scholarship.)
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Alumni News
Class Notes
News and information for class notes, marriages, advanced degrees and deaths are compiled
for news from Hope College by Greg Olgers ’87.
News should be mailed to: Alumni News;
Hope College Public Relations; 141 E. 12th St.; PO
Box 9000; Holland, MI 49422–9000. Internet users
may send to: alumni@hope.edu
All submissions received by the Public
Relations Office by Tuesday, Nov. 5, have been
included in this issue. Because of the lead time
required by this publication’s production schedule, submissions received after that date (with the
exception of obituary notices) have been held for
the next issue, the deadline for which is Tuesday,
Jan. 7.
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1920s
Isla Pruim ’24 Van Eenenaam of Holland, Mich.,
celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, Nov. 17.
40s
1940s
Calvin S. Malefyt ’46 of Chapel Hill, N.C., is
author of Genesis: Book of Origins, published by the
Community Bible Study of Washington, D.C.,
which has more than 250,000 adults in 51 countries
using the material. He has been elected a Trustee
of the Cook College and Theological School of
Tempe, Ariz., a Native American program supported by the Reformed Church in America, and
he will give the Staley Distinguished Christian
Scholar series of lectures at the college and school
in January. He is a staff member of the National
Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
Robert Van Dis ’47 of Kalamazoo, Mich., received
the “Hope for Humanity Award” from the alumni
H–Club at Hope College during a Homecoming
Weekend luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 12. The
award, first presented in 1990, recognizes Hope
athletic alumni for service to others, transformation of Christian values and consistency of
commitment. Please see the “Campus Notes”
story on page three for more information.
Kenneth Weller ’48 of Knoxville, Iowa, has been
honored at Hope College through the naming of
the the new weight room in the Dow Center in his
honor.
He was recognized during the
Homecoming Weekend alumni H–Club luncheon
on Saturday, Oct. 12. Please see the “Campus
Notes” story on page three for more information.
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1950s
LeRoy Nattress ’54 of Angelus Oaks, Calif., in
retirement serves as executive director of the
Amputee Information Exchange Inc. (AIE), a
self–help and advocacy group that addresses the
needs of amputees and their families in today’s era
of managed care and outcomes measurement. In
October, he attended the second meeting in
Washington, D.C., of the committee to determine
who will be paid to provide artificial limbs and
orthopedic appliances to Medicare beneficiaries.
AIE is one of three groups appointed to the committee by the Secretary of HHS to represent
consumers; a total of 21 organizations are represented at the table for the deliberations. Lee
writes, “Of interest––each of the groups can ’veto’
any action/recommendation, thus the consumer
has an equal voice to the professional who serves
him/her––this may be a first!”
S. Thom Scholten ’54 of Hudson Falls, N.Y.,
reports that he enjoys retirement more than he had
expected. He and his wife attend St. James
Episcopal Church in Fort Edward, N.Y., and have
three grown children and two grandchildren.
Owen Bechtel ’57 and Harriet Van Heest ’60
Bechtel of Whiting, N.J., report enjoying retirement, visiting their four children and seven
grandchildren.
Mike Bergeon ’57 of Charlevoix, Mich., has been
named the 2002 Charlevoix Historical Society
Volunteer of the Year. His extensive service to the
society has included serving as president twice.
He retired to Charlevoix after a 25–year dermatology practice in Saginaw, Mich.
60s
1960s
Marshall Elzinga ’60 of Hudsonville, Mich., was a
guest presenter during the high school “Science
Day” at Hope on Thursday, Nov. 7, addressing
“Proteins: You Can’t Live Without Them.” He is
retired from a career as a research scientist. He
conducted research at Harvard Medical School,
Brookhaven National Laboratory and the New
York State Institute for Basic Research in
Developmental Disabilities, and held teaching
appointments at the State University of New York
at Stony Brook, the City University of New York
and the State University of New York, Brooklyn.
Norm Kansfield ’62 of New Brunswick, N.J.,
wrote the essay “Stretched, Yanked, Pushed
Around, and Better,” an essay included in College
Faith: 150 Christian Leaders and Educators Share
Faith Stories from Their Student Days. The essay
reflects the impact of Hope Professor D. Ivan
Dykstra ’35 in Norm’s faith development. Those
with essays in the volume also include Hope
President James E. Bultman ’63 (please see
“Faculty Kudos”).
John Teusink ’62 has retired after 40 years of
teaching. For 33 years he was a professor of
biology, the last several as chairman of the biology
department and coordinator of the National
Science and Math Division.
Bruce Roe ’63 is director of the Advanced Center
for Genome Technology at the University of
Oklahoma in Norman, where he is also the George
Lynn Cross Research Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry.
Alumni Board of Directors
Officers
James VanEenenaam ’88, President, Dana Point, Calif.
Beth Snyder ’94, Vice President, Arlington, Va.
Marion Hoekstra ’65, Secretary, Laurel, Md.
Board Members
Holly Chapman ’80 Borgman, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Bruce Brumels ’59, Lake City, Mich.
James Bursma ’87, Stow, Mass.
Chad Carlson ’03, Holland, Mich.
Nancy Dirkse ’81 DeWitt, Waukesha, Wis.
Eva Gaumond ’90, Bridgewater, N.J.
Leah Sunderlin ’79 Haugneland, Katy, Texas
John Hensler ’85, Royal Oak, Mich.
Andrea Korstange ’02, New York, N.Y.
Neil Petty ’57, Honeoye, N.Y.
Karen Gralow ’75 Rion, Schenectady, N.Y.
Kristin Tichy ’92, Glenville, Ill.
Liz Tyndell ’04, Livonia, Mich.
Mary Browning ’69 Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Greg Van Heest ’78, Golden Valley, Minn.
Ray Vinstra ’58, Kalamazoo, Mich.
John Witte ’54, Vero Beach, Fla.
Liaison
Lynne Powe ’86, Alumni Director
Please accept our invitation to visit
the Alumni Office on the internet:
www.hope.edu/alumni
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Robert Vanderlaan ’63 of Rhinebeck, N.Y., is
interim pastor of the Reformed Church of Wallkill,
N.Y.
Donald Vuurens ’63 of Twin Lake, Mich., retired
three times, reports that he is often called “the
Cookie Monster” by some churches. His wife
Florence, a member of the Hope secretarial staff in
the 1960s, is also retired.
Bruce Hepburn ’64 of Lancaster, Pa., has been
appointed to the board of directors of
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc.
He is
self–employed as a certified public accountant.
Peter Paulsen ’64 of Decatur, Ga., is director of
communications at Candler School of Theology of
Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He has been
elected president of the board of Friendship
Ministries, a Christian education program for the
mentally and developmentally impaired that
includes curriculum and training for one–on–one
relationships between students and their mentors.
Bruce Turkstra ’64 joined Kaiser Permanente, an
integrated health care organization, on Monday,
Oct. 28, as vice president for the Clinical
Information System (CIS) project. He is leading
the organization’s effort to produce an automated
medical record to serve Kaiser Permanente’s 8.4
million members. Founded in 1945, Kaiser
Permanente is a non–profit, group–practice prepayment program with headquarters in Oakland,
Calif.
Bruce Neckers ’65 of Grand Rapids, Mich., presented the talk “Civil Liberties in a Time of
National Crisis” at Hope College on Monday,
Nov. 4. He is an attorney who served as president
of the State Bar of Michigan for the 2001–02 Bar
year.
Thomas E. Straatsma ’65 has taken an “early
retirement” from Michigan state government following a 33–year career. He served as law clerk to
each of two judges, and as a staff attorney, with
the Michigan Court of Appeals. Following
appointment as a deputy state treasurer in the
Milliken administration, he has served the past 23
years as an administrative law judge with the
Michigan Tax Tribunal. In 2003, he and his wife
plan to relocate to Norton Shores, Mich.
Barbara Kouw ’66 Forman of Holland, Mich., is a
legal research attorney with the Ottawa County
Circuit Court in Grand Haven, Mich.
Gary Gilmore ’66 is professor and director of
community health programs at the University of
Wisconsin at La Crosse. He chairs the National
Competencies Update Project, which is a five–year
research project validating the national health
education competencies at the entry and advanced
levels.
Bob Pangle ’66 of Kalamazoo, Mich., has retired
as chief assistant prosecutor for Kalamazoo
County. He had been with the county for 32 years.
Theodore R. Oegema Jr. ’67 of Chicago, Ill., has
been appointed to the John W. and Helen H.
Watzek Professorship at Rush–Presbyterian–St.
Luke’s Medical Center. He has been at Rush since
July, having previously been on the faculty of the
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University of Minnesota Medical School and
College of Biological Sciences, where he held professorships in orthopedics and biochemistry.
Fran Gralow ’68 continues to work with Wycliffe
Bible Translators in Kitale, Kenya.
Pamela Reynolds ’68 VanderWeele is aquatic
director with the Chambersburg, Pa., YMCA.
Harold Lay ’68 of Oakland, N.J., and his wife traveled to Khartoum, The Sudan, in Africa in July as
Reformed Church volunteer missioners. Harold
taught a course in biblical interpretation at Nile
Theological College, an institution which prepares
persons to serve as pastors in the Presbyterian
churches in The Sudan. They concluded their
six–week journey with a 10–day stay in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
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1970s
Ken Austin ’70 of Orland Park, Ill., has been
appointed full professor of music at Trinity
Christian College in Palos Heights, Ill. Ken was
also Eb Cornet Soloist last July with the New
England–based “Yankee Brass Band,” touring
Maine and New Hampshire. The group performs
on the actual instruments of the Civil War era.
Ken was Bb Cornet Soloist in August with the
“Great Western Rocky Mountain Brass Band
Festival” in Silverton, Colo.
Lynn Davis ’71 Austin of Orland Park, Ill., has
received a Christi award for “Best Christian
Historical Fiction” with her ninth novel, Hidden
Places.
The novel takes place during the
Depression on an orchard in Michigan. Lynn’s
10th novel, Candle in the Darkness, has just been
released, and is part of a three–book historical
fiction series that takes place during the Civil War.
Roger Bolhouse ’71 of Clarksville, Mich., was one
of four alumni to participate in a “Careers in
Biology” panel at Hope on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
He is laboratory director of Speckin Forensic
Laboratories.
Brian Gibson ’71 of Holland, Mich., reports that
after a full and satisfying career in non–profit
work he has returned to his original Hope training
target, education. He returned to graduate school
in 2000 to re–certify his unused, 30–year–old
teaching certificate, and is now substitute teaching
in the Holland area while he awaits a full–time
high school English position. He notes that he and
his wife are “nearly empty nesters” who are
devoted to their church (Lakeshore Vineyard
Christian Fellowship); children (Jon and Bob); and
their “gorgeous” two–year–old granddaughter
Jireh Joy, daughter of Jon and L.A. Almeda ’95
Gibson.
Joyce Lambert ’71 Kievit of Phoenix, Ariz., is an
academic professional for Arizona State
University. She is the editor and moderator of
H–AmIndian, an electronic mail forum for Native
people, academicians and professionals in Indian
affairs, where they may discuss topics ranging
from academic issues to current events.
Hope Alumni
Subject: Alumni e–mail addresses
The Alumni Office is
updating its e–mail
records, and needs help.
Every alum for whom the college has
an e–mail address was sent a message
from Hope on Friday, Nov. 1, seeking to
determine both if the address was current
and if the owner wished to have the
address in the on–line searchable database
that the college maintains to help alumni
friends reach each other. If a message
bounced back as undeliverable, that
particular address was deleted.
None of this is news to those who
received one of the messages (and have
checked their e–mail since November 1...),
but it may be news to those who think that
the college has their current e–mail
address when in fact Hope does not.
Alumni interested in seeing whether or
not their e–mail address is in the
searchable database may look here:
http://www.hope.edu/pr/alumni/records/
Alumni interested in providing their
e–mail address to the college may send it
to alumni@hope.edu. Those who do so
are also asked to please say whether or not
they wish to have the address added to the
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Land and her husband Dan Hibma live
in Byron Center, Mich., with their two children, Jessica and Nicholas. They attend
Corinth Reformed Church.
Land returned to campus shortly before
the election, participating in a campaign
rally in the DeWitt Center Kletz on Friday,
Nov. 1, with several other Republican candidates, including gubernatorial candidate
Dick Posthumus.
Tuesday, Nov. 5, also saw at least two
alumni elected to state or U.S. legislative
office.
Pete Hoekstra ’75 of Holland, Mich.,
won a sixth term to the U.S. House of
Representatives. He is a Republican representing Michigan’s 2nd Congressional
District, which includes Holland.
John Moolenaar ’83 of Midland, Mich.,
was elected to the Michigan State House.
Also a Republican, he will serve a
two–year term as the Representative of the
98th House District, which includes parts
of Midland and Saginaw counties.
A long–time interest
in politics preceded the
election of Terri Lynn
Land ’81 as Michigan’s
secretary of state in
November.
During her high school years, Land was
a “scatter blitzer” for Gerald R. Ford’s
presidential campaign. She was one of the
youngest attendees at the Republican State
Convention in 1978.
A political science major at Hope, she
was active in the Hope College
Republicans student group.
In the 1980s Land was a precinct delegate and a Michigan Republican State
Convention delegate, and was an alternate
to the national convention. She chaired the
Kent County Republican Committee from
1989 to 1991, and was Kent County Clerk
from 1992 to 2000.
She managed Lands Inn in Grandville,
Mich., from 1989 to 1992. She has been
actively involved with numerous community organizations, including the
H–AmIndian is sponsored by H–Net, Humanities
and Social Sciences Online, and the History
Department of Arizona State University. She also
works as part of the history faculty, and teaches
classes on United States and American Indian
history.
Joyce VanAken ’73 Cawthon of Grand Haven,
Mich., since 2000 has been a high school counselor
for the Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming,
Mich.
Ronald Deenik ’73 of Holland, Mich., was a guest
presenter during the high school “Science Day” at
Hope on Thursday, Nov. 7, addressing “The
Tooth. The Whole Tooth and Nothing But the
Tooth.” He is president of Holland Family
Dentistry PC.
J.C. Huizenga ’73 of Grand Rapids, Mich., has
been elected chair for 2002–03 of the Michigan
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is
president of Westwater Group of Grand Rapids.
Barbara Basnett ’74 Inman continues to teach
seventh– and eighth–grade physical education in
Zeeland, Mich., at the Creekside middle school.
Pete Hoekstra ’75 of Holland, Mich., won a sixth
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Tuesday, Nov. 5. He is a Republican representing
Michigan’s 2nd Congressional District, which
includes Holland.
Karen Johnson–Weiner ’75 of Canton, N.Y., made
presentations to several classes at Hope in
October, including a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 17,
sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta history honorary that focused on the career and intellectual
flexibility that an undergraduate history major can
provide. She is an assistant professor of anthropology at State University of New York (SUNY)
Potsdam.
Dirk Bloemendaal ’76 of Holland, Mich., was one
of four alumni to participate in a “Careers in
Biology” panel at Hope on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
He is senior corporate counsel with Alticor Inc.
Jean Lambert ’76
is president owner of
Therapeutic Innovations, a rehabilitation agency
which provides PT, OT and ST services in
Greenville, N.C. She lives in Greenville with her
husband and daughter Marta (age 10).
George George ’77 of Wayland, Mass., is a professor at the New England Institute of Art and
Communication.
Earl Slotman ’77 is senior pastor of Faith
Reformed Church in Cedar Grove, Wis. He had
preached only one Sunday when Wisconsin’s
worst auto accident happened just outside of
Cedar Grove. He was able to help at a staging
station, with immediate debriefing, and at the
high school with students and faculty.
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Lisle Westfall ’80 Pepe and family have moved to
Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Beginning this year she is
taking some time off from teaching, pleased to
have more family time.
Terri Lynn Land ’81 of Byron Center, Mich., won
as the Republican candidate for Secretary of State
of Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Richard Lupkes ’81 of Ann Arbor, Mich., was
named to the Washtenaw Community College
Foundation Board (Ann Arbor). The foundation’s
mission is to provide scholarships, grants and
assistance to the students and staff of the college.
Cheryl Norman ’81 Stearns and Rob Stearns ’81
and family have relocated to Slovenia to serve as
missionaries through International Ministerial
Fellowship Foreign Missions Department of
Minneapolis, Minn. They are working with an
HOPE
A political science major at Hope, Terri Lynn Land ’81 was elected Michigan’s
secretary of state in November. Here she speaks with Wayne Essink, the Ottawa
County GOP campaign chair, during a rally sponsored by the Hope Republicans
in the DeWitt Center Kletz on Friday, Nov. 1. (Photo by Phil Wilcox)
established church plant in the capital city of
Ljubljana (population 300,000), training and discipling the new believers in the church as well as
doing evangelistic outreach to others in the community. Their first assignement will be 2.5 years,
at which time son Mike will turn 18 and be graduating from high school.
Evan Boote ’83 of Columbia, Mo., presented a
joint Physics and Biology Seminar at Hope College
on Friday, Oct. 4. He is a member of the faculty at
the University of Missouri–Columbia, and discussed “Molecular Imaging.”
John Moolenaar ’83 was elected to the Michigan
State House on Tuesday, Nov. 5. He will serve a
two–year term as the Representative of the 98th
House District, which includes parts of Midland
and Saginaw counties. John has a master’s in
public administration from Harvard and has held
several positions, the most recent being administrator of the Midland Academy for Advanced and
Creative Studies, a primary and secondary charter
school in Midland. He and his wife reside in
Midland with their six children.
Robert Morell ’83 of Germantown, Md., presented a Biology Seminar at Hope College on Friday,
Nov. 15. He is with the National Institutes on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
and discussed “Genetics of Deafness.”
Tom Andrews ’84, who died on July 18, 2001, has
his poetry featured in Random Symmetries: The
Collected Poems of Tom Andrews, published by
Oberlin College Press and available through
Cornell University Press Services. The posthumous collection brings together Tom’s two
previously published books (The Brother’s Country
and The Hemophiliac’s Motorcycle, winner of the
Iowa Poetry Prize) with two previously unpublished manuscripts (25 Short Films about Poetry and
The Temptation of Saint Augustine), and closes with
two late, uncollected poems. The book includes an
introduction by Charles Wright, who states, “Tom
was singular and Luminous, as is his work.” The
265–page paperback costs $22.95.
Rick Dernberger ’84 of Zeeland, Mich., Joel
Redeker ’84 of Wheaton, Ill., Michael Spitters ’84
of Ada, Mich., and Mark Stid ’84 of Holland,
Mich., participated in the 25th anniversary
Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 13.
Anne Enderlein ’84 Winn and her husband, a
lieutenant colonel, are living at the United States
Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Anne is
busy being a full–time mom, an Army wife and a
volunteer for various service organizations.
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John LaBarge ’85 of Hudsonville, Mich., is serving
as chief financial officer of Owen–Ames–Kimball
Company. He assumed the responsibilities in
September following his predecessor’s retirement,
and will be appointed to the position at the end of
the calendar year.
Marnie Marsters ’85 Lamberson reports that she
continues to make raising her two children her
career. Son Matt is now two–and–a–half, and
daughter Cate was born in March (please see
“Births/New Arrivals”). Marnie and her husband
own Grand Rental Station in Bloomfield, N.J., and
continue to enjoy the challenges of owning their
own business.
Tim Lundgren ’85 has joined the law firm of
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP as an
associate. Based in the firm’s Grand Rapids,
Mich., office, he is in the Environmental Practice
Group.
Kyria Boundy–Mills ’87 of Davis, Calif., presented a Chemistry Seminar at Hope College on
Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend.
She is assistant curator of the Herman J. Phaff
Yeast Culture Collection at the California Institute
of Food and Agricultural Research (CIFAR), a
program in the College of Agricultural Sciences at
the University of California, Davis, and discussed
“From Chemistry to Curator: My Career Under
the Microscope.”
Rachelle Hoffiz ’87 Kasten and Steve Kasten ’88
recently moved to Stevensville, Mich., and report
enjoying living by Lake Michigan and in a small
town. Rachelle is a “stay–at–home” mom, and
Steve has a plastic surgery practice, and they have
also taken up tennis. They have three sons: Daniel
(10), Matthew (seven) and Seth (five).
Kevin Large ’87 of Mishawaka, Ind., is a therapist
with Holy Cross Counseling Group in South
Bend, Inc., and is active in regional and state
addictions counselors organizations. He was
chairman of the second annual dinner/dance to
support Right to Life, held in South Bend on Sept.
27, 2002. The event raised monies to fund a
Respect Life program held annually in January.
The event was sponsored by the St. Joseph Valley
Chapter of the Knights of Columbus.
David Lein ’87 was recently appointed editor for
Up North Publications in Elk Rapids, Mich.
Karen Blasch ’87 Meaney of Mount Kisco, N.Y.,
reports that she is happily married and a director
at New York Life Insurance Company, responsible
for licensing, licensing renewals and terminations
in the Individual Policy Services Department.
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Robert Anderson ’90 of Potterville, Mich., is legislative counsel with the Michigan Farm Bureau in
Lansing, Mich.
Jennifer Penrod ’90 Benne is an assistant professor
of biology at Lincoln University in Jefferson City,
Mo., teaching biology, genetics and microbiology.
Peter Blackburn ’91 and Susan Gasper ’92
Blackburn have been living in the Muskegon,
Mich., area for four years and report enjoying life.
They have established friendships with many other
Hope alumni in the area, and are busy raising their
two boys, Joshua (five) and Brayden (three). They
also keep busy with their jobs, and hobbies including hiking, backpacking, photography, golf and
going to the beach.
Tom Boyer ’91 of San Francisco, Calif., was one of
19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is president of The
Boyer Group, a public relations and public affairs
consulting business.
James A. Foote ’91 has joined the general surgery
division of Michigan Medical P.C.
Kyoko Nakamura ’91 works in graphic design in
Tokyo, Japan.
Nicole Miller ’91 Shugars is executive director of
the Volunteer Center in Battle Creek, Mich.
Mike Windemuller ’91 of Morrison, Colo., and his
wife have started a business. They are importing
custom windows and doors from a German manufacturer located in a village outside of Frankfurt.
They have acquired the rights to the product for
North America, and are setting up distribution
centers from Canada to Mexico.
Joy Brumels ’91 Zomer is a second–grade teacher
with the International School of Budapest in
Hungary.
Kirstan Carroll ’92 Beatty is a special education
teacher at Emerson–Edison Academy in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Sabrina Haverdink ’92 started her career as a television news anchor for CBS, and later became a
morning radio host for WSNX/Clear Channel
Communications in Grand Rapids, Mich. Her
morning show is currently rated number one for
listeners age 18–34. She was one of 19 alumni who
participated in “Jumpstart Your Future: Career
Conversations with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct.
11, during Homecoming Weekend, for students at
the college.
Joe Miklosi ’92 reports many positive changes in
his professional life. After selling software solutions for six years for companies such as Computer
Associates, Veritas and a dot–com company called
Cyveillance in Virginia, Joe decided to work in politics again in Colorado. In January of this year he
started working as the deputy caucus director for
the Colorado Democratic House Caucus, a division
of the Colorado Democratic State Party that is
responsible for electing Democratic State House
candidates throughout Colorado. Joe’s primary
responsibilities included raising $1 million for 20
different State House races, hiring 20 campaign
managers, and implementing a direct mail and
phone plan for 20 State House districts. His efforts
were rewarded with a gain of two additional seats
in the 2002 general election, and Joe said the job has
been one of the most enjoyable and fulfilling he
ever had. This coming January he plans to work as
a political advisor to the Minority Leader in the
Colorado State House of Representatives and begin
graduate school during the evening at the
University of Colorado at Denver to earn his master’s in public administration with a concentration
in local government and nonprofit executive management. He also reports many changes in his
personal life, including a divorce in the summer of
2000; running his first marathon, in Washington,
D.C.; attending the Ryder Cup golf tournament in
Great Britain with two friends in September; and
enjoying Colorado’s outdoor activities.
Kristy Arthurs ’92 Mitchell reports that she and
her family enjoy living in Cedar Springs, Mich. She
pursued her teaching certificate and began teaching
about three years ago.
Todd Query ’92 directs STAGE Youth Ministry, a
thriving ecumenical youth program in Berkley,
Mich.
Stacey Swanson ’92 of Utica, N.Y., is an elementary
school teacher. She spent the summer in western
China, teaching English to teachers there.
Cathy Davidson ’92 Thomas and Steve Thomas
’92 moved to Jamestown, N.Y., in August for
Steve’s new job.
David Treloar ’92 and Lisa Barger ’94 Treloar
moved to Kentucky in September to attend Asbury
Seminary.
Philip Waalkes ’92 has been promoted to clinic
chief of the Primary Care Clinic at Eisenhower
Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Jennifer Bigler ’92 Wesky has started a new job at
West Michigan Eyecare in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michael Bazaire ’93 is owner of Beaners Gourmet
Coffee in Traverse City, Mich.
Denise Conley ’93 Burns of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
is a special education teacher with the Kelloggsville
Public Schools in Kentwood, Mich.
Matthew Drew ’93 of Grandville, Mich., has been
named a director of the Holland Area Association
of Insurance and Financial Advisors (HAIFA). He
is employed with Northwestern Mutual Financial
Network.
Gary Elsinger ’93 has been promoted to “felony
trial unit supervisor” with the Broward County
State Attorney’s Office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. His
primary responsibility is the prosecution of murder
and DUI manslaughter cases.
Shalom Sonneveldt ’93 Jaconette and her husband
live in Grand Rapids, Mich., with their two daughters, Ariana (age eight) and newborn Claire (please
see “Births/New Arrivals”).
T.J. (Tim) Johnston ’93 of Centreville, Va., is the
author of The Boys from Kalamazoo, which follows a
young
volunteer
with
the
Kalamazoo
Sharpshooters during the Civil War and draws
upon Tim’s strong interest in the topic. The hardcover book is published by White Mane Publishing
Co. Inc. of Shippensburg, Pa., and costs $29.95, and
among other locations is being carried by the
Barnes & Noble book store in Kalamazoo. In addition to writing, Tim works for Exxon–Mobil in the
Washington, D.C., area.
Lisa Edmiston ’93 Query is a psychotherapist at
Eastwood Clinic in the St. John Health System.
Amy Groothuis ’93 Westendorp of Byron Center,
Mich., completed her master’s degree in 1999 and
taught at East Martin Christian Elementary until
2000. She now stays at home with her two sons,
Matthew and Joshua (please see “Births/New
Arrivals”).
Jeff Baxter ’94 is associate pastor for youth and
their families at New Hope Church in Greenwood,
Ind.
Kelli Bouws ’94 Hoeksema and Matthew
Hoeksema ’94 of Holland, Mich., have two children, Riley (three) and Allison (less than one year).
Kelli is co–owner of Paint a Pot in Holland.
Dana Woods McCoy ’94 Holzer of Helena, Mont.,
serves as the chaplain at Intermountain Children’s
Home, a residential treatment center for severely
emotionally disturbed children, ages four–12. She
and her husband help out with their church’s high
school youth group and drama team.
Michelle Windecker ’94 Irwin of Chicago Heights,
Ill., was a special education teacher but is now a
stay–at–home mom (please see “Births/ New
Arrivals”).
Amy Garringer ’94 Monette and Craig Monette ’95
and their family live in Muskegon, Mich. Amy is a
stay–at–home mom raising their two daughters,
Morgan (age two) and McKenna (newborn, please
see “Births/New Arrivals”). Craig recently finished law school and passed the bar exam.
John Nowak ’94 of Oro Valley, Ariz., is director of
the Perimeter Bicycling Association of America Inc.
He is recuperating at home and has been able to
start training again after being hit by a car in
September while training for the state championships. “Cycling is not an easy profession, but life
isn’t in our hands. It’s in God’s hands,” he writes.
“Needless to say my family, friends and teammates
have been overwhelmingly supportive.” He plans
to visit Holland in the summer and participate in a
few races after the USPRO National Criterium
Championships in Downers Grove, Ill.
Tina Panayides ’94 of Wiscasset, Maine, was one of
19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. She is an assistant dis-
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Robin Beckett ’87 VanderHart and Paul
VanderHart ’86 of Caledonia, Mich., have four children. After nearly 10 years as a stay–at–home
mom, Robin has accepted a part–time position in
accounting for The Gilmore Collection, restaurants
operated throughout Grand Rapids, Mich., Grand
Haven, Mich., Muskegon, Mich., and Colorado.
Pam Ourada ’87 VanPutten of Holland, Mich., has
taken a part–time position in the campus ministries
office at Hope, working with female students.
Mark Verduin ’87 of Springfield, Ill., was one of 19
alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is owner, president
and executive producer of Imaginatics, a media
solutions firm.
Audrey Hazekamp ’88 presented a joint
Kinesiology, Athletic Training and Biology
Seminar at Hope College on Friday, Nov. 1. She
works with University of Michigan Health
Systems, and discussed “Life as an Exercise
Physiologist in Preventive Cardiology.”
Tammy Boulter ’88 Nieuwenhuis of Martin, Mich.,
is nurse manager of the medical/surgical floor and
psychiatric unit at Allegan General Hospital.
Scott Schaaf ’88 is an orthopedic surgeon with the
Everett Clinic in Everett, Wash.
Dan Vermeer ’88 works for Coca–Cola’s Think
Tank, an advisor board that consults with senior
managers on key strategic and environmental
issues. He and his wife live in Manhattan, N.Y.,
with their two–year–old son, Luke.
Christine Prince ’89 Baker of Hudsonville, Mich.,
was one of 19 alumni who participated in
“Jumpstart Your Future: Career Conversations
with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct. 11, during
Homecoming Weekend, for students at the college.
She is a principal in the Grand Rapids, Mich., office
of Economic Valuation Advisors LLC, and recently
accepted a three–year term on the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Business Valuation Subcommittee.
Ryan Dodde ’89 of Holland, Mich., presented a
Biology Seminar at Hope College on Friday, Oct.
25. He is a plastic surgeon with Lakeshore Surgical
Associates, and discussed plastic surgery.
Kristin Kollmeyer ’89 Schaaf is a Ph.D. in clinical
psychology with Bay Psychiatric in Everett, Wash.
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Channa DeKam ’95 of Chicago, Ill., was one of 19
alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. She is a human
resources information systems specialist with the
international law firm of Winston & Strawn.
Eric Foster ’95 of Washington, D.C., was one of 19
alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He works in the
Executive Office of Mayor Anthony A. Williams of
Washington, D.C.
Amy Fox ’95 of Chicago, Ill., was one of 19 alumni
who participated in “Jumpstart Your Future:
Career Conversations with Hope Alumni” on
Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend, for
students at the college. She is a senior attorney at
Life Span Center for Legal Services and Advocacy
in Chicago, a non–profit civil legal service agency
providing free legal services to low–income victims
of domestic violence.
Dirk Joldersma ’95 of Washington, D.C., was one
of 19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is an international
economist, working in the U.S. Treasury’s Office of
the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs.
Lisa Meengs Joldersma ’95 of Washington, D.C.,
was one of 19 alumni who participated in
“Jumpstart Your Future: Career Conversations
with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct. 11, during
Homecoming Weekend, for students at the college.
She is a senior legislative assistant on Medicare
policy for the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
Scott E. Sawicki ’95 of San Francisco, Calif., was
one of 19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart
Your Future: Career Conversations with Hope
Alumni” on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming
Weekend, for students at the college. He is a senior
account executive in brand marketing and promotions with Frankel.
Chris Bigler ’96 and Emiko Morse ’94 Bigler live in
Ann Arbor, Mich. Chris has earned two master’s
degrees from the University of Michigan in naval
and aerospace engineering, and is currently in the
last year of the Ph.D. program for naval engineering.
David Charnin ’96 of Boston, Mass., was one of 19
alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is an associate with
the law firm of Ropes & Gray in Boston.
John Havenaar ’96 of St. Joseph, Mich., was one of
19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is human resource
manager for Whirlpool Corporation.
Aaron Hoffman ’96 of Fort Collins, Colo., presented a Biology Seminar at Hope College on Friday,
Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend. He is pursuing his doctorate at Colorado State University,
and discussed “Linking Animal Behavior,
Movement, and Distribution in a Colorado
Mountain Stream.”
Heidi Amanda Elyea ’96 Schulenberg of Fort
Wayne, Ind., is a clinic nurse with Neighborhood
Health Clinics Inc.
Jennifer Weaver ’96 Witt of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
was one of 19 alumni who participated in
“Jumpstart Your Future: Career Conversations
with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct. 11, during
Homecoming Weekend, for students at the college.
She a project manager in the marketing communications department at Gordon Food Service in
Grand Rapids. Her activities include performing
with and coordinating publicity for the West
Michigan Flute Association.
Michelle Moline ’97 Albright and her husband
now reside on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
after a one–year stay on the island of Bermuda.
Stephanie Miller ’97 Balder of Holland, Mich., was
in an auto accident on July 4, 2001, and suffered
severe brain injury. She reports that she has made
steady and gradual progress in the past year, overcoming great odds.
Joel Brandt ’97 of Charlestown, Mass., was one of
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19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. He is a portfolio
manager in National Technology Lending with
Fleet National Bank.
Elizabeth Burton ’97 Carr of Indianapolis, Ind., is
an eighth grade language arts teacher at Noblesville
(Ind.) Middle School.
Peter Christensen ’97 of Lansing, Mich., is in his
second year of family practice residency at Sparrow
Hospital.
Marcy Cohen ’97 of Port Richey, Fla., is pursuing a
degree in school guidance counseling at Stetson
University Graduate School in Celebration, Fla.
Nicki Flinn ’97 teaches high school dance in
Owosso, Mich.
Mami Kato ’97 has been promoted to operations
manager with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
She is responsible for all logistical arrangements
pertaining to the orchestra; oversees concert
production logistics at Orchestra Hall; and
manages all orchestra tours, both international
and domestic.
Jill R. Mulder ’97 of Chicago, Ill., was one of 19
alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. She is a client delivery
systems analyst with Hewitt Associates, a human
resources and benefits consulting and outsourcing
firm in Lincolnshire, Ill.
Karen L. Sugden ’97 was one of 19 alumni who
participated in “Jumpstart Your Future: Career
Conversations with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct.
11, during Homecoming Weekend, for students at
the college. She is an associate with the international law firm of Winston & Strawn in Chicago, Ill.
Rochelle Tedesco ’97 of Arlington, Va., was one of
19 alumni who participated in “Jumpstart Your
Future: Career Conversations with Hope Alumni”
on Friday, Oct. 11, during Homecoming Weekend,
for students at the college. She is an attorney with
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP.
Beth Ann Thorrez ’97 is a nurse at Children’s
Hospital in San Diego, Calif.
Anna Zawadzka ’97 of Glenview, Ill., has changed
employment. After five years with Quaker Oats,
she is now a senior accountant with NOVAR Inc.,
working with the corporate controller.
Rachel Anson ’98 Allen joined the U.S. Navy in
January of 2002 and is presently in school working
with radar technology and weapons systems.
When she finishes school in June, she will move
with her husband (please see “Marriages”) to La
Maddallena, Italy.
Jill Harkins ’98 has been called to be the pastor
and teacher of Bainbridge Community United
Church of Christ near Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She was
ordained on Sunday, Nov. 3, at Evangelical United
Church of Christ in St. Louis, Mo., and began her
duties at her church on Monday, Nov. 11.
Joel Johnson ’98 of Zeeland, Mich., is a
self–employed regional financial analyst.
Jeanette Petkus ’98 Neumann of New York City
was one of 19 alumni who participated in
“Jumpstart Your Future: Career Conversations
with Hope Alumni” on Friday, Oct. 11, during
Homecoming Weekend, for students at the college.
She is a manager in the Broadcast Traffic department of Ogilvy & Mather.
Christopher Riker ’98 of Kalamazoo, Mich., is director of marketing and communications with Greater
Kalamazoo United Way.
Justin Wainwright ’98 of Farmington Hills, Mich., is
a network engineer with LDMI/Ideal Technology
Solutions in Detroit, Mich.
David Williams ’98 of Holland, Mich., was one of
four alumni to participate in a “Careers in Biology”
panel at Hope on Wednesday, Nov. 6. He is executive director of the Outdoor Discovery Center.
Diana Chamot ’99 of Chicago, Ill., is a research
study coordinator with the University of Chicago.
Julie Eckhold ’99 of Fenton, Mich., is a third grade
teacher with the Howell (Mich.) Public Schools.
Andrew Gookin ’99 and Katherine Crispin ’01
Gookin live in Columbus, Ohio. She works in retail
and he is enrolled in seminary.
Nikelle Johnson ’99 spent six weeks this spring at a
children’s home in San Jacinto, Guatemala. In
August, she accepted a position working with
Americorps for one year in Jackson, Miss., at Voice
of Calvary Ministries. She is in charge of volunteer
groups working to renovate and rehabilitate houses
in West Jackson.
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Jedediah Leachman ’99 is active in music ministry
and mission work with Highland Presbyterian
Church in El Paso, Texas.
Kristopher McKee ’99 is a registered representative
with Western Southern Financial Group in
Kettering, Ohio.
Russell Metcalf ’99 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is an
accountant for River City Food Co.
Beth Quimby–Hopkins ’99 of Lincoln, Neb., is
teaching private piano lessons in Lincoln and
working as a freelance accompanist for the
University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Nebraska
Wesleyan University. She is also a professional
singer with the St. Paul Methodist Chancel Choir,
and a singer with the eight–voice chamber choir
Dulces Voces.
Brittan Strangways ’99 has joined the law firm of
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP as an
associate. Based in the firm’s Grand Rapids, Mich.,
office, he is in the Environmental Practice Group.
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Mark Boss ’00 of Smyrna, Ga., is a production
manager with Universal Forest Products Inc.
Ericka Cunningham ’00 of Twin Lake, Mich., is a
medical student.
Aaron Fritzsche ’00 teaches English at the middle
school and high school level with the Pellston Public
Schools.
Betsy Gibbs ’00 is working for Catholic Social
Services of Muskegon (Mich.) as a family group
decision making advocate.
Kathryn Herweyer ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is pursuing a master’s in landscape architecture at the
University of Michigan.
Maryellen Ward ’00 Metcalf of Grand Rapids,
Mich., is a product specialist with Bissell Inc.
Laura Parsons ’00 of Royal Oak, Mich., was one of
four alumni to participate in a “Careers in Biology”
panel at Hope on Wednesday, Nov. 6. She is an
electrophysiologist with Biotronic.
Jennifer Chelepis ’01 is a marketing assistant at
Elzinga & Volkers Inc. in Holland, Mich.
Tim Cupery ’01 and James R. Hull ’02 are both sociology Ph.D. students at UNC–Chapel Hill. In
October they enjoyed a four–day backpacking trip
with rain, river crossings, great views and good
food in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Emily Gisleson ’01 is an executive assistant with
Bayshore Christian Ministries in Alto, Calif.
Simone Schartow ’01 Tennant of Holland, MIch., is
a fourth grade teacher at the West Michigan
Academy of Arts and Academics.
Christopher Vande Bunte ’01 of Freehold, N.J., is a
student minister at Hillsborough Reformed Church
at Millstone.
Milestone Mailing
The 2002 Milestones were mailed by
the end of October to those who had
ordered them. Enjoy!
Derek Augsburger ’02 of Lombard, Ill., is a programmer/analyst with Hewitt Associates in
Deerfield, Ill.
Jessica Tischendorf ’02 Augsburger of Lombard,
Ill., is a foster care case manager with Bethany
Christian Services in Chicago, Ill.
Megan Timmer ’02 Blondin is an event coordinator
on the staff of the Haworth Inn and Conference
Center at Hope College.
Brian Bredeway ’02 of Holland, Mich., works in
accounts payable at JCI. He ran in the Chicago
Marathon, finishing in 3:30:13 and placing 4,301st
out of more than 37,000 runners.
Laura Burns ’02 is a Clinical Nurse I with
University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann
Arbor.
Meredith Care ’02 is a church relations and special
projects coordinator with Youth for Christ–Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Tavia DiSalvio ’02 is a secondary education teacher
in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Mike Hanley ’02 works at Cars.com in downtown
Chicago, Ill., as an editorial intern.
Tara Dunham ’02 Hanley is a program manager for
developmentally disabled adults at Clearbrook in
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Jason Hathaway ’02 of Mount Pleasant, Mich., was
among this summer’s honors graduates, graduating
magna cum laude. He was inadvertantly omitted
from the list published in the October issue.
Jason Helsen ’02 will begin work with the accounting firm Brickley DeLong in Muskegon, Mich., at
the beginning of January.
Lauren Hermes ’02 of Arlington Heights, Ill., is an
assistant gallery manager with Spencer Weisz
Galleries, and graduated from the professional bartending school in Schaumburg, Ill., as a certified and
licensed bartender.
Cara Klapp ’02 has accepted a teaching position
with the South Haven (Mich.) Public Schools.
Geri Klug ’02 of Belleville, Mich., is an accounting
specialist with Garan Lucow Miller PC in Detroit,
Mich.
Jeff Lubbers ’02 is working with the American Bar
Association in Washington, D.C. He is a staff assistant in the Section of Individual Rights and
Responsibilities.
Betsi Mulder ’02 has accepted a teaching position
with the South Haven (Mich.) Public Schools.
Beth Ann Provencal ’02 has a long–term substitute
teaching position with the Grand Haven (Mich.)
Public Schools.
Lisa Purcell ’02 is a high school social studies
teacher with the New York City Public Schools.
Tanner Smith ’02 is youth pastor with Forest Grove
Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Mich.
Sarah Hokenson ’02 Therkildsen and her husband
(please see “Marriages”) are living in Houghton,
Mich., until May while he completes his master’s at
Michigan Technological University.
Jamie Werth ’02 of Tempe, Ariz., is an executive
staffing recruiter in the Phoenix, Ariz., area.
Megan Zeneberg ’02 has a teaching position with
the Middleville (Mich.) Schools.
Marriages
We welcome your news. In fact, we like printing it,
so please keep it coming. Please note, though, that
we don’t publish engagement announcements––
that’s what this “marriages” section is for! Please
write us after your wedding takes place.
Joyce VanAken ’73 and David “Andy”
Cawthon, March, 2002, Grand Haven, Mich.
George George ’77 and Nancy Pierce
Struckmeyer, Aug. 3, 2002.
Nanette Marsh ’83 Hamstra and James William
Borlik, Oct. 26, 2002.
Barbara Krom Muller ’84 and Carl Frank Miller,
Oct. 19, 2002, Lewiston, Mich.
Jennifer Penrod ’90 and Adam Benne, May 4,
2002, Jefferson City, Mo.
Kirstan Carroll ’92 and Brian Beatty, May, 2002.
Michael Shawn Bazaire ’93 and Michelle Lynne
Holcomb, Sept. 21, 2002, Mackinac Island, Mich.
Gary Elsinger ’93 and Sabrina Lise Bensimon,
June 29, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Kevin Bobofchak ’94 and Jeanne, July 27, 2002,
Galesburg, Ill.
Faculty Positions Available
***
The college is seeking candidates for faculty positions available
during the 2003–04 academic year. Consideration of candidates is
underway and will continue until the positions are filled, with
additional deadlines noted below. More information concerning the
character of each position may be obtained through the college’s
World Wide Web home page at www.hope.edu or by contacting the
department chair as follows:
Chairperson (see following)
Hope College
PO Box 9000
Holland, MI 49422–9000
ART
Assistant professor. Primary responsibilities
include painting, drawing and 2–D.
(Billy Mayer, mayer@hope.edu)
COMMUNICATION
Assistant professor. Small–group and
organizational communication.
Ph.D. in communication studies required.
(Dr. James A. Herrick, herrick@hope.edu)
EDUCATION
Director of clinical practice and certification.
Master’s, Michigan certification and recent,
extensive K–12 teaching experience required.
(Dr. Leslie Wessman, wessman@hope.edu)
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Assistant or associate professor. Doctorate
and elementary certification with recent,
extensive K–6 classroom experience required.
(Dr. Leslie Wessman, wessman@hope.edu)
ENGLISH
Two positions: (1) African–American
literature and (2) 17th century non–dramatic
English literature. Ph.D. preferred.
(Dr. Peter Schakel, schakel@hope.edu)
HISTORY
Specialty in modern continental Europe with
solid sub–field in East Asian history.
Two–year appointment with possibility of
renewal. Applications were due by Nov. 29,
2002. (Dr. Albert Bell, bell@hope.edu)
KINESIOLOGY
(Dr. George Kraft, kraft@hope.edu)
MATHEMATICS
Three positions: (1) statistics, and (2 and 3)
applied mathematics. Rank open.
Consideration of statistics position is
on–going; full consideration of applied
mathematics positions will be given to
applications received by Dec. 13, 2002.
(Dr. Janet Andersen, jandersen@hope.edu)
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MUSIC
Assistant or associate professor of music in
music education. Applications due Dec. 16,
2002. (Dr. Brian Coyle, coyle@hope.edu)
NURSING
Three positions: (1) pediatrics, (2)
gerontology and (3) women’s health. Rank
open. Doctorate in nursing or related field
required for tenure–track position; M.S.N.
considered for term position.
(Debra Sietsema, sietsema@hope.edu)
PSYCHOLOGY
Preference to candidates with specialties in
cross–cultural/multicultural psychology, or
neuropsychology/biopsychology.
Applications due Dec. 15, 2002.
(Dr. Patricia Roehling, roehling@hope.edu)
SPANISH
Two positions, assistant or associate professor:
(1) linguistics and (2) modern Peninsular
literature. Ph.D. in–hand by August, 2003.
(Dr. Maria Claudia Andre, andre@hope.edu)
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Assistant or associate professor. Ph.D. in
special education required plus teaching
certificate and endorsement in emotional
impairment (EI). (Dr. Leslie Wessman;
wessman@hope.edu)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to combine excellence in classroom
teaching with scholarly or other appropriate
professional activity; commitment to the
character and goals of a liberal arts college
with a Christian perspective.
RANK AND SALARY
Tenure track with rank open, unless specified.
Salary commensurate with education and
experience. Terminal degrees are required
for all positions unless otherwise noted.
Hope College places a high priority on sustaining
a supportive environment that promotes
opportunities for ethnic minorities and women.
Therefore, applications from and nominations of
women and minority group members are
especially welcomed. Hope College complies
with federal and state requirements for
non–discrimination in employment.
NFHC December 2002
Dana Woods McCoy ’94 and Quinn Brendon
Holzer, June 29, 2002, Helena, Mont.
Heidi Amanda Elyea ’96 and Christopher Mark
Schulenberg, May 4, 2002, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Amy Leann Wright ’96 and Justin Paul
Wainwright ’98, June 22, 2002, Plymouth, Mich.
Nicole Clements ’97 and Kory Koch, June 8,
2002, Alma, Mich.
Aaron Tracy ’97 and Sarah Catros ’98, July 20,
2002, Holland, Mich.
Rachel Bernadette Allen ’98 and Brian Keith
Allen, Aug. 20, 2002, Waukegan, Ill.
Katherine Drake ’98 and Mark Gudiksen, Aug.
3, 2002, Rochester Hills, Mich.
Joel Johnson ’98 and Anna Naber ’00, June 10,
2000, Zeeland, Mich.
Janna Winn ’98 and Peter Tichenor, Oct. 6, 2001,
Rockford, Ill.
Angela A. Brown ’99 and Mark Schelter, July 20,
2002, Grand Haven, Mich.
Daniel Daly ’99 and Rebecca Karrow ’99, Aug.
24, 2002, Naperville, Ill.
Andrew Gookin ’99 and Katherine Crispin ’01,
March, 2000.
Sarah Kuipers ’99 and Guy Risedorph ’99, Aug.
24, 2002.
Kristi Langland ’99 and Ted Patrick ’00, April 20,
2002, Holland, Mich.
Christa Murphy ’99 and Ryan Shepard, Sept. 7,
2002, Midland, Mich.
Russell Metcalf ’99 and Maryellen Ward ’00, Oct.
26, 2002, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Gina Michelle Pellerito ’99 and Ted D. Morgan,
Sept. 21, 2002, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Beth Quimby ’99 and Jack Howard Hopkins Jr.,
Oct. 19, 2002, Lincoln, Neb.
Kelly Zweering ’99 and Michael Wierenga, April
6, 2002.
Khurrum Ahmed ’00 and Anna Chaudari,
March 28, 2002.
Gary (Todd) Cooper ’00 and Kristi Wieghmink,
June 8, 2002, Holland, Mich.
Darin Crask ’00 and Brandy Newkirk, May 18,
2002, Marseilles, Ill.
Kathryn Hoesch ’01 and Troy De Wys, June 29,
2002.
Kyle Maas ’01 and Andrea Witham ’01, June 22,
2002, Holland, Mich.
Derek Augsburger ’02 and Jessica Tischendorf
’02, Oct. 5, 2002, Libertyville, Ill.
Jessica Droste ’02 and Todd Dornbush, Oct. 5,
2002.
Tara Dunham ’02 and Mike Hanley ’02, Aug. 3,
2002.
Sarah Hokenson ’02 and Eric Therkildsen, June
8, 2002, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sarah Hooker ’03 and Daniel Shannon, June 21,
2002.
New Arrivals
Births/New Arrivals
Phil Johnson ’81 and Michelle Johnson, Emily
Kristina, Sept. 8, 2002.
Joy Surber ’83 Walczak and Tom Walczak,
Megan Grace, Oct. 10, 2002.
Marnie Marsters ’85 Lamberson and Michael
Lamberson, Catherine Hope, March 7, 2002.
Kevin H. Cowell ’88 and Susan Wallace–Cowell,
Quinn Wallace Cowell, Aug. 14, 2002.
Chad Bergman ’89 and Tammy Bergman, Philip
Benjamin, Oct. 5, 2002.
Carrie Jo Richards ’90 Jones and David Jones,
Nathaniel James, Sept. 13, 2001.
David King ’90 and Julie McCoy ’92 King, Lilly
Grace, Oct. 3, 2002.
Mary Beth Herin ’91 Davis and Jim Davis, Leah
May, Sept. 12, 2002.
Elizabeth Blom ’91 Harper and Lewis Harper,
Hannah Jane, July 18, 2002.
Xandrea Oxender ’91 Kirtley and Michael
Kirtley, Jacob Michael, Aug. 25, 2002.
Barbara Bosch ’92 Berens and Jeff Berens, Drew
Thomas, July 20, 2002.
Denise Knoll ’92 Blunk and Jim Blunk, Adrianna
Noelle, July 26, 2002.
Charlene Fischer ’92 Foss and James Foss, Tyrus
“Ty” Graham, July 10, 2002.
Heidi Short ’92 Hansing and Jim Hansing, Esme
Marie, Sept. 24, 2002.
Kristy Arthurs ’92 Mitchell and Ricky Mitchell,
David Don, Jan. 5, 2002.
Todd Query ’92 and Lisa Edmiston ’93 Query,
Jackson Scott, Aug. 4, 2002.
David Treloar ’92 and Lisa Barger ’94 Treloar,
Elizabeth Corinne (“Libby”), Oct. 17, 2000.
You won’t need to get in line to get a
seat at the Holland Civic Center to enjoy
Hope–Calvin basketball this year.
Julie Shensky ’92 Yonkus and Anthony Yonkus,
Chloe Alena, Dec. 10, 2001.
Rebecca O’Shesky ’92 Hermen and Michael
Hermen ’93, Nathaniel Lawrence, Sept. 20, 2002.
Denise Conley ’93 Burns and Kurt Burns, Kent
Richard, Aug. 24, 2002.
Shalom Sonneveldt ’93 Jaconette and William
Jaconette, Claire, June 18, 2002.
Kevin Richardson ’93 and Erin Knecht ’98
Richardson, Alexander Nicholas, Oct. 6, 2002.
Peter VerLee ’93 and Kristal VerLee, Brendan
Phillip, Oct. 23, 2002.
Nancy Birch ’93 Voskuil and Derek Voskuil ’93,
Clara Mae, March 12, 2002.
Amy Groothuis ’93 Westendorp and Clifford
Westendorp, Matthew Robert Edward Westendorp,
July 1, 2002.
Jeff Baxter ’94 and Laurie Baxter, Levi Jeremiah,
Sept. 26, 2002.
Michelle Windecker ’94 Irwin and Tim Irwin,
Ainsley Grace, Aug. 18, 2002.
Christina Henke ’94 Larsen and Erik Larsen,
Kathryn Elaine, Sept. 8, 2002.
Donna Bolenz ’94 Lindley and Jonathan Lindley,
Megan Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 2002.
Amy Garringer ’94 Monette and Craig Monette
’95, McKenna Ann, Sept. 27, 2002.
Kerri–Sue DeWitt ’94 Smits and James Smits ’96,
Kylie Grace, Jan. 14, 2002.
Adam Breit ’95 and Carrie O’Dowd ’95 Breit,
Mason Kenneth, Sept. 5, 2002.
Gretchen Hirschy ’95 Henriksen and Robert
Henriksen, Alyssa Nichole, March 3, 2002.
Cheryl Kolk ’95 Quillan and Steve Quillan,
Owen Robert, June 18, 2002.
Lori Marcussen ’95 Staggs and Steve Staggs,
Emma Ruth, Sept. 22, 2002.
Leah Vredevoogd ’95 VanElderen and Joel
VanElderen, Anna Kaye, July 19, 2002.
Theresa Hamilton ’95 Wilson and Nick Wilson,
Carter Ryan, Feb. 13, 2002.
Duane Bosma ’96 and Wendy Carroll ’96 Bosma,
Blake Richard, Nov. 2, 2002.
Michael Kaufman ’96 and Eileen Kaufman,
Collier James, Dec. 1, 2001.
Jennifer Salls ’97 Bailey and Peter Bailey, Eden
Elizabeth, Oct. 22, 2002.
Abby Pochert ’98 Brink and Ryan Brink, Jensen
JoAnne, May 13, 2001.
Jeremy Caulkins ’98 and Travis Caulkins, Archer
Dane, Sept. 2, 2002.
Jason Hester ’99 and Jennifer Hester, Madalynn
Ruth, July 24, 2002.
Ericka S. Cunningham ’00, Ethan Kipp, Jan.
20, 2002.
Benjamin Mark Tennant ’01 and Simone
Schartow ’01 Tennant, Cadence, April 25, 2002.
Advanced Degrees
Advanced Degrees
Junardi Armstrong ’71, M.A., language, reading
and culture, University of Arizona.
Joyce VanAken ’73 Cawthon, master’s, counseling, Western Michigan University, December, 2002.
Ardith Zwyghuizen ’84 Doorenbos, Ph.D.,
nursing, Wayne State University College of
Nursing.
Dan Vermeer ’88, Ph.D., learning sciences,
Northwestern University, May, 2002.
Jennifer Penrod ’90 Benne, Ph.D., Michigan State
University, 2000.
Kristy Arthurs ’92 Mitchell, master’s in the art of
teaching, Aquinas College, summer, 2002.
Denise Conley ’93 Burns, master’s, learning disabilities, Grand Valley State University, April, 2002.
Elizabeth Burton ’97 Carr, master of arts in
teaching, reading and language arts, Oakland
University, June, 2002.
Emily Schmidt ’97 Christensen, master’s, Middle
Eastern studies, University of Chicago.
Nicki Flinn ’97, master’s, MaryGrove College,
December, 2001.
Karen Bhatt ’98, master’s, human resource management, Loyola University, Chicago, Ill., June,
2002.
Betsy Gibbs ’00, MSW, University of Michigan,
2001.
Deaths
Deaths
Arthur C. Becker ’38 of Holland, Mich., died on
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002. He was 86.
He was a veteran of World War II. He was secretary–treasurer of Home Furnace Co. until 1966
and Lear Siegler Inc., Home Furnace until 1974.
He was the last living founding member of the
college’s Second Century Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth; and
sons, Chris and Glenn Becker.
Survivors include his children, Jill Hamilton of
Holland, and Lana and Ron Knap of Holland;
grandchildren, Christopher, Patrick and Lisa
Hamilton, all of Holland; a great–granddaughter,
Jasmine Hamilton of Holland; sisters and brothers,
Fall Sports Roundup
(Continued from page nine.)
Coming live via satellite will be the Saturday, Jan. 18,
Hope-at-Calvin game (3 p.m. EST).
The Alumni Associations of Hope and Calvin will again be beaming the
live telecast of this classic small–college rivalry across the country.
Last year alumni and friends of the two colleges gathered at more than
40 locations to cheer the orange–and–blue and maroon–and–gold.
If you are interested in hosting a gathering, contact Alumni Director
Lynne Powe ’86 (powe@hope.edu), (616) 395–7860.
Check our website (www.hope.edu/alumni) for locations and more
information.
An interactive look at
NFHC December 2002
HOPE
The Flying Dutchmen had an effective
passing attack. Junior quarterback Phil
Butler of Howard City, Mich., broke every
Hope single-season passing record, throwing
31 touchdown passes. Senior receiver Joel
Solomon of North Branch, Mich., became the
first Hope player to have pass receptions for
more than 1,000 yards in a season.
Two senior players achieved All-MIAA
first team recognition. Punter Vince
Scheffler of Chelsea, Mich., was voted to the
first team for the third time in his career,
while senior offensive tackle Bill Crane of
Cedar Springs, Mich., was honored for the
second time.
Players named to the All-MIAA offensive
second team were senior center Josh
Rumpsa of Grand Rapids, Mich., Joel
Solomon and Phil Butler. Second team AllMIAA defensive honorees included senior
tackle Andy Keller of Hastings, Mich., senior
linebacker Josh Baumbach of Wyoming,
Mich., junior linebacker Matt Beaver of
Gladwin, Mich., and senior back Matt
Baumbach of Wyoming, Mich.
Volleyball
The Flying Dutch finished fourth in the
MIAA standings while posting an overall
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17-14 mark. Senior co-captains Martha
Luidens of Holland, Mich., and Kara
VanAssen of Jenison, Mich., were named to
the coaches’ All-MIAA volleyball teams,
Luidens to first team and Van Assen to the
second.
Cross Country
The Flying Dutch finished second in the
MIAA women’s cross country standings,
while the Flying Dutchmen were third in the
men’s.
Achieving All-MIAA first team honors
were sophomore Tina Pike of Rochester,
Minn., and senior Kristen Post of Holland,
Mich. Second team honorees were freshman Chris Alcenius of Horton, Mich.,
freshman Justin Blazek of Portage, Mich.,
freshman Greg Borst of Jenison, Mich.,
junior Peter Derby of Cadillac, Mich.
junior Martha Graham of Midland, Mich.,
senior Leticia Grandia of Rockford, Mich.,
junior Kyle Morrison of Niles, Mich.,
junior Rachel Riemer of Ludington, Mich.,
and senior Kathryn Veldman of Three
Oaks, Mich., freshman Tyson Warner of
Portage, Mich., freshman Ryan Weaver of
Saline, Mich., and freshman Kyle Williams
of Plainwell, Mich.
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Mrs. Ekdal (Mina) Buys of Holland, Mrs. Jack
(Helen) Crandle of Middleville, Mich., Louise and
Douglas MacGregor of Middleville, and John and
Beverly Becker of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and a
sister–in–law, Rosemary Taft of Allegan, Mich.
William Rolan Birdwell ’51 of Los Angeles,
Calif., died on Thursday, March 7, 2002. He was 81.
He completed graduate degrees in music and
music education, and credentials from the
Education Department of California in general elementary education, special education and special
secondary music, and had served as First Vice
President of the California Retired Teachers’
Association.
He had been an organ recitalist, symphony conductor, choral conductor, Navy Band conductor,
vocal coach in opera/oratorio, and lecturer in voice
and opera and continuing education in both
Michigan and California. He served on a prominent
church–music commission, was the organizer and
conductor of a choral society, supervised choirmasters under his direction in full–time church music
positions and was a boys’ choir trainer/conductor.
He had been vice president for planning and
development at the University of Santa Barbara. He
served on doctoral committees and was a university faculty member since 1975.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy,
in 1995.
Survivors include a brother, J. Frank Birdwell of
Knoxville, Tenn.; and nine nieces and nephews.
Gerald H. Bonnette ’35 of Seminole, Fla., died
on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002. He was 92.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and an oral
surgeon.
He served as director of clinical oral surgery at
the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, and
had served as an oral surgeon, chief of the dental
department and consultant instructor in oral
surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
He also served at the U.S. Naval Hospital,
Graduation Honors
A number of May and summer
graduates were omitted from the lists
published in the August and October
issues. All of the honors graduates
deserve the heartiest congratulations!
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Laura A. Baker, Rochester, Mich.
Anthony A. Cappa, Naperville, Ill.
Ramona M. Fruja, Arad, Romania
Linda D. Montaño, Holland, Mich.
Todd J. Van Kuiken, Holland, Mich.
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Jennifer H. Anderson, Escanaba, Mich.
Patrick J. Bissell, Escanaba, Mich.
Cheri L. Cecil, Haslett, Mich.
Christian J. Den Ouden, Des Moines, Iowa
Aaron D. DeVos, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rachel k. Rathbun Gazda, Charlotte, N.C.
Treasure J. Givan, Tacoma, Wash.
Michael J. Gle, Brighton, Mich.
Jason R. Hathaway, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Cassie J. Krause, East Jordan, Mich.
Jason P. Mellema, Fremont, Mich.
Rochelle M. Shrewsbury, East Lansing, Mich.
Tyler J. Southwell, Lowell, Mich.
Anna P. Wagnild, Minnetonka, Minn.
Janna K. Wickizer, Midlothian, Va.
CUM LAUDE
Elizabeth A. Bennett, Grosse Ile, Mich.
Susan R. Dekam, Caledonia, Mich.
Faith H. Ferrara, Ashland, Wis.
Nicholas H. Grinzinger, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Julie B. Hofman, Kentwood, Mich.
Mika R. Hulliberger, Williamston, Mich.
Benjamin J. Koetje, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kelly J. Kuipers, Holland, Mich.
Rebecca R. McCoy, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Christina J. Prince, Indianapolis, Ind.
Erich C. Shoemaker, Traverse City, Mich.
Sarah C. Stoepker, Portage, Mich.
Janis M. Tippie, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Charlotte E. van Coevorden, Brussels, Belgium
Christa J. VanDort, Midland, Mich.
Erin L. Wysocki, Plymouth, Mich.
David A. Yang, Marshall, Mich.
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Pensacola, Fla.; on the U.S. Naval Hospital ship
USS Haven; and as chief of the dental department,
U.S. Naval Hospital, U.S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Althea.
Survivors include his daughters, Geri–Kay and
David Lumbard of Seminole, and Pamela and
Robert Scott of Port Angeles, Wash.; four grandchildren; and five great–grandchildren.
Word has been received of the death of Clarence
Bremer ’29 of South Bend, Ind., who died on
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Catherine Alms ’68 Clayton of Wheaton, Ill.,
died on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002. She was 56.
She had worked for 29 years at Chicago Title
Insurance in Wheaton as a billing manager.
Survivors include her husband, James Clayton;
children, Carrie (Dan) Glod of West Chicago, Ill.,
Christine (Sean) Kelly of Longview, Wash., and
Matt and Rob Clayton of Wheaton; grandchildren,
Janelle, Ashton, Dryden, Shane and Bridget;
mother, Beryl Alms of Downers Grove; brother,
Paul (Jan) Alms of Chicago, Ill.; and a sister, Pat
(Dick) Bandy of Grand Rapids, Mich.
She was preceded in death by her father, Julius
Alms.
Word has been received of the death of Jerome
DeJong ’41 of South Holland, Ill., who died on
Friday, Oct. 25, 2002. More information will appear
in the next issue.
Word has been received of the death of Ronald
Den Uyl ’57 of South Haven, Mich., who died on
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Donald W. Hazekamp ’51 of Mount Pleasant,
Mich., died on Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, after a battle
with cancer. He was 73.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, serving in Bordeaux, France, from 1952
to 1954.
He taught at McBain High School before joining
the mathematics faculty at Central Michigan
University in 1961. He retired from the university in
1993.
He was a past president of the Michigan Council
Teachers of Mathematics. He was a member of the
Mt. Pleasant Kiwanis Club, serving as president and
as lieutenant governor for Division 19.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Lucille
Haynes–Hazekamp; two daughters, Jana and
Audrey; and two brothers, Paul and Bernard.
Word has been received of the death of Henry
Hoekman ’43 of Lakewood, Calif., who died on
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Elizabeth “Betty” Weaver ’49 Kragt of Orrville,
Ohio, died on Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, following a
lengthy illness. She was 75.
She was an elementary school teacher from 1951
to 1964, teaching in East Lansing, Mich.; Elmira,
N.Y.; and Aurora, Ind.
Survivors include her husband, Marvin N.
Kragt; daughters, Judi (Gary) Rutledge of
Worthington, Ohio, Linda (Don) Bilderback of
Dalton, Ohio, and Diane (Rick) Kragt Griffin of
Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchildren; a brother,
Jeremiah J. Weaver Jr. (Ruth) of Deer Park, N.Y.;
brothers– and sisters–in–law, Earl (Hazel) Kragt
of Toledo, Ohio, Con (Donna) Boeve, Roger
(Phyllis) Kragt and Cornie (Norma) Van Loo, all
of Holland, Mich., and Cornel (Bev) Kragt of
Zeeland, Mich.
Bernice Freligh ’40 Mackey of Seal Rock, Ore.,
died on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002. She was 84.
She met her husband, Harold Mackey ’43, who
preceded her in death, while they were students at
Hope. Together they served churches in Michigan,
Idaho and Oregon. She retired as an elementary
school librarian for the Salem School District.
Survivors include a daughter, Margaret
Maxwell; a son, David Mackey; four grandchildren,
Patrick and Jennifer Maxwell, Meegan Alexander
and Brian Mackey; a brother, Randolph Freligh; and
a sister, Charlotte Sackett.
Word has been received of the death of Isaac
Herbert Marsilje ’33 of Holland, Mich., who died
on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Jack E. Moermond ’56 of Midland, Mich., died
on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002. He was 67.
He was retired as senior patent attorney from
Dow Corning Corporation in Midland after
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Professor Kraft began her involvement
with the Student Achievement Testing
program through the local chapter. The
program now tests more than 4,000 preparatory students throughout the state, stressing
not only performances but also music theory,
aural awareness, technique and sight–
reading. She was local chair of SAT testing for
five years.
She received the “Teacher of the Year
Award” from the Holland chapter of the
MMTA in 1995.
Ryan McFall ’93 of the computer science
faculty is seeking to blend the best of two
worlds as he develops an electronic textbook
for hand–held computers.
He has received a two–year, $75,000 grant
from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
in support of his effort to develop an electronic computer science textbook. He is hoping to
combine the qualities that make traditional
printed books convenient with the additional
possibilities of on–line, shared text.
“I view it in two ways,” he said. “One is
that I certainly have to replicate the features of
a paper textbook. Everybody likes to highlight, everybody likes to underline, everybody
likes to fold the pages over––you name it.”
“The thing that the digital medium allows
you to do is to extend that to a collaborative
arena,” he said.
“An
electronic
textbook
enables
student–to–student and student–to–instructor communication directly within the
textbook,” Dr. McFall said. “This type of discussion would be helpful to clarify and
explore more deeply elements of the text that
are hard to understand. The hope is that features such as this will transform reading of
the textbook from a passive to a more active
learning environment.”
Students will be able to indicate portions of
the text that they find difficult, seeking additional help from peers or their teachers.
Instructors can emphasize sections that they
feel are important or elaborate on those sections of the text that may be difficult for
students to understand. Students and instructors alike will be able to personalize the text
by adding their own examples or comments.
Dr. McFall noted that the digital nature of the
medium allows such customizations to be
easily shared, facilitating a collaborative
approach to textbook reading.
Steve Nelson, assistant adjunct professor
of art, had photographs selected for exhibition
at the Padzieski Art Gallery in Dearborn’s
new Ford Community and Performing Arts
Center.
Professor Nelson’s photographs were
included in a group exhibition of Creative
Artist Grant (CAG) Award winners in the
visual arts disciplines for 2002 and 2000.
The exhibition opened with a reception in
the Padzieski Art Gallery on Wednesday, Oct.
30, and ran through Sunday, Nov. 24. The
group show ran in conjunction with ArtServe
Michigan’s annual Governors’ Arts Awards
ceremony, held there on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
The photographs were from a series of
black and white panoramic photographs of
Michigan landscapes that Professor Nelson
completed this year with the support of a 2002
CAG award provided through ArtServe
Michigan in conjunction with the Michigan
Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. The
series of 20 photographs, “Endless
Landscapes,” explore the relationships
between the past and present in the vernacular landscape.
Of the work, Professor Nelson said, “I am
interested in photographing places with features that are of a timeless quality within a
specific geography. These places bear evidence of human presence in their various
architectural forms and current human activity. These elements are a natural part of their
setting, suggesting an enduring relationship
to the landscape.”
Professor Nelson traveled throughout
Michigan photographing locations with
names like “Two Hearted River” and
“Paradise” that echo his own sentiments
about the places. “These tend to be uncelebrated landscapes, that are rich with folklore
and natural beauty,” he said.
Michael J. Pikaart of the chemistry faculty
has received a federal grant for research that
could ultimately have implications for the
treatment of blood diseases.
Dr. Pikaart has received a $102,317
Academic Research Enhancement Award
(AREA) through the National Heart, Lung
and Blood Institute of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. The three–year
award will support his on–going research into
the way that blood cell development is affected by the interaction between DNA and a
protein known as Gata–1.
“Gata–1 is required for bone marrow stem
cells to mature into functional blood cells in
circulation,” said Dr. Pikaart, an assistant professor of chemistry. “In red blood cell
development, for example, Gata–1 works to
turn on expression of the globin genes to
produce hemoglobin protein, the molecule
which carries oxygen from the lungs to the
rest of the body.”
In studying the relationship between
Gata–1 and DNA, Pikaart is hoping to gain
insights not only into such normal functioning, but also into how the interaction might
play a role in diseases such as anemia and
leukemia––information
that
medical
researchers might then be able to use in their
search for a cure.
Geoffrey D. Reynolds, director of the Joint
Archives of Holland with the rank of assistant
professor, has been elected the 19th president
of the Michigan Archival Association.
The Michigan Archival Association,
founded in 1958 by special collections librarians, university archivists, state records
administrators and historical society
members, is the oldest state or regional
archival association in the United States.
Since then, the Michigan Archival
Association, which has more than 220
members, has evolved into the primary organization devoted to the archival community
in Michigan.
Professor Reynolds is serving a two–year
term that started in June. As president, he is
overseeing the planning of the association’s
annual meetings, publications, administration
and membership.
In addition to his position as president of
the Michigan Archival Association, he currently serves as the treasurer of the
Dutch–American Historical Commission, on
the board of the Association for the
Advancement of Dutch American Studies
and as a member of the Holland Rotary Club,
and is the executive director of the Holland
Area Historical Society.
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teaching school in Byron Center and Grant, Mich.
Survivors include his wife, Jean; children, Linda
’80 (George) DeGroff, Deborah ’84 (Scott ’86)
Petersen, Barbara Clark and Timothy ’89 (Julie)
Moermond; eight grandchildren; father, Marinus
(Sylvia) Moermond; and brother, Jerry Moermond.
Word has been received of the death of Donald
V. Poppen ’40 of Provo, Utah, who died on Friday,
Oct. 11, 2002. More information will appear in the
next issue.
Herman Speet ’51 of Coopersville, Mich., died
on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002. He was 84.
He was a veteran of World War II.
He had taught French, Latin, English and driver’s education at Coopersville High School for 13
years, and for 17 years taught at Northview High
School. He had served as Wright Township
Supervisor for 18 years.
alumni
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Eunice;
children, David and Diane Speet, Diane and
George Lautenbach, Mark and Cookie Speet, Lee
Ann and Dennis Rosel, and Sara and Kevin
Ferguson; 19 grandchildren; four great–grandchildren; brothers, Robert and Arlene Speet, and Tony
and Hester Speet; and sisters, Cleo and Miles
Jerding, and Adrianna and Frank Wecker.
Margaret Westveer ’31 Steffens of Holland,
Mich., died on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002. She was 93.
She had attended Hope for two years before
transferring to Northwestern University, graduating from the School of Speech in 1932. She was a
member of the Herrick District Library Board in
Holland for 15 years, and a member of the State of
Michigan Library Board for 10 years. She received
a Citation of Merit from the Michigan Library
Association and the American Library Association
in 1965.
parents
She had married Henry J. Steffens ’30 in 1936; he
preceded her in death, on Nov. 20, 1992. He had
been treasurer and then vice president for finance
at Hope from 1946 until retiring in 1968.
Survivors include a son, Henry W. Steffens ’61
(Carole A. Shrader ’63 Steffens) of Midland, Mich.;
a daughter, Gretchen E. Steffens ’66 Robert of Paris,
France; four grandchildren, Robert W. Steffens of
Clinton Township, Mich., Dr. David J. Steffens
(Gaye F. Steffens) of Oklahoma City, Okla., and
Anne E. Robert (Christophe Richard) and
Marie–Pierre Baldwin (Tayt Baldwin), both of
Paris, France; and a great–grandson, Adrien H.
Richard.
In addition to being predeceased by her
husband, she was preceded in death by her brother,
Willard M. Westveer.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan.
5, at 2:30 p.m. at Third Reformed Church in
Holland, with Dr. Steven Stam officiating.
friends...supporting students
Hope College was very instrumental in shaping
our lives: spouse, careers, friends, and faith!
We met Freshman year on a Hope ski trip and, as
many know, this story of marriage among Hope
alumni is not uncommon.
Keith was considering a career in retail business;
I was leaning towards marketing. Semester offcampus internships allowed us to experience
these fields short term and redirected both of us
towards more well-suited careers in waste services
and interior design.
Hope friends abound! To this day, these are some
of our dearest relationships and we continue to
enjoy Hope connections at school, at work, and in
cities around the country.
Keith Granger and Lisa Reenders-Fall 1988
Independence Square, on Philadelphia Semester
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THE HOPE CONNECTION
Most importantly, our faith was nurtured at Hope.
We are grateful for the influences of fine Christian
professors, like Tony Muiderman, who impacted our
lives through both teaching and friendship. We are
thankful for the FCA group which brought
fellowship and fun and were encouraged by chapel
meetings which brought prayer and praise among
the student body.
We are passionate about and forever
thankful for the impact of Hope
College in our lives!
Fall 2002
Keith ’89 and Lisa Reenders ’89 Granger
East Lansing, Michigan
***
Hope Fund gifts can now be given online.
www.hope.edu/hopefund
We support the Hope Fund with annual
contributions so that another generation of
students can benefit by the life-changing
experiences of a Hope College education.
The next generation ...among them the
children, nieces, nephews, and neighbors of
the Hope alumni family.
Keith and Lisa
Alumni donors to the 2002-03 Hope Fund will receive a complimentary 2002 Alumni Directory
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Gerloa Bonnema ’62 Suess of New Baltimore,
N.Y., died on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002. She was
61.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. LeRoy
Suess ’61 of New Baltimore.
Alfred J. Vande Waa ’47 of Zeeland, Mich., died
on Friday, Oct. 25, 2002. He was 80.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in
World War II.
He retired after 31 years as a physician for the
Zeeland community and nine years for the Grand
Rapids Veterans Outpatient Clinic.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Barbara
Vande Waa; sons, Martin and Susan Vande Waa of
Zeeland, John and Elisabeth Vande Waa of Spanish
Fort, Ala., James and Sandy Vande Waa of Grand
Haven, Mich., and Richard and Elisabeth Vande
Waa of Zeeland; 10 grandchildren; a sister–in–law,
Gary (Laura) Vande Waa of Minneapolis, Minn.;
brothers– and sisters–in–law, Dr. Harold and
Bonnie Van Dyke of Holland, Mich., Erma and the
Rev. Thomas Keizer of Rockford, Mich., and Judith
and the Rev. Rowland Van Es of Taiwan; and
several nieces and nephews.
Donald Wilbur Van Liere ’39 of Kalamazoo,
Mich., died on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002. He was 86.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in
World War II.
He founded the Psychology Department at
Kalamazoo College, and chaired the department
for many years. Upon his retirement in 1981, the
college dedicated the Van Liere Psychology
Laboratory in his honor.
He was also instrumental in creating the Special
Diagnostics Department at Bronson Methodist
Hospital, bringing electroencephalographic testing
to Kalamazoo. In 1956, he was part of the first heart
catheterization team at Bronson. He retired from
Bronson in 1985.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Carma, in
2001.
Survivors include six children, Jean E. (James)
Forrest of Kalamazoo, Mark B. (Faith) Van Liere of
Mountain View, Calif., M. Patricia (Jann) Nielsen of
Collegeville, Pa., Judith L. (Jim Knapp) Van Liere of
Grand Cayman, Eric B. Van Liere of Gobles, Mich.,
and Christopher L. Van Liere of Kalamazoo; four
grandchildren, Timothy P. (Gretchen) Halloran of
Kalamazoo, Matthew K. (Angela) Halloran of
Omaha, Neb., Caroline B. Nielsen of Palo Alto,
Calif., and Adam C. Nielsen of Philadelphia, Pa.;
one great–grandchildren, Ryan P. Halloran of
Kalamazoo; and his brother, Wallace (Bette) Van
Liere of Brownsville, Texas.
Word has been received of the death of Harold
R. Van’t Hof ’60 of Ada Township, Mich., who
died on Friday, Aug. 23, 2002. More information
will appear in the next issue.
Henrietta Veltman ’50 of Holland, Mich., died
on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002. She was 74.
She worked for the Salvation Army as a social
worker and senior citizens director. She also served
as a Sunday school teacher for 40 years, young people’s Sergeant Major, and in later years Corps
Sergeant Major.
Survivors include her sister and brother, Mrs.
Louis (Sena) Mulder of Yuma, Ariz., and Clarence
Veltman of Fallbrook, Calif.; and in–laws, Dorothy
Veltman of Texas, Fred Smith of Holland and Ruth
Smith of Holland; and nieces and nephews.
Word has been received of the death of Loraine
Pomp ’39 Widman of Holland, Mich., who died on
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Evangeline Grooters ’29 Williamson of Des
Moines, Iowa, died on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, of a
heart ailment. She was 94.
She was a retired English and Latin teacher at
Goodrell and Franklin junior high schools.
Survivors include a granddaughter, Whitney
Williamson of Springfield, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
John A.
Sympathy To
Sympathy To
The family of Charles J. Cooper, who died on
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, in Palm Beach Gardens,
Fla., at age 84.
He served as president, chairman and chief
executive officer of Holland Motor Express in
Holland, Mich., for more than 30 years. He and his
wife Loretta were members of Hope’s Second
Century Club, Patrons for the Arts and Presidents’
Circle.
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Campus Spotlight
Research learning serves students well
E
veryone wants an edge. Hope
students get one.
Time and again, national reports have made it clear:
research–based learning is invaluable to undergraduates as
they prepare for employment or graduate study. Schools
across the country are working to adopt the model.
Hope doesn’t need to adopt it. Hope is the example.
During both the school year and summer, Hope students
conduct original research with faculty mentors representing
departments throughout the campus––in the arts, natural and
physical sciences, and social sciences alike.
The college uses the expression “collaborative research” to
emphasize that the students are active and significant participants in the process of discovery, not merely doing busy
work.
In the most altruistic sense, the students are contributing to
the body of knowledge, adding understanding that others
will learn from or build upon in studies of their own. They are
also, however, learning lessons about scholarship and about
themselves that will serve them well.
“They learn to trouble–shoot and think through problems,
which is something anybody has to do, in any career,” said
Dr. Virginia McDonough, associate professor of biology.
“I also find they gain a lot of confidence in their abilities
after working in the lab,” she said. “Most come in and think
they can’t do it, and after they see that they can, they are ready
to conquer other things.”
“It helps students to understand where the information
comes from,” said Dr. Debra Harvey ’83 Swanson, associate
professor of sociology. “It’s important for them to see the
process. They see all of the steps, not just ’collect, here’s the
report, done.’”
“I love it, and to be able to pass on that love is exciting,” she
said.
Hope is so highly regarded for providing such lessons that
U.S. News and World Report recently ranked the college fourth
in the nation, from among all colleges and universities, in
“Academic Programs: Undergraduate research/Creative
projects” in its America’s Best Colleges 2003 guide. Hope is the
only liberal arts college in the top five, which also includes the
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Stanford University and Furman University.
Such recognition isn’t anything new. In 1998, Hope was
one of only 10 liberal arts institutions in the country recognized for innovation and excellence in science instruction by
the National Science Foundation (NSF) with an “Award for
the Integration of Research and Education” (AIRE). In 1994,
Project Kaleidoscope honored Hope in its “Whole Programs
That Work” category for science and mathematics instruction.
“They learn to trouble–shoot
and think through problems,
which is something anybody
has to do, in any career.”
–– Dr. Virginia McDonough
Associate Professor of Biology
As another sign of distinction, Hope has consistently held
more summer research grants through the NSF’s “Research
Experiences for Undergraduates” program than any other
liberal arts college in the country, and this past year more than
all but 17 other institutions of any sort nationwide. It is also
an indication of the high esteem in which Hope and its faculty
are held that Dr. James Gentile of the faculty was chosen to
help write the recently released “Bio 2010” report, prepared
under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences, that
sets directions for biology instruction nationwide. Dr. Gentile,
who is dean for the natural sciences and the Kenneth G.
Herrick Professor of Biology, was the only representative of a
liberal arts college on the writing team.
Hope traces its research emphasis to the early 20th century.
Dr. Gerrit Van Zyl ’18, who taught chemistry from 1923 to
1964, is widely recognized for developing research–based
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The college has won national recognition for its emphasis on collaborative research as
a teaching technique in many disciplines. Earlier this fall, the 2003 America’s Best
Colleges guide published by U.S. News and World Report ranked Hope fourth in the
nation among all colleges and universities––and first among liberal arts colleges––for
emphasizing undergraduate research and creative projects. The approach provides
students with outstanding preparation whatever their career choice. Above, senior
Daniel Schroyer (left) works with chemistry professor Dr. Michael Pikaart.
learning at the college in its modern sense, having involved
many students in his active research program.
In the early 21st century, however, research–based learning
extends far beyond the lab–coat set.
“We continually invite students to participate very significantly in the creative process, which has quite a bit to do
with research,” said John Tammi, professor and director of
theatre. “I will often have a student serve as either an assistant director or co–director. Recently we’ve instituted the
position of dramaturg [who investigates the history and
context of a play to assist in developing its presentation] as a
student responsibility. We also invite students to serve significantly in the areas of design.”
Accordingly, the second–annual, college–wide “Undergraduate Research Symposium,” held on campus on
Wednesday, Oct. 2, celebrated the work of students in a mix of
departments. Senior James (Ryan) Graves of Greencastle,
Ind., for example, made a presentation concerning the months
he spent, mentored by theatre Professor Richard Smith, developing multi–media projections for Hope Theatre’s spring,
2002, production of Defying Gravity, which focused on teacher
Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger explosion. Historical
research on the shuttle explosion, NASA and Monet blended
with his own artistic vision to yield the final result.
The work provided a chance to combine interests––Graves
started out in the sciences. He’ll also get additional practical
experience during his forthcoming semester with the New
York Arts program.
“I come to Hope for engineering, and look what happens,”
he said.
Senior Elizabeth Sturrus of Kentwood, Mich., is another
student who has found a way to blend interests. She was one
of four students working with Dr. Jane Dickie of the psychology faculty to study a community of feminist women in
Missouri. “It’s given me a context to understand my activism
today and my place in the ocean of feminism,” she said.
Also interested in theatre and also heading to New York
for a semester, she is inspired to find ways to link her social
awareness and artistic form. “It’s a medium that can reach a
lot of people,” she said.
Senior nursing major Tara Patton of Bourbonnais, Ill., was
part of a team of students working with Kathy Wyngarden of
the nursing faculty to develop and implement a breast
cancer–screening program for Ottawa County. She has found
the combination of investigation and application invaluable.
“In our careers we’re going to have to teach our patients every
day,” she said.
Senior Josh Hauser of St. Charles, Mo., worked with Dr.
Jack Holmes of the political science faculty in studying
democracy in practice. Echoing Dr. Swanson’s comments, he
has valued the insight into how research is conducted.
“Prior to this experience I never really realized the rigor
and the dedication needed to execute a project like this,”
Hauser said. “At the same time, I didn’t realize how fulfilling
it is, either.”
“You get a much better understanding of what research is
and what goes into it,” agreed senior Ian Hesselsweet of Grand
Haven, Mich., who has worked with Dr. Kenneth Brown of the
chemistry faculty in studying the electrochemical properties of
a type of film. “It gives you knowledge and experience that
you can use both inside the classroom and at a future job.”
The students benefit, but so do the faculty, who couldn’t
do the work without them. Dr. Lynn Winkels ’81 Japinga,
associate professor of religion, appreciates the contribution
made by senior Jennifer Hill of Allen Park, Mich., in her oral
history project collecting the stories of women in the
Reformed Church in America––work that included developing the questions themselves.
“I wouldn’t have had time to do this, so she added something to my research that I couldn’t do,” Dr. Japinga said. “It
just adds enormously to what you can learn and produce if
you’ve got a student who can do the work.”
In the same way, Nancy Wood Cook, associate professor of
education, noted that senior Lisa Cortez of Cadillac, Mich.,
has made a lasting difference by developing the system the
department is using to collect and present data as it prepares
to seek reaccreditation.
“At this point in time I think she’s got an understanding
of assessment and alignment of standards that far exceeds
what you’re going to find with many in–service teachers,”
Professor Cook said. “I could anticipate Lisa taking a leadership role in a school system or on a staff that’s concerned
with assessment.”
“The work that she’s done this summer is going to be seen
in the work of the department for years to come, there’s no
doubt,” she said.
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