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
Summer Institute
s e rves dozen
Twelve students from around the world made NWC their
home during the Summer Institute for International Students
in July and August. The students hailed from Japan, Ta i w a n ,
Nigeria and India.
Summer Institute, in its 18th year, featured daily classes
in English as a second language, taught by Dr. Ron Ta k a l o ,
associate professor of Spanish, and American cultural studies,
taught by Michael Av e ry, assistant professor of business and
economics. The program was directed by Piet Koene, chairperson
of the department of modern foreign languages.
The students took a number of field trips, including a
G reat Plains camping trip to the Black Hills. They also spent
time with area host families.
L i b r a ry receives enhancements
Faculty and students are finding that the services of
Ramaker Library are more thorough and easy to use because
of some improvements made this summer.
T h rough its involvement in the Iowa Private Academic
Libraries consortium, Ramaker has subscribed to the
EBSCOhost family of databases. This comprehensive serv i c e
p rovides access to about 6,000 scholarly journals, many of
which are in full text, at a very appealing price for the college.
In addition, the library now features a wireless computer
network with six laptops that can be checked out at the desk
and used anywhere in the building. The new system is
expected to enable students to concentrate better, and make
studying and re s e a rching more convenient.
A u d i t o r i u m
time capsule
o p e n e d
The time capsule included a number of
Atime capsule
college publications and news clippings as
placed in the
well as greetings from the Board of Tr u s t e e s ;
cornerstone of
the A u d i t o r i u m the student body; and several alumni re p resentatives,
including the Rev. John Va n
on May 24, 1957,
was recovered Peursem from the Class of 1897 and
this spring by Gertrude de Bey from the Class of 1887.
c o n s t r u c t i o n
In his greetings on behalf of the faculty,
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Dean J.L. De Vries expressed their desire
on the adapta -
that the Auditorium be used in ways symbolized
by the three motifs in the upper
tion of the build -
ing into the new
theatre arts cen - portion of the main entrance: “That in all
t e r. The memo - our activities and in all our future pro g re s s
rabilia are now we may be conscious of the open Bible and
stored in the
have God truly as the Alpha and the Omega
A r c h i v e s .
of our every deed, that it may be influential
in developing our mental capacity as symbolized
by the lamp of knowledge, and that
it will be a means of developing students
physically as symbolized by the Olympic torc h .”
“Considering the pro g ress made during the first 57 years
of the 20th century, a comparative projection into the 21st
c e n t u ry would challenge the most capricious of visionaries,”
w rote Arie Vander Stoep, Orange City’s mayor. “Strong foundations
have been laid for mutual growth and development
(of Northwestern and Orange City), and the realization that
each greatly depends upon the other for continued expansion
is deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of all.”
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