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P re s i d e n sre t ’ p o rtN o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i cD r. Bruce MurphyP re s i d e n tThe seven distinctivesof Nort h w e s t e nrHow do we communicate the character of Nort h w e s t e rn top rospective students, to the public in general, to each other? What doesit mean to be a Christian liberal arts college today? Is there a concise,convincing way to describe the Nort h w e s t e rn experience?For several months, our admissions and public relations staffs havebeen wrestling with these questions. They have created a list ofN o rt h w e s t e rn Distinctives. I commend them to you.N o rt h w e s t e rn is . . .Academically excellentN o rt h w e s t e rn challenges your mind.A small campus with a large worldviewN o rt h w e s t e rn provides opportunities to explore the world, and to study in the security of a small town.C h r i s t - c e n t e re dN o rt h w e s t e rn offers a college education that will strengthen your faith.C o m m u n i t y - f o c u s e dN o rt h w e s t e rn offers a place to live and learn within an active, caring community.R e s u l t s - o r i e n t e dN o rt h w e s t e rn offers a whole education for your whole life.Valuable and aff o rd a b l eN o rt h w e s t e rn provides added value for what you pay for your college education.Committed to each student’s callingN o rt h w e s t e rn helps you discover your gifts and find your place in the world.▼“Our faculty and staff investin students’ lives and continueto learn themselves.”Each of these characteristics is worthy of extended explanation, but follow me as I take the first and see where it leads.“Academic excellence” is the mantra of every higher educational institution. What does it mean? One common point ofre f e rence is the many national re p o rts that receive public notice: U.S. News & World Report, P e t e r s o n ’s Guide to CompetitiveC o l l e g e sand others. Nort h w e s t e rn does well in these guidebooks, regularly being named as a top-tier Midwestern compre h e n-sive college by U.S. News, and receiving similar recognition by P e t e r s o n ’s a n d R u g g ’s Recommendations on the Colleges.Another standard is the number of faculty with terminal degrees, particularly from highly re g a rded graduate schools. Hereagain, Nort h w e s t e rn fares well, with 85 percent holding doctorates or the equivalent from institutions like Cornell, Duke, NotreDame, UCLA, the University of Chicago, the University of Iowa and Vanderbilt.These measures only begin to tell the story, however. While often interesting and sometimes revealing, quantitative datar a rely uncovers the ethos of a school and how much educating actually takes place. A better definition of academic quality, asnoted by Professor Carl Va n d e rmeulen of our English and communications departments, appears in Emblems of Quality inHigher Education: “High-quality programs are those in which students, faculty and administrators engage in mutually support i v eteaching and learning” (27).H e re is where I believe Nort h w e s t e rn excels—and is getting even better. Our faculty and staff invest in students’ lives andcontinue to learn themselves. This past summer, seven of them took trips to explore future learning opportunities at locationsa round the world. Each spring, faculty and staff lead service projects to New Orleans, Seattle, Amsterdam and beyond. As Iwrite this article, faculty and staff are leading groups of students who are attending professional meetings and visiting seminariesand graduate schools to test God’s calling for their future. On road trips and in classrooms, not to mention dorm rooms andathletic fields, “more mature and unified understandings” (E m b l e m s. . . 28) of the world and one’s place in it are emerging.Academic excellence is not merely a marketing slogan on Nort h w e s t e rn s ’ campus. Nor is it merely one of seven distinctives.It is rather the product of the other six—a worthy calling of a caring Christian community committed to helping studentsd i s c e rn their place in God’s world.▲2 ▲ W i n t e r 2 0 0 3 - 0 4
N o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i cC l a s s i cc o n t e n t sc l a s s i cp e o p l eWinter 2003-04 Vol. 75, No. 4E d i t o rDuane Beeson( 7 1 2 - 7 0 7 - 7 1 1 6 ,b e e s o n @ n w c i o w a . e d u )S t a ff Wr i t e r sDuane BeesonAnita Ciru l i sTamara Fynaard tContributing PhotographersTom BeckerDuane BeesonDoug BurgRod Hop ’80Wanda McConnellDan RossK a ren (Hop ’74) Van Der MaatenD e s i g n e r sAnji BennettJohn Vander Stelt ’83T h e C l a s s i cis published quart e r l y– –in March, June, October andD e c e m b e r–– for alumni and friendsof Nort h w e s t e rn College. So namedbecause it served what was thenknown as the Nort h w e s t e rnClassical Academy, t h e C l a s s i cw a sthe school’s first student newspaper,begun in 1891. It has been analumni publication since 1930.Send correspondence or addre s schanges to the C l a s s i c,N o rt h w e s t e rn College, 101 7th St.S W, Orange City, IA 51041-1996.Visit us on the Web at:n w c i o w a . e d u1 2p a g e4Campus News9p a g e9Teaching Tru s tP a rents of the Ye a rp a g e10A Reform e dM e n n o n i t eFaculty Pro f i l eD r. Mike Yo d e rp a g e1 2A SavoryL e g a c yAlumni Pro f i l eVi rg Muilenburgp a g e1 4D e e p - S e aA d v e n t u erAlumni ProfileFrank Heemstrap a g e1 5Doing What’sA s k e dAlumni Pro f i l eFannie Menningp a g e1 6Building onTr a d i t i o nHomecoming 2003p a g e1 8Meeting a NeedK o rver Visual Arts Center2 3p a g e2 3Irish AngelStudent Pro f i l eMaggie Keelanp a g e2 4S p o rts Updatep a g e2 6Alumni Newsp a g e3 5Faithful Supportof ArtClassic Thoughts1 83 ▲ W i n t e r 2 0 0 3 - 0 4
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