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For more information, please contact [email protected]. news from HOPE COLLEGE DECEMBER 1987 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, HOPE COLLEGE, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN _ p I mat tumea .against \\ Often enough the presents they /> ‘ %^esus *n t^e days before\ do receive are different from the presents ^ Vs Jrff'lfl His crucifixion. But to the ^ eyes of faith the Gift we did receive they expected. On the first Christmas it was ^3^ ^ far surpasses any that we could have dreamt that way with humankind and<5od. We expected a - . The best gift is one that continues to surprise different present from the one we received. We expected ^ ______ - . f a political liberator, an empire builder and a world and delight- long after it is received, and that is the kind of Gift conqueror. Instead we received Jesus of Nazareth. Sometimes those who receive that God gave to us at Christmastime.—John and Jeanne Jacobson Inside This Issue A medical miracle Four fall champs A decade with Dow From both sides now Craig VanderKolk ’76 operated Flying Dutchmen and Dutch Hope’s phys ed facility Two life-loving faculty with on the Binder Siamese twins have another great season marks an anniversary Hope’s Vienna Summer School page 14 pages 6-7 pages 8-9 pages 10-11 CAMPUS NOTES Volume 19, No. 3 December 1987 HERE WE GO AGAIN: Applications for PSYCH PROFS PUBLISH: appears with other national family psychol- Published for Alumni, Friends and Parents admissions to Hope College for the 1988-89 Dr. David Myers, the John Dirk ogy experts in Men 's Transitionsto Parent- of Hope College by the Office of Public school year are on the rise again , according Werkman professor of psychology,has hood: Longitudinal Studies of Early Relations. Should you receive more than one Family to Dr. James Bekkering, dean of admissions. a softcover of essays copy, please pass it on to someone in your co-authored book 30 Experience.Edited by Phyliss W. Berman community. An overlap of Hope College As of Friday, Nov. 20 applications from which explore the connecting points and Frank A. Pedersen,officials at the constituenciesmakes duplicationsometimes next fall’s freshmen totaled 485. That between what research psychologists are National Institute of Child Health and unavoidable. compares quite favorably with 354 from a discovering and what Christians believe. Human Development, the book was year ago and 258 from two years ago. Just publishedby Harper and Row, published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Editor: Thomas L. Renner '67 This year’s freshman class was Hope’s "Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith” Inc. of Hillsdale, N.J. in October. Associate Editor: Eva Dean ’83 Folkert largest ever, totaling 675. was a collaborative effort between Dr. In 1982, Dickie was invited to be a Contributing Writer: Amy Affleck ’88, Myers and Dr. Malcolm Jeeves, a leading visiting scientist at the National Institute of David Hoff '87 research psychologist and cognitive neuro- HOW DO YOU MOVE A LIBRARY? Child Health and Human Development in Layout: Holland Litho Service, Inc. scientistin the United Kingdom. Bethesda, Md. As a result of her work, she Since theme w Van Wylen Library will be Approaching psychology from a Christ- was later invited to participatein a govern- Contributing Photographers: Louis open for business in January, David Jensen, ian perspective, Myers and Jeeves ask, ment-sponsored conference on family Schakel and Andy Loree ' 78 directorof libraries, is currently fine tuning “what are the key insights into human interactions between parents and infants. Photo Staff: Jeff Barnum ’88, Mike his book- moving plan of attack. nature that one encounters in contemporary Dickie focused her study for the conference Probst ’91, Beth Kochin '88, Jennifer On Dec. 21, approximately25 workers psychology? How does the resultinghuman specificallyon parental transitions, particu- Thompson '89 will begin the arduous task of moving image connect with Christian belief? And larly for men . Out of her work for NICHD 230,000 volumes plus book shelves, Official publication news from Hope College how might psychological findings be applied and the related conference came the chapter reader-printers,and many boxes of micro- USPS 785-720 is publishedduring February, by Christians — in preaching, prayer, and for the book. April , June, August, October and December film. Most of the science library in the Peale the' quest for faith and happiness.” Dickie’s topic was a summary of a by Hope College, 137 East 12th Street, Science Center will also be moved. Myers says the book is aimed at “college number of years’ work. Priorto hertripto Holland, Michigan 49423-3698. “A lot of care and organization is going students interested in a Christian perspec- NICHD in 1982, she surveyed 46 couples Second class postage paid at Holland, into this move,” said Jensen. tive on of fascinat- infants in the area to study Michigan 49423 and additional offices of entry. some psychology’smost with Holland After all, one must make certain that the ing and controversial topics, and general parent-child interactionsand the effect the Postmaster:Send address changes to news right book goes on the right shelf. readers interested in brief essays on topics infant had on the mother and father and from Hope College, Holland , MI 49423-3698 . Workers will transportthe books through. ranging from parenting to positive thinking their marriage. With the help of Hope Hope College Office of Public Relations , Van Zoeren’s connecting links with Van to the links between religious faith and psychology students, she also investigated DeWitt Center, Holland, MI 49423-3698. Wylen at the ground and second floors. mental health and social behavior.” the parent-child interactionsin the home in Thomas L. Renner ’67, Director “And as books come off the shelves, the Dr. Jane Dickie, order to research role expectations (the Eva Dean ’83 Folkert, AssistantDirector shelves will come down, too,” adds Jensen. an associate profes- sharing of care for the home and child), the Mary Lammers Kempker ’60, Associate sor of relationship Director Only 466 existing shelves will be moved to psychology marriage (communication and David Van Dyke ’84, AssistantDirector Van Wylen while 865 other will be new. at Hope College, support in parenting), and the characteristics Esther Cleason, Office Manager The total of l,331 bookshelves in the new has recently pub- of the infant (sex and responsiveness). Sally Bassett, Receptionist- Scheduler library more than doubles the book-storage lished a major A Hope faculty member since 1972, Donna Schultz,Secretary space previously held in Van Zoeren. research study as Dickie specializes in human development. one of nine chap- She has also done a considerable amount NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION:Hope One other important fixture to be moved ters in a new book of research on child neglect and abuse in College is committed to the concept of equal will be the conventional card catalog since on fathers. Ottawa County. For her constant commit- rights, equal opportunities and equal protection the new library’s automated system will not under the law. Hope College admits students be operational until March or April. Entitled “InterrelationshipsWithin the ment to children, Dickie was recently of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, Mother-Father-Infant Triad,” Dickie’s work awarded Child Advocate of the Year honors sex, creed or handicap to all the rights, privileges, programs and activitiesgenerally accordedor made available to students at Hope President John H. Jacobson considers The lecture was sponsored by the College, including the administration of its the change a feather in the school’s cap. college's sports medicine program. educationalpolicies, admissions policies, “We’re pleased by the new classification “Athletes are involved with drugs just scholarship and loan programs, and athletic of Hope College as a national institution. like any other aspect of our world. But and other school-administeredprograms. With ' ill It places us in a more competitive the difference with athletes is that we regard to employment, the College complies category,” said in a with all legal requirementsprohibiting he Grand Rapids demand a winner from them. We look discriminationin employment. Press interview. up to athletes and put a tremendous Quote, unquote is an eclectic sampling “We’re the only college in Michigan amount of pressure on them to win. And of things being said at and about Hope that moved up from a regional into the because of this overemphasison winning About the author College. national classification.” in our society, drugs become available Dr. Jacob According to a biennial U.S. World Rankings were based bn cohesiveness and affordable, so athletes use them to Nyenhuis, and News Report study of educational of curriculum,quality of teaching, provost and enhance their performance .... institutions, Hope College is now listed relationship between faculty and stu- professorof “They always-say that there’s a pill for as a national college in the category of dents, and atmosphere of learning every ill, .and athletes don’t like to have classics, is the four-year liberal arts schools. This new fostered by the campus.