Fall 2002 - Northwestern College

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