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A l u m n ie w sN o r t h w e s t e r n C l a s s i cM i n ip ro f i l eAlumna collects library awardby Emily Hennager ’06As a library work-studystudent at Nort h w e s t e rn ,Deborah (Van Egdom ’76)Hagemeier never dreamed ofsomeday being named SouthD a k o t a ’s Librarian of theYe a r. Yet that’s exactly whathappened this fall.H a g e m e i e r, technicals e rvices librarian atAugustana College’sMikkelsen Library, was re c-ognized by the South DakotaL i b r a ry Association for outstandingcontributions toe ffective and impro v e dl i b r a ry service in the commu n i t y.“I’ve been very involved,to the point where I knowmost of the librarians in thestate,” Hagemeier says. “I’vebeen fortunate enough to beincluded in key groups whow e re making decisions.”H a g e m e i e r, who hasworked at Augustana inSioux Falls for 18 years, alsoc redits her co-workers forhelping her succeed.“I have tremendous colleagues.They’ve made workingat Augustana a real pleasure. We encourage eachother to try new projects ands u p p o rt each other in thatre g a rd,” she says.Ronelle Thompson,d i rector of Mikkelsen Library,was a member of the gro u pthat nominated Hagemeierfor the award .“Her vision of whatlibraries can and should be,coupled with her passion top rovide excellent librarys e rvices, is an amazing combination,”says Thompson.Hagemeier understandsthe changing role of librariesin the community.“ We ’ re not a buildingwith walls anymore,” sheexplains. “We provide a servicethat extends beyond that.The easier we can make it forpeople to access the inform a-tion they need when theyneed it, the better we are . ”Technology has transfo rmed the way Hagemeierand her colleagues pro v i d ethese serv i c e s .“What I do now hard l ybears any resemblance towhat I did 18 years ago,”Hagemeier re f l e c t s .“ Technology has changede v e rything. When I firsts t a rted, the library had thre ecomputers. Now we have 30for the staff alone and another30 for visitors to use.”A biology major atN o rt h w e s t e rn, Hagemeierwas considering going intoo p t o m e t ry after graduation.H o w e v e r, as a senior she nolonger could see herself inthat field. She realized howmuch she enjoyed her workstudyjob in the library andbegan to think about re l a t e dc a reer possibilities.“I found there was sucha thing as medical libraries inhospitals and medicalschools, and I started lookingat library science as an alternative,”she re c a l l s .Hagemeier went on toDeborah Hagemeier, named SouthD a k o t a ’s Librarian of the Ye a r, firstbecame interested in her career as awork-study student at NWC.e a rn a master’s degree inl i b r a ry science from theUniversity of Iowa. Beforemoving to Sioux Falls, sheworked at the Iowa HospitalAssociation and at an environmentalengineering firm .Still, she looks back at hertime at NWC as being fundamentalto her care e r.“My experience atN o rt h w e s t e rn really gave methis sense of purpose andvocation. I feel that being alibrarian is God’s calling forme,” she said. “To me, winningthe award is an aff i rm a-tion of that calling.”Iowa. Lisa is publications secre t a ry atFirst Reformed Church in SiouxC e n t e r.Dawn Huibre g t s egraduated with anM.B.A. in finance and strategic managementfrom the University ofChicago in June. She works in corporatefinance for Harris Bank inC h i c a g o .Cam Olson received an M.B.A.d e g ree from Palm Beach AtlanticUniversity in May. He serves as athleticdirector and coaches varsitybasketball, track and cross country atLake Wo rth Christian School inF l o r i d a .C o ry Petersen is a marketing re p resentativefor Auto-Owners InsuranceCompany in Lincoln, Neb. His wife,Daphne (Baack ’01), is employed byMcBride and Associates as an executivedirector/lobbyist for several professionalassociations. They serve asyouth group sponsors at theirc h u rc h .Amanda Reeves is now the cre a t i v ed i rector for Family Harvest Churc hin Tinley Park, Ill.Ryan Stander graduated from Nort hAmerican Baptist Seminary after presentinga master’s thesis on theologyand the arts. He lives in Sioux Fallsand works as an admissions counselorfor the seminary.Betsy Van Noord is pursuing a Masterof Social Work degree at theUniversity of Illinois-Chicago. Shealso is completing an internship atthe Salvation Army and serving as an a n n y. Pre v i o u s l y, she taught fourt hgrade at a small Christian school inG u rnee, Ill., and fifth grade in a publicschool on Chicago’s West Side.’99Karla Cook moved in September toLas Vegas, where she works forHealthSouth. She assists physicaltherapists with patient tre a t m e n tt h ree times a week and works weekdayafternoons as head athletic trainerat Cimarron Memorial HighSchool, supervising high school studenttrainers.3 0 ▲ 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 cA l u m n ie w sRebecca (Vu g t e v e e n )and J a k eK i l l i n g e rhave moved from RapidC i t y, S.D., to Springfield, Ill., whereJake is enjoying his work at HopeEvangelical Free Churc h .Laura Netten is participating in am i s s i o n a ry internship program, theLuke 10 Challenge, for Mission toU n reached Peoples. She is serv i n gwith a team of missionaries inG o rz o w, Poland, through June 2004.She was youth director for OrangeC i t y ’s Trinity Reformed Church forfour years.Amy (Harder) Schumann received am a s t e r s ’ degree in Spanish with ateaching emphasis through theUniversity of Nort h e rn Iowa in May.She lives in Waukee, Iowa.’00Melissa (Muecke) and Jason Flanaganhave moved from Iowa City toO regon, Wis. Melissa graduatedf rom physical therapy school inDecember 2002. Jason is workingt o w a rd a master’s degree in geneticc o u n s e l i n g .The Rev. Michael Hard e m a ng r a d u a t-ed from We s t e rn TheologicalS e m i n a ry in May and is pastor ofAlumni from the Class of 1993 enjoying their class reunion were: (front ro w, left to right) Corey Hart h o o rn, Sharon (Davidson’94) Hart h o o rn, Rebecca (Luken) Jacoby, Troy Tu rnwall, Ann (Sybesma) Korv e r, Kris Korver ’92, Jeremy Vance, Jill Va n c e ;(second row) Wendy (Tigchon) Sterk, Shane Sterk, Dana (Smith) Daniels, Jill (Wassenaar) Reindl, Steve Korthuis, Robin(Bajema) Korthuis, Kristin (Fischer) Smith, Paul Smith; (third row) Brett Groen, Joline Schultz, Amy deVries, Nathan deVr i e s ,Jason Olson ’92, Kristen (Te Grotenhuis) Olson, Wendy Jo (Fastenow) Meyers, Stephen Meyers; (fourth row) Amy Whetsel,Kent Redeker, Heidi (Hensley ’94) Ts c h e t t e r, Brian Ts c h e t t e r, Darla (Hansen) Ubben, Eugene Ubben, David Hanson and Rachel(Zylstra) Hanson.Alton, Iowa, Reformed Churc h .The Rev. Troy Van Beek, a May graduateof We s t e rn Theological Seminary,is pastor of First Reformed Churc hin Fremont, Mich.’01Stephen Bloom, Marathon, Iowa, isoperations manager for BloomF a rms and Bloom Farms InterstateH a rv e s t i n g .Malissa Kraft is in her third year ofthe Doctor of Psychology degre ep rogram at Wheaton CollegeGraduate School.A paper on Genevieve Ta g g a rd byAlison Van Nyhuis has been publishedin HOW2, an online journ a lfor modern and contemporaryw o m e n s ’ writing. Alison is a Ph.D.student in English at the Universityof Florida.’02Nathan Huisman and his wife,Stephanie (Ells ’03), are both pursuinga Master of Divinity degree atWe s t e rn Theological Seminary.Amanda Magnuson is a graduate studentat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is pursuing a master’sd e g ree in English with a cre a t i v ewriting emphasis.Sarah Yo d e ris a graduate student inEnglish and rhetoric at Te x a sChristian University, where she is therecipient of the Radford Fellowshipin Rhetoric and Composition.1998 alumni gathering for their reunion at Homecoming were: (front ro w, left to right) Brian Boote, Jim Daniels, JulieHofkamp, Jen (Rhinehart) Nathaniel, Sean Nathaniel, Damon Huibregtse, Jon Oosterhuis; (second row) Tara (Meyer)Madsen, Paul Smith, Jennie (Wolf) Smith, Jason Robertson, Kristin (King) Robertson, Emily (Eller) Vander Waal, Betsy Va nN o o rd, Sarah (Ubben) Hofland, Amber (Soldan) Wi d s t rom; (third row) Marla Van Steenis, Jill (Godeke) Hugen, Matt Hugen,Amy Wallace, Sarah (Huizenga) Kinne, Patrick Kinne, Leah (Evans) Schmidt and Cathy (Painter) Vande Hoef.’03Amber Bolkema is employed at We l l sF a rgo Financial Bank in Sioux Falls.Ajay Eshcol is a re s e a rch assistant fora cardiologist in the internal medicinedepartment at the University ofIowa Hospital.3 1 ▲ W i n t e r 2 0 0 3 - 0 4
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