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“There’s a gentleman here from Africa who needs a SIM card to activate his phone, and stitches removed from his head,” Dianne De Wit told me. Both of us have helped at our share of events, but neither of us has had a request like this.
We scrambled. Soon, Beth Baas, director of campus health services, had removed the stitches, Dianne had arranged a solution for his phone, and Pinney Francis Muthee was back in business. Having lunch together on the closing day of the Global Agriculture Summit, Pinney (with his scar covered under his new Dordt College hat) said he’d never seen people as kind as those he’d just met. Pinney, here on a whim for the summit, believed that God wanted him at the conference and that the same God who miraculously worked through customs and fast-tracked his Visa would continue to care for him through his trip. His scar came from a car accident just after he brought several new believers to Christ in rural Africa. His faith and complete dependence on God will stick with me —as will his unique request.
The Global Agriculture Summit set out to grow connections for flourishing communities. Pinney, Beth, and Dianne did just that—one stitch and one SIM card at a time.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Brandon Huisman, director of alumni and external relations
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A group of Dordt College engineering students, with the aid of a team of Liberian nationals and several Sioux County businesses, completed work on a 53-foot-long bridge across a creek in Grand Bassa County, Liberia. The project made vehicle access possible for farmers to bring their food to church and to the market.
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Dordt College receives up to $10,000 to bring more women into computing
Dordt College is one of four institutions awarded the 2016 NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund. Sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), with support from Microsoft Research. The seed fund provides start-up funding to academic programs focused on recruiting and retaining women in computing.
As a seed fund winner, Dordt College receives up to $10,000 to help encourage female students to pursue computing. This summer, Dordt will provide tuition assistance for middle and high school girls who sign up for computer science-related offerings at the college’s summer academic camps, IDEAS and Dordt Discovery Days.
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| Film students earn accolades
Five Dordt College digital media production students are getting attention for the film, “The Defector,” which they created and produced in Dordt’s Short Film Production class offered during the fall semester. “ The Defector” has been accepted into a monthly online competition held by Los Angeles Cinefest, earning the students a laurel wreath—an industry symbol that demonstrates recognized, quality work by filmmakers. The student filmmakers will learn whether they have won an award in the festival at the end of March.
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| Ag Club places high at state PAS Conference
Students in the Dordt College Agriculture Club competed at the Iowa Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization (PAS) Conference, held February 11 and 12 at Honey Creek Resort, near Moravia, Iowa. More than 240 students from across Iowa participated in the competition, including 35 Dordt students. Dordt walked away with three first-place finishes, and 29 Dordt students will move on to further competition.
On February 11, 15 Dordt teams competed in the following event categories: crops, dairy, equine, beef, sheep, swine, and soils specialists. Ten Dordt teams qualified to compete at the national level in Kansas City, Missouri, March 16 to 19.
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| Day of Encouragement wrap up 2016
Did you miss this year's Day of Encouragement? Keynote addresses by Aaron Baart, breakout sessions, and supporting materials are available online.
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| Dordt named one of the 50 Best Christian College and University Athletic ProgramsSchools that are members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) were evaluated on the number of varsity teams, varsity championships won, percent of enrollment in a least one varsity team, and the revenues generated from athletic programs.
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| HireDefenders.com Jobs of the Month
- Academic Guidance Counselor, Hillcrest School, Jos, Nigeria
- Accountant, Minnehaha County Human Resources, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Full-Time Crisis Counselor, Foundation 2, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- English Teacher, Southwest Minnesota Christian High School, Edgerton, Minnesota
- Mechanical Engineer, Vande Berg Scales, Sioux Center, Iowa
- Primary and Intermediate Teachers, Abbotsford Christian Schools, Abbotsford, British Columbia
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| Dordt Senior Spotlight
Monte De Kam, an engineering major, is graduating in May 2016, and would like to relocate to the Chicagoland area. He is also interested in mechanical engineering opportunities. Want to help Monte? Contact the Career Development Center ( cdc@dordt.edu). Or get in touch with Monte directly via LinkedIn.
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Upcoming Events
March
28 Ripon, California Science and Technology Center event (details to come)
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