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EDITOR’S NOTE: IN PLACE OF OUR USUAL “PRESIDENT’S faithful scholarship. PERSPECTIVE” COLUMN, WE ARE FEATURING A LETTER A Note from Now these new faculty members FROM DR. MARGARET DUPLISSIS DIDDAMS ’83. DR. DIDDAMS IS WHEATON’S CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER have joined more than 200 full-time AND A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE the Provost faculty who are equally dedicated to CABINET, REPORTING DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT RYKEN. Wheaton’s mission and seasoned in SHE OVERSEES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, FACULTY, AND their craft. The new Wheaton faculty ADMISSIONS. SHE ALSO HOLDS FACULTY STATUS AS are meeting monthly this year to dis- PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY. cuss the integration of Christian faith DR. MARGARET DUPLISSIS DIDDAMS ’83 with their teaching. Second-year fac- EFORE THE FALL PROVOST ulty continue to drill down into these semester, we wel- concepts in Wheaton’s faculty Faith comed 17 new fac- and Learning seminar. B ulty members with Faculty who plan to apply for tenure a two-day orienta- or promotion at Wheaton are required tion. Many of these to complete a scholarly manuscript new faculty began the application pro- engaging their academic discipline cess almost a year earlier by submit- with biblical theology or significant ting a curriculum vitae and a letter of biblical texts. I must approve these inquiry. For some positions we may re- papers before faculty may continue ceive up to 200 applications with many with their application. Fortunately curricula vitae clearly demonstrating a for us, our faculty receive such strong readiness for the rigors of serving on mentoring from multiple peer review- Wheaton’s faculty. But it is the letter of ers that their papers are a pleasure to inquiry that leads to an invitation for an read. In fact I recommend to a majority on-campus interview for a select few. of the faculty that they develop their Promising applicants were more papers further for academic presenta- likely to have written about how they tions and eventual publication. p.6 CAMPUS NEWS saw themselves fitting into Wheaton’s Wheaton’s faculty are required to M.A. IN HUMANITARIAN mission, clearly describing the interre- demonstrate a depth of understand- AND DISASTER lationships between their vital Chris- ing of their Christian faith as it ap- LEADERSHIP LAUNCHES tian faith, their scholarship, and their “ WHEATON plies to their academic disciplines, SUMMER 2018 commitment to teaching. When invit- not only for the benefit of the acade- ed to campus, these applicants once STUDENTS my, but also to be equipped to men- again articulated their wholeheart- CONTINUE tor our students. Thanks to our fac- ed commitment to our Statement of TO RECEIVE ulty, Wheaton students continue to Faith. They expressed an eagerness receive a rigorous education steeped to live out Wheaton’s Community Cov- A RIGOROUS in the Christian faith. enant, an understanding of Christian EDUCATION liberal arts excellence, and a desire to EMAIL [email protected] WITH FEEDBACK AND STEEPED IN THE STORY IDEAS. TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL CONTENT, bring their Christian faith and biblical VISIT WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE
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FIVE STUDENTS GRADUATED WITH “Teach your church members to truly WHEATON’S NEW listen to one another—as well as to ref- Graduate School Expands SPECIAL EDUCATION ugees and those who intercede on their ENDORSEMENT AND WHEATON’S GRADUATE PROGRAMS in evangelism behalf—with humility. Even more so, PASSED THE STATE and leadership have continued to build global partner- ENDORSEMENT TEST ON urge them to listen for God’s prompting ships. In 2017, Propel Women—Christine Caine’s initiative THEIR FIRST TRY. LEARN more, not less. Humble listening is not that seeks to celebrate the God-given passion, purpose, and MORE AT WHEATON.EDU/ an easy task in this age of immediate potential of every woman—partnered with Wheaton Col- EDUCATION social media responses and hot takes.” lege Graduate School (WCGS) to offer classes in evangelism DR. JAMIE ATEN, executive director of and leadership to 25 women from around the world. WCGS the Humanitarian Disaster Institute, and EveryNation, an organization dedicated to establishing from “Observing Refugee Sunday when church-planting churches, offered courses to another 25 your church is divided,” CareLeader, students in the Philippines. June 22, 2017 WCGS also announced a new master’s degree in humani- tarian disaster leadership, which will launch in summer 2018 “The church is called to speak boldly and is accepting applications now. to the power of the gospel. This task requires pastors who faithfully preach WHEATON WAS NAMED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHEATON COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND TO against the sin of racism in its struc- A “BEST BUY” SCHOOL APPLY, VISIT WHEATON.EDU/GRADSCHOOL tural and individual forms. It demands IN THE 2018 EDITION WHEATON’S URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM celebrated its 25th congregations who refuse to sit on the Celebrating the OF THE FISKE GUIDE TO anniversary in 2017. Begun in 1992 as a certificate program, COLLEGES. LEARN MORE sidelines as long as injustice is a norm 25th Anniversary of Urban Studies has since grown into a major and a minor. AT WHEATON.EDU/ in their community, becoming advo- INTERNATIONAL Students from over 20 different majors have studied in the RANKINGS cates for racial justice through advoca- MISSIONARY Wheaton in Chicago program over the years. cy, protest, and partnerships.” Wheaton in Chicago (WiC), an Urban Studies program, DR. THEON HILL, assistant professor BOOK MAILING and Urban Studies is also celebrating this year. In partnership with Sunshine of communication, from “The Centu- Gospel Ministries and with the support of other community ries-Old Habits of the Heart,” Christi- This Christmas, 418 alumni missionary families serving Program organizations, the Center for Urban Engagement (CUE) will anity Today, August 18, 2017 in 75 countries outside the U.S. receive the following gifts, relocate the WiC program from the Uptown neighborhood thanks to publishers who donate books and the College’s on Chicago’s North Side to the Woodlawn neighborhood on “Everyone already knows how to cele- Board of Trustees which gives funds for shipping costs. the South Side. The relocation will provide new opportunities brate progress. Permanence, however, for graduate and undergraduate programs that seek shalom is a beautiful, alluring thing.” Wheaton magazine: Volume 20—Issues 1, 2, and 3 READ REFLECTIONS in the community. DR. TIMOTHY LARSEN, Carolyn and The Mission of God Study Bible by Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation ON HANDEL’S MESSIAH, The first semester of WiC in Woodlawn will begin in fall Fred McManis Professor of Christian (Holman Bible Publishers, 2012) IN THE 2017 ADVENT 2018 with year-round programming to follow. With the new DEVOTIONAL, VISIT Thought, from “Why I’m Fascinated Disaster Ministry Handbook by Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan location in Woodlawn also comes expanded facilities and WHEATON.EDU/ by Faithfulness,” Faith & Leadership, (IVP, 2016) programs. In Uptown, there were 18 beds and a makeshift CHRISTMAS September 19, 2017 The Boy and the Ocean by Max Lucado (Crossway, 2013) classroom; in Woodlawn, there are 32 student spaces, along Come Thou Long Expected Jesus edited by Nancy Guthrie with faculty offices, two classrooms, and a conference room. (Crossway, 2008) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE URBAN STUDIES Wheaton College Graduate School’s master’s in intercul- Blessed Assurance: The New Hymns of Fanny Crosby PROGRAM AND WHEATON IN CHICAGO, tural studies will also move to Woodlawn in May 2018. (Integrity Music, 2015) VISIT WHEATON.EDU/URBANSTUDIES
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WHEATON’S CENTERS AND INSTITUTES Global research, exclusive resources, OPUS and community enrichment from THE ART OF WORK world-class scholars and students.
The Wheaton Center for The Wheaton Center for Billy Graham Center (BGC) Opus: The Art of Work Early Christian Studies Faith, Politics & Economics (WCECS) (FPE)
Director: Dr. George Kalantzis, Director: Captain David Iglesias ’80, Executive Director: Dr. Ed Stetzer, Director: Dr. Chris Armstrong professor of theology Judge Advocate General’s Corps, The Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Assistant Director: Ben Norquist United States Navy (Ret.) Church, Mission, and Evangelism
THE WHEATON CENTER FOR EARLY THE WHEATON CENTER FOR THE BILLY GRAHAM CENTER hosted OPUS: THE ART OF WORK partnered CHRISTIAN STUDIES hosted Dr. Daniel FAITH, POLITICS & ECONOMICS its second GC2 Summit in October, with the Chaplain’s office to host three H. Williams, professor of patristics and hosted Peter Wehner, who presented which focused on mass incarceration vocation-themed chapels in the fall. historical theology at Baylor University, “Christian Political Witness in the and the role of the church, following the Speakers included Max Anderson on who delivered the 2017 Papatheofanis Age of Trump” last spring. Wehner January 2017 Summit on the global mi- the vocation of being a student; Will Lecture on Early Christianity, titled “A is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics gration crisis. Throughout the fall, the Haughey on responding to vocational Lamp Unto my Feet? How the Early and Public Policy Center (EPPC), a Center also hosted “Evangelism in the failure; and Ruth Haley Barton ’81 on Fathers Teach us to Read Scripture.” In contributing opinion writer for the Public Square” events and lectures and vocational discernment. On the heels of collaboration with Trinity Evangelical New York Times, and the former launched the Send Institute for church a successful summer 2017 Colloquium Divinity School and the University deputy director of speechwriting for planters in partnership with the North on Christian Social Thought, Opus of St. Mary of the Lake, WCECS George W. Bush. During the summer, American Mission Board. Ed Stetzer, plans to collaborate with the Acton convened the Fall Reading Group of the Center sponsored students in the the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair Institute once again to offer a new the Chicago Theological Initiative, study abroad program Iron Sharpens of Church, Mission, and Evangelism, colloquium on current topics. Opus will where Protestant, Roman Catholic, Iron (ISI), where they learned about became the new North American re- also partner with the Graduate School and Eastern Orthodox theologians and the state of free market capitalism gional director for the Lausanne Com- to host a Q Union event featuring David historians analyzed one of the earliest in the former Eastern Bloc countries mittee for World Evangelization. The Brooks, Kara Powell, and Propaganda surviving treatments of the Genesis of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Center is also preparing for Amplify (spoken word artist) sharing the stage creation narrative, Basil of Caesarea’s the Baltic States. In the fall, Nigel 2018, which will be held June 26-28, with hand-picked Wheaton students. Homilies on the Hexaemeron. This Cameron, president of the Center 2018 at High Point Church in Naper- Chris Armstrong Director of Opus, spring, WCECS will co-convene with for Policy on Emerging Technologies, ville, IL. collaborated with external partners Dr. Matthew Levering of the University presented “Robotics and Emerging and Wheaton faculty for a session on of St. Mary of the Lake and The Center Technologies—Friend or Foe of the vocation and human flourishing at the for Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, American Worker?” American Academy of Religion Annual and Doctrine an ecumenical discussion Meeting in November. on creation and the problem of evil.
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Financial Highlights 2017 External Fiscal Year July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017 Grant Recipients SINCE ITS FOUNDING more than 150 years ago, Wheaton College has been both wise in the management of financial gifts as well as forthright in its accountability for those gifts. If you would like a copy of our latest audited financial statement, you “Behavior of Coupled Magnetic Field may download it from our website at wheaton.edu/financial-audit. You may also write Vice President for Finance and Trea- Fluctuations in a Toroidally Confined surer Dale Kemp, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187, or call 630.752.5085. Plasma” and “Plasma Flows in Toroidal Plasmas” DR. DARREN CRAIG, associate BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 professor of physics. Awarded by TOTAL ASSETS $856,563,000 $785,063,000 $805,347,000 $795,814,000 DR. TIMOTHY the U.S. Department of Energy as DR. MARK DR. JENNIFER DR. BARRETT DR. JOHN NET ASSETS UNRESTRICTED 274,470,000 258,233,000 266,599,000 269,945,000 LARSEN ’89, M.A. a subaward from the University AMSTUTZ, POWELL MCRAY ’83, WALTON M.A. TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED 242,013,000 200,897,000 216,426,000 205,615,000 ’90, Carolyn of Wisconsin, December 2016– professor MCNUTT, M.A. ’86, M.A. ’75, professor PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED 166,521,000 159,760,000 155,122,000 150,654,000 December 2017. of political associate ’95, PSY.D. ’98, and Fred of Old science. Just professor of associate McManis Testament, TOTAL NET ASSETS $683,004,000 $618,890,000 $638,147,000 $626,214,000 Immigration: theology and professor Professor and J. Harvey “Understanding and Coping with Our American history of of Christian of Christian Walton. The Suffering” OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS Policy in Christianity, formation Thought. Co- Lost World of DR. MARK R. TALBOT, associate Christian and DR. DAVID and ministry; editor of The the Israelite TUITION AND FEES 89,826,000 88,888,000 85,546,000 84,071,000 professor of philosophy. Awarded by Perspective LAUBER ’89, DR. MARK Oxford History Conquest (IVP SCHOLARSHIPS (30,814,000) (30,582,000) (28,136,000) (26,626,000) Christian Scholars’ Fund, May 2017– (Eerdmans, associate YARHOUSE of Protestant Academic, April 2018. 2017) professor M.A. ’93, M.A. Dissenting 2017) NET TUITION AND FEES 59,012,000 58,306,000 57,410,000 57,445,000 of theology. ’97, PSY.D. ’98; Traditions “Analytic Theology Course Development” Co-editors of and DR. RICH series (Oxford AUXILIARY 21,748,000 21,101,000 21,183,000 20,263,000 DR. MARC CORTEZ, professor of The People’s BUTMAN ’73, University GIFTS AND GRANTS 27,747,000 29,327,000 28,154,000 33,814,000 Book: The professor of Press, 2017) theology. Awarded by Fuller ENDOWMENT SPENDING 17,865,000 17,211,000 16,069,000 15,052,000 Reformation psychology. EDUCATIONAL AND 102,385,000 102,861,000 99,514,000 97,518,000 Seminary, January 2018–May 2022. and the Modern GENERAL EXPENSES Bible (IVP Psychotherapies: Academic, A Comprehensive TO DISCOVER MORE WHEATON 2017) Christian FACULTY PUBLICATIONS, Appraisal, 2nd ed. VISIT WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE ENDOWMENT WHEATON ENDOWMENT MARKET VALUE & PAYOUT HISTORY (IVP Academic, Fiscal 2002 - Fiscal 2017 ($ in millions) 2016) FUND: $446 Asset value (left scale) annual payout (right Scale) MILLION 500 25 The endowment fund contains those assets of the College permanently invested to support College programs. The purpose of the endowment is to generate a dependable stream 400 20 of income and provide a reserve of institutional resources. The investment objective is to maximize total return over the long term within acceptable risk parameters. 300 15
The endowment increased 15.0 percent to $446 million on June 30, 2017 compared to $388 million on June 30, 2016. The increase 200 10 was primarily a result of a 17.5 percent investment return during a year of strong Welcome New Faculty equity performance. Investment gains were
enhanced by gifts and transfers of $10 million. ($ in Millions) endowment VALUE ($ in Millions) annual payout ROW 1 (L TO R): Dr. Matthew Forsstrom, Business & Economics; Dr. Eric Brown, Psychology; Dr. David Capes, 100 5 Biblical & Theological Studies; Mr. Christopher Lapeyre ’95, English; Dr. Kristin Garrett ’07, Politics & The endowment payout contributed $18 International Relations; Dr. Tao Liu, Psychology; Ms. Cathy Troupos, Library; Dr. Ronald Haydon M.A. ’07, million ($6,500 per student) to support the Biblical & Theological Studies. ROW 2: Dr. Allison Dick ’02, Chemistry; CPT David Nigh, Military Science; Dr. educational programs of the College during the Lisa Burden, Biology; Dr. Lori Lane, Chemistry; Dr. Philemon Bantimaroudis, Communication; Rhiannon year, an increase of 3.8% over the prior year. 0 0 Blaauw, Physics. ROW 3: Mr. Andrew Bratcher, English; Dr. Benjamin Weber, English; Dr. Scott Ickes, Applied Endowment per student equaled $163,000 as 2002 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 Health Science; Dr. Matthew Bruce ’03, Biblical & Theological Studies; Joshua Avery, Library. of June 30, 2017.
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MY GRANDMOTHER forgot who I (Megan) was about six years ago. As I watched her slowly fade away because of Alzheimer’s disease, I became in- creasingly interested in how to fight the disease’s progression. When Dr. Omonigho Michael Bubu invited us to join him in Alzheimer’s research, it gave us an opportunity to be a part of answering this question. Our research—which required a great deal of time, energy, and disci- pline—gives evidence that sleep disor- dered breathing (SDB) is a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer’s. Diagnosing and treating SDB could slow the prog- ress of Alzheimer’s. It was an incredible opportunity to be part of this research and to pres- ent at the Alzheimer’s Association In- ternational conference. Among more than 6,000 researchers and clinicians, we were some of the only undergrad- uates. Kristine Yaffe, M.D., a top lead- er in sleep research, introduced our presentation and remarked on what a head start in the sciences we were #MYWHEATON (IN SEQUENCE FROM TOP CENTER): 1) ULTIMATE HOUSE PARTIES. 2) THUNDERBIRDS OUTING TO getting. She said, “Wheaton is certain- HERRICK LAKE FOREST PRESERVE, BY DANIEL FORKNER ’19: PAUL ly doing something right with women WEARDEN ’19, DELANEY YOUNG ’20, AND TRISTAN PENSON ’20. in STEM.” When Dr. Bubu engaged us 3) NATHANIEL HOLMAN ’19 AT GASLIGHT COFFEE ROASTERS IN in his project, he provided us with in- CHICAGO. 4) WILLIAM OSBORNE SOCIETY AT THE CLUBS FAIR IN AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION AUGUST 2017. 5) CARA PENNER ’21 WITH CHARLIE PRIMUTH ’21, valuable experience. JOSH DUNBAR ’20, NICK MYHRER ’20, JAKE ADAMS ’21, AND ZIEL Looking forward to a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease We’re grateful to be a part of this re- SMITH ’21 AT WEST BRANCH RESERVOIR FOREST PRESERVE. 6) search and for an institution that has MÁS MARIPOSAS BY BETHANY DOYLE ’18. 7) NATHANIEL HOLMAN ’19 DRUMSET. 8) BLISTERED FEET // DÍA TRES EN EL CAMINO BY made it possible. SOPHIA DERVISH ’19. 9) JUDAEAN DESERT BY JULIA ARTHUR ’18. By Megan Hogan ’19 and Amanda Shim ’19 10) SUMMER, SPRING, FALL, WINTER BY SARAH SNYDER M.A. ’18.
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th ATHLETIC 5 THROWBACK NATIONAL RANKING FOR WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY IN THE USTFCCCA DIVISION III COACHES’ POLL.
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JILL BARBER WOLF ’90, MVP of the women’s soccer team twice during its first varsity st seasons, made team 21 captain her senior year under Coach CCIW WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP WIN Pete Felske. Today, Jill FOR WHEATON. is a girls’ high school soccer coach who stresses effort and attitude over ability. “Soccer is here for a short time, but the GROWING UP IN JAPAN, Katie Rohrer ’18 had limited volleyball experience. She Wheaton friends set up a GoFundMe character built by the Rallying Against wasn’t even considering pursuing the sport in college. campaign and donated toward the sport stays.” Uncertainty However, after visiting Wheaton College, coach Brittany Smith encouraged cause. 43.5 her to apply. Katie sent in a clip of her plays and was offered a spot on the team. “Whether it be in the community HOUR LIGHTNING JILL BARBER WOLF ’90 Katie Rohrer ’18 After that, things seemed to fall into place. that took care of me throughout my DELAY BETWEEN THE HEIGHT: 5’8” But her freshman year was far from easy. The elementary education major felt sister’s illness or in having donors CONCLUSION OF THE found support in her ORIGINALLY FROM: SAGINAW, like she was learning a new sport. The terminology, technique, and strategies were who helped me pay for college, God FIRST HALF AND MICHIGAN KICKOFF FOR THE faith and friendships at different than in Japan. With daily trainings, games and tournaments, Katie was has shown up at Wheaton in incredi- DEGREES: B.S. IN PHYSICAL SECOND HALF OF THE challenged both physically and mentally. ble ways I would have never expected EDUCATION Wheaton. 2017 “BATTLE FOR THE “I often questioned why I was on the team. I felt like I didn’t know anything. or imagined,” said Katie. LITTLE BRASS BELL” SPORTS PLAYED AT WHEATON: by Katherine Braden ’16 PHOTO BY TEDDY KELLEY ’15 However, my teammates and coaches constantly reminded me I was there for BETWEEN WHEATON AND WOMEN’S SOCCER a purpose,” said Katie. “I was blown away by the immediate love and intention- NORTH CENTRAL. AWARDS: HALL OF HONOR ality I found.” 2006, ALL-AMERICAN 1990, When her younger sister was hospitalized for three months, Katie agonized WOMEN’S SOCCER MVP 1989 over being so far from her family. After learning her sister needed a liver trans- AND 1990 plant, Katie’s sophomore year was “full of uncertainties, waiting, and risks.”
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NAME: ALISON HOMETOWN: CHIANG Alison and Sarah Stackhouse STACKHOUSE TAETZSCH Angkarin (Tik) Pimpaeng RAI, THAILAND HOMETOWN: WHEATON, IL DEGREES: M.A. IN Taetzsch ’20 MAJOR: INTERNATIONAL M.A. ’18 CLINICAL MENTAL RELATIONS HEALTH COUNSELING, WHEATON, ANTICIPATED EXTRACURRICULAR COMPLETION 2018; B.A. ACTIVITIES: DSG, IN ENGLISH, CHIANG CONCERT CHOIR, MAI UNIVERSITY BADMINTON EXTRACURRICULAR NAME: SARAH ACTIVITIES: MEMBER STACKHOUSE TAETZSCH OF AMERICAN HOMETOWN: WHEATON, IL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELING MAJOR: FRENCH, PRE- (AACC) MED FUN FACT: TIK IS EXTRACURRICULAR DOUBLE JOINTED. ACTIVITIES: DSG, BADMINTON, KOINONIA
FUN FACT: BORN THREE MONTHS PREMATURE, SARAH AND ALISON WEIGHED ONLY 1LB 11OZ AND 2LB 6OZ, RESPECTIVELY.
BY KATHERINE TWINS SARAH AND ALISON STACKHOUSE TAETZSCH ’20 weren’t used to pro- BY NATASHA TIK PIMPAENG M.A. ’18 came to Wheaton’s clinical mental health and coun- BRADEN ’16 fessors interweaving Christianity into the classroom. “But it’s been enlight- ZENG M.A. ’16 seling program in hopes of finding a solution for her nation. In Thailand, de- ening and refreshing,” Sarah says of their freshman year. In the new Christ at pression and suicide are the most prevalent and under-recognized mental the Core curriculum, classes are centered around one question. For Dr. Jay Wood’s Core disorders. “Education brought me to Wheaton,” Tik said. “I am studying how to contex- philosophy class, Sarah had to ask, “Who do I want to be?” tualize what I learn to a different demographic.” “The goal was to become closer to God, maturing our faith by using Christian philoso- Back home, Tik worked at a study abroad program focused on sustainable development phies to practice virtues and overcome vices,” Sarah says. “It was eye-opening.” with local leaders as teachers. She wants to connect Wheaton’s experiential learning to In a Core art class with Dr. Matthew Milliner, Alison explored the question “What is an her own context, where she can empower Thais to restore their dignity. image?” by studying the imago dei through the perspectives of Augustine, Dorothy Sayers, “Wheaton equips me to have empathy toward others with the emphasis of being in the and Frederick Douglas. “We reaffirmed our humanity and our worth in God,” Alison says. presence of people, listening, and accepting,” Tik said. Tik also enjoys the strong integra- For Sarah, seeing her studies interact with her faith was extremely special. “That’s nev- tive approach, gaining tools to look at mental health issues from both a biopsychosocial er happened before,” she says. Alison agrees, also noting how hard the professors work and a spiritual perspective. “My goal is to help people who struggle with mental illness to to engage students, provide challenging work, and produce honest and thoughtful dis- live in a healthier way, to have self-awareness, gain self-esteem, and flourish in who they cussion. “I think that’s pretty rare,” says Alison. “We’re looking forward to having more are,” Tik said. thought-provoking discussions in lots of different disciplines next year.” photo BY greg halvorsen schreck greg halvorsen photo BY schreck greg halvorsen photo BY
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HOMETOWN: NEBELET, HOMETOWN: SOUTH Ziggy Abay ETHIOPIA Dr. Min-Dong Paul Lee KOREA OCCUPATION: TITLE: NORRIS A. OVERNIGHT SUPERVISOR ALDEAN PROFESSOR OF IN FACILITIES BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/ DEPARTMENT: BUSINESS CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND ECONOMICS
YEARS: 5 YEARS: 5
EDUCATION: WHEATON EDUCATION: B.A., NORTH HIGH SCHOOL; HONOURS, UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT DEGREE, OF TORONTO; M.DIV., COLLEGE OF DUPAGE REGENT COLLEGE; FUN FACT: ZIGGY’S M.A., EAST ASIAN DAUGHTER WAS STUDIES, UNIVERSITY JUST CROWNED MISS OF TORONTO; PH.D., ILLINOIS SOCIOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
FUN FACT: DR. LEE HAS LIVED IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
BY MARISA ZIGGY ABAY was fleeing a communist takeover in her home country before BY GREGORY DR. MIN-DONG PAUL LEE uses his unique background in ministry, the corpo- FOXWELL most current undergraduates were born. Transitioning from the sands of AYERS ’09 rate world, and international development to help his students see the con- DUTTWEILER ’13 Ethiopia to the frost of Wheaton in 1993 and learning her fourth language nection between their work and their Christian faith. was a challenge, but Ziggy was blown away by the compassion and patience “It is important for Christians to be in all walks of life, redeeming every part of our so- that she witnessed. ciety for Christ and his kingdom; that includes business,” he says. “We are redeemed so In 2010, when Ziggy needed a new job to save money to visit her ailing father, she saw a that we can be committed to doing good works as [Christ’s] own people. These include job opening at Wheaton College. “I knew that was my dream,” Ziggy said. “I love working not just traditional church ministry, but also being salt and light in the corporate world around Christians, because God has done so many things in my life.” as well as in public service.” Beyond being an accomplished overnight supervisor, Ziggy also facilitates community Dr. Lee connects his faith with his research projects as well. One project examines fac- among her staff, many of whom consider her a mentor. “I try to visit everyone every night tors in businesses that make better citizens; another looks at how “business as mission” to pray or show love to them. We have people from so many different countries and races can fight human trafficking. He is also working with Dr. Steven Rundle at Biola University and we love each other and call ourselves a family. I try to encourage that, because I know to study “business as mission” entrepreneurs and their impact. God loves that.” Dr. Lee hopes his students see how they can make a positive impact in the marketplace. Ziggy and her husband enjoy participating in all their kids’ activities. Surprisingly “The privilege of playing a small part in equipping the next generation of Christian leaders enough, after spending the night making sure the campus is clean, Ziggy likes to come is truly priceless.” home and tidy the house.
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WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE 21 THE NEW ARMERDING CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS The Concert Hall: A Venue of Witness and Worship
he $63 million reimagining of the Conser- Delaney Turner ’18 says Conservatory students will have vatory of Music is well underway, with the “a great opportunity to show our love of what we do on 44,000-square-foot Armerding Center for a daily basis and share that love with the entire campus T Music and the Arts opening this past fall. in a much more tangible way.” Next up are the proposed 648-seat concert hall, a spa- Steve Ivester, dean for Student Engagement, agrees. cious lobby, and an acoustically perfect choral rehearsal “It will bring the campus together,” Ivester predicts. “Our hall. With the From the Heart, For the Kingdom capital students want to experience and engage the arts. This campaign oicially ending on June 30, the original goal particular venue means that we’ll have students who are was huge, but now only requires an additional $18 million comfortable in a music facility. They will be introduced in donations. to an aspect of liberal arts that they only get from the Just don’t tell Tony Payne, associate professor of mu- sidelines right now. It’s going to permeate the student sic (arranging) and director of special programs, that experience on many levels.” the building is lavish. The concert hall will, for many decades, draw untold “I’ve heard people use words like palatial and lavish,” numbers onto campus for concerts, conferences, and he says with dogged good cheer. “It’s not lavish. It’s ap- events yet to be deined, where Wheaton’s neighbors will propriate. It’s appropriate to our discipline, and it’s ap- perhaps taste something of the College, and by extension propriate to a distinguished—I’ll even risk saying world- God’s kingdom, in a fresh way. Chappell says the project class—program of arts.” is “confessional in nature to the culture around us—the “In the history of Wheaton College, we’ve never had an campus culture and the broader culture,” adding, “It is a acoustically engineered space of this sort,” Payne says. testimony to who we are.” Okpebholo adds, “It’s a form “We want to fulill our mission in the context of our dis- of Christian witness.” cipline. Our colleagues, our students, and our graduates The concert hall, lobby, and choral rehearsal hall also have proven our faith. And now we’re simply asking for represent, according to Chappell, no less than a place to appropriate facilities.” fulill our role in creation. “It seems to me that this build- The beneits the new concert hall, choral rehearsal hall, ing helps us do two fundamental things,” she says. “One and lobby will bring to students and the larger commu- is to help achieve the liberal arts mission of the College, nity are numerous. Michael Wilder, dean of the Conser- which is an interdisciplinary approach. vatory of Music and Division of Arts and Communica- “But even more signiicantly, it is to fulill what it means tion, admits that the previous cramped facilities—spread to be a holistic human being. Look at what God has done out across campus and with suboptimal acoustics—have in creation. We are the pinnacle of creation, and God gave kept students from reaching their highest levels musically us a nervous system that allows us to sense beauty. This and providing the kind of artistic leadership that today’s building is going to allow us to hear wonderful things that churches and the world need. the Lord through his wonderful endowment of creative The proposed spaces will encourage new levels of mu- abilities has given to our faculty and to our students. So sical excellence and creativity for all students, according in a sense it is a fulillment of part of God’s wisdom in to Dorothy Chappell, dean of natural and social sciences how we’re designed.” and professor of biology. “This facility will allow students Similarly, Turner sees it as a venue of worship. “At and faculty to explore,” she predicts. “They’re not just Wheaton, one of the best things I’m constantly told is to going to recreate music. They’re not just going to listen let every single thing that you do be worship—and that through their senses, but they’re going to use other sens- deinitely applies to all of our performing, and all of our es designed by God in the nervous system that the brain practicing,” the music performance major says. “Every is controlling to perform.” single aspect of music can be done to the glory of God. Shawn Okpebholo, associate professor of music (com- So everything we do, whether it’s in our small practice position, music theory), says the new facilities will also rooms, or whether it’s on the stage of the concert hall, help recruiting. “Serious musicians want serious spaces,” or even sitting and listening, should somehow involve re- he says. “When students come here, they’ll say, ‘Wow! The lecting the glory of our Creator and what he’s created in school is investing so much in this program. This means us in creating music.” something.’” So if anything is lavish about this project, it’s the love The state-of-the-art facilities on centrally located real for God and his creation that inspired it. In that, you’ll
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WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE 2323 Poelarends compliments the curricu- lum not only for its Christian worldview focus, but for its pedagogical lexibility. “It allows for team-teaching,” he says. “This would have been very diicult in the old curriculum. But Christ at the Core allows for creativity in the classroom, in writing classes, and in developing curriculum.” Depending on the subject matter for each session, Poelarends or O’Connor From Reading to Living leads the discussion, helping students to ask good questions and begin formulat- ing answers from a Christian perspective. The other instructor ofers criticism and ast year Lucy Dykhouse ’20 took insight to move the discussion forward. “Christian Spiritual Practices” in part “We will be taking students by the hand L to fulfill an academic requirement. and helping them ask good questions and But the Grand Rapids native has re- work through those questions,” Poelar- ceived so much more. CHRIST AT THE CORE CURRICULUM ends says. Christ at the Core Prompts Grateful Hearts The new curriculum, even more than On the irst day of class, she noticed two col- the old, encourages students to see the umns, one for course readings and the other connections between faith and learn- for complementary Scripture readings. Lucy, ing, he notes. One way is by developing who has yet to declare a major, says reading, learning goals for students. “It was im- discussing, and fellowshipping with other stu- im Wilhoit, professor of Core Studies and texts while doing laundry in the dorms. “This is just what plicit before,” Poelarends notes. “Christ dents “breathed life and wisdom into us”—and Scripture Press Chair of Christian Formation you’d expect,” Wilhoit says. “There’s a level of excitement.” at the Core makes it explicit.” He says not just during class time. and Ministry, has taught at Wheaton College And that excitement also extends to faculty, who see that this emphasis on Christian applica- J since 1981. He has seen just about everything, the curriculum as an important means of their own de- tion is “very beautiful and very helpful “I often found myself wanting to linger on the yet he’s anything but jaded. velopment. They are now better equipped to teach how for students.” words and ideas for a mere minute more,” Wilhoit, in fact, can barely hold back his passion when diferent disciplines it into liberal arts as a whole. Wilhoit Alumni should know, he says, that “stu- Lucy says, “so I woke up a minute early to do discussing the College’s commitment to the Christ at the notes that the new curriculum helps faculty teach the dents will have a deeper understanding so, relecting in the quiet of the morning. Very Core curriculum, which has begun its second year on gospel so students “can begin to live into it.” of all kinds of issues—and not only knowl- quickly, a minute turned into ive minutes, and campus. Wilhoit, who taught the Core 101 course, “Chris- “We have people waiting in line to teach the irst-year edge but transformation, Christian for- ive into 25 as the readings illed my heart. tian Spiritual Practices,” this fall, notes that Wheaton has seminars,” he notes. “Christ at the Core is valued and mation, and wisdom.” Dr. Wilhoit’s guidance regarding the spiritual made a huge inancial commitment to Christian liberal seen as cool.” Wilhoit agrees wholeheartedly. disciplines then helped me to extend this time arts education through the new curriculum. Christ at the Core, a key component of the From the “I think we’re doing a better job of en- spent in the presence of God so that I became That commitment goes beyond professor salaries. The Heart, For the Kingdom capital campaign, can be divid- gaging students at the level of Christian aware of His presence for whole days.” school has even altered its architecture to provide sem- ed into two main emphases. The irst, called the Shared discipleship,” he says. “What we’re talking inar rooms so intimate class discussion and new ways of Core, ofers common courses, including “First Year Sem- about is not feel-good spirituality. We’re “As someone who was unsure of what the fu- thinking can germinate. inar: Enduring Questions” and “Christian Thought.” The talking about discipleship and virtue de- ture may hold,” Lucy adds, “it is priceless to Wilhoit points out that the old lecture class Bible and second, called the Thematic Core, aims to reach shared velopment. One of the things that all par- have this blessed assurance of my Lord and Theology 111, through which most alumni learned about outcomes for students in particular courses of study. ents hope is that their sons and daugh- Savior imprinted upon my heart and carried a Christian worldview, is gone. In its place, tenured facul- These classes might include “Aesthetic Enrichment and ters will graduate with ‘cement in their with me throughout each day.” ty—not adjuncts—teach numerous seminar classes across Creative Expression” and “Historical Perspectives.” pockets.’ They want to see the character in which 18 to 20 students grapple with vital issues the Arend J. Poelarends, assistant professor of physics and formation continue as graduates become disciplines. astronomy, is very excited to be team-teaching a Christ good spouses, parents, and members of “You cannot get a more expensive class in the acade- at the Core Advanced Integrative Seminar, “Core 307: their communities. These are things that, my than this,” Wilhoit says. “Wheaton is spending mon- Cosmology,” with Robert O’Connor, associate professor at the deepest level, you hope come out ey in getting students to understand the implications of of philosophy. The course’s combination of science, phi- of a college education.” the gospel. We’re taking seriously our Christian liberal losophy, and faith enables students to explore how God And when they do in the lives of today’s arts identity.” might be involved in scientiic issues such as the latness students, don’t be surprised if Jim Wil- Student response has been electric. Wilhoit has heard, of the universe, ine tuning, dark matter and energy, and hoit’s passion erupts.
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Ozias Washington CENTER FOR VOCATION AND CAREER CVC Coaches Help Guide Students jor as well as Biology, Chemistry, high-traic area for students,” CVC Di- along the Career Path Engineering, Geology, and Physics. rector Dee Pierce MA ’17 says, “it leads Of course, new staf are just part to a dramatic increase in engagement.” of the exciting developments at the When students enter the new lob- CVC. While the $4 million from the by, they will be greeted and directed THAN JONES MA ’17 Along with Ethan, here are the From the Heart, For the Kingdom by student CVC Ambassadors, and knows something of the other career coaches: capital campaign is intended to an inviting coffee bar will encour- winding vocational path SARAH FRANKLIN CROSE ’02, cover programming and person- age them to settle down and get ac- that Wheaton students M.A. ’06 serves as Senior Career nel needs, there are also plans for quainted. Pierce notes, “Students do E can face. He’s traversed Coach and works with the Art and a new address for the CVC, which really well learning from each other.” one himself. Music departments, along with un- is not included in the current cap- Other features may include an Jones went through four majors dergraduate and graduate psycholo- ital campaign. open workspace for career coaches at John Brown University before re- gy students. Sarah’s journey includes If the necessary inancial support to encourage them to get out of the impact alumni engagement, admis- Lindsay Copler Aja ’15 ceiving a B.A. in biblical and theolog- working as Wheaton’s young alumni is secured, the change in venue will oice and mix with their respective sions, and even academic engagement. ical studies with a double major in director and also as a private coun- be dramatic. The old, out-of-the-way, departments as much as possible; a “I really feel,” she says, “that the history. Then followed three years selor after receiving a second mas- poorly lighted upstairs location will conference room and an area for stu- work we’re doing is catalytic for the in Chick-il-A’s management training ter’s degree in clinical mental health give way to sparkling, high-tech fa- dent clubs; interview rooms; and a institution.” program, along with the realization counseling. cilities that will be nearly three times hospitality room for visiting employ- For Ethan, helping students with that restaurant management wasn’t EMILEE WENZ WEATHERRED ’15 the current cramped 1,500 square ers and alumni. their career paths is much more than a good it for his young and soon to joins the CVC after two years in the feet. Students using an adjacent di- Pierce says the planned changes at a job. be growing family. insurance world. Upon graduating agonal hallway will see the bright, in- the CVC will help produce increased “When I help students understand Finally, Ethan landed at Wheaton with a B.A. in business/economics, viting space through loor-to-ceiling levels of satisfaction as students ind what God says about vocation,” he College, where he became a Grad- Emilee worked for Allstate and lat- glass walls. their places on the career path more says, “it takes the pressure of. They uate Resident Assistant in Terrace er moved to Broadspire, where she “We know from best practice re- quickly. Uncovering the practical con- realize that lots of great possibilities Apartments and earned his M.A. in worked for alumnus Mark DeLew search at some of the best colleges nections between the classroom and exist, and God’s going to go with Christian Formation and Ministry— ’08 in data analytics. Emilee serves that, if you have the career center in a the oice, she believes, will positively them wherever they go.” along with the department’s high- in Business/Economics, Math/Com- est honor—last May. At each stop puter Science, and Political Science/ along the way, he learned invalu- International Relations. Ethan Jones M.A ’17 able lessons about God’s calling and OZIAS WASHINGTON taught En- A Journey from the CVC to San Francisco his own skills, interests, and values, glish as a second language and also Ethan says, “I felt the world needed served with a local church in South A Wheaton graduate with a bachelor’s in communications and theater can work anywhere—even at a digital the best version of me.” Korea. After earning degrees from marketing irm whose business depends on data analytics and software. Just ask Annie (Benson) Varberg ’15, a “For any student who struggles,” Emmanuel College and Liberty Uni- Content Production Coordinator for Epsilon, a global marketing company. Ethan adds, “I can relate.” versity, he worked in higher educa- Now Ethan is one of ive new ca- tion and in management roles. He Annie is quick to credit the Center for Vocation and Career Director Dee Pierce. “Dee and the CVC were instru- reer coaches with the Center for Vo- serves the Christian Education, Bi- mental in helping me get my job at Epsilon,” Annie says. “Through resume and cover letter editing, insightful cation and Career (CVC). Each coach ble and Theology (including grad- mock-interview sessions, career counseling, and ultimately hosting Epsilon recruiters on campus for interviews, is embedded in a speciic academic uate programs), Anthropology/So- the CVC gave me the courage and resources to apply for and accept my position at Epsilon.” area in order to build relationships ciology, Education (including TESOL and provide targeted help and in- and M.A.T.), and Urban Studies de- From the company’s San Francisco oice, Annie works with a team to create video and photography content sights to student career-seekers and partments. for Epsilon clients. She builds and maintains relationships with production companies and manages projects faculty. Ethan’s areas are Humanities LINDSAY COPLER AJA ’15 comes from concept to delivery. “The work is fast-paced, creative, and challenging,” she says. “I am learning new things and Communication. to the CVC from the food and bev- every day.” “What gets me up in the morn- erage industry where she worked Emilee Wenz Weatherred ’15 ing is being able to share the good with both chemists and biologists. What advice does she have? news with students that they are all She earned her Wheaton degree in called,” Ethan says. “There is a pleth- Environmental Science and will be “I encourage students to start utilizing the CVC early in their time at Wheaton,” Annie says. “It’s never too early
ora of options, not just one path.” working with students in that ma- alexa adams photos by to start thinking about your career.”
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Capital Campaign Enters $304,000 Homestretch with ‘Full’ Momentum IS THE AMOUNT GIVEN BY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN MUSIC ON CAMPUS AND BY When it comes to the College’s From the Heart, For the The Wheaton Fund still needs about $3.3 million to keep Wheaton aford- CONSERVATORY FACULTY & STAFF. Kingdom capital campaign, the glass is neither half-full able for every student and to continue our tradition of excellence. nor half-empty. It’s more than three-quarters full. Christ at the Core needs additional funding to complete the transforma- Now is the time. According to the latest igures, the campaign has raised tion to a cross-disciplinary approach to the core curriculum. Starting from 86.3 percent of the $175 million goal. This leaves just 13.7 per- their irst semesters, Christ at the Core will help students to explore their Help us finish strong! WILL YOU JOIN OUR cent to raise by June 30, 2018, the end of the iscal year. While passions and interests through academic pursuits. Make a Wheaton education more: that’s a substantial sum by anyone’s reckoning, it seems Global and Experiential Learning, which also needs additional funds, will GENEROUS DONORS? eminently doable given the generous outpouring to date. make a Wheaton education relevant in an increasingly multicultural world by Remarkable “The Wheaton College community has outdone itself increasing the cross-cultural competencies of students and faculty. so far,” states Erin Shade ’92, Director of Donor Rela- Over the last year, the College has made its goals known at Wheaton To- Relevant tions and Co-Director, Capital Campaign. “The priorities gether events in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Saint Paul. of Deepening Ethnic Diversity, Need-Based Scholarships, The last two events occurred in Los Angeles on October 21 and in Dallas on Reachable From the Heart, For the Kingdom Planned Gifts, and The Welcome Center have all been ful- November 11. Total Goal ly funded. That’s cause for celebration—and gratitude.” “We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the generous support from our for today’s students and However, the celebration is not complete until all pri- many Wheaton families,” says Lauren Wong ’08, the newly appointed Asso- tomorrow’s leaders. $151 million orities are fully funded, including: ciate Director of Development. “We move forward with hopeful enthusiasm The Armerding Center for Music and the Arts for all that is to come for our students.” To donate: still needs $18 million in generous gifts toward com- So while there’s much to celebrate, there’s still much to do in order to ill call 800.525.9906 $175 million pleting the concert hall building. The Center will be a the From the Heart, For the Kingdom glass to the brim. email [email protected] major upgrade for the Conservatory of Music, which visit fromtheheart.wheaton.edu needs modern facilities to attract and serve student send a check using the enclosed
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WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE 29 who had been arrested in Saudi Ara- taught and inspired most of these bia for holding a church service in a alumni over his 45 years of teaching. private home. A couple of years later, Wheaton’s liberal arts education of- some of the same Indian Christians fers “excellent preparation for diplo- were arrested again; and again, Gom- matic service,” says Amstutz, because bis helped arrange their release. it “emphasizes moral principles, gives “It just so happened that that Sun- priority to global concerns, and nur- day was the annual International Day tures cross-cultural perspectives.” of Prayer for the Persecuted Church,” The Wheaton experience provid- says Gombis, who currently serves ed JUDD BIRDSALL ’05, M.A. ’06—who in the Office of Security and Human served in the IRF office and the State Rights in the Bureau of Democracy, Department’s Forum on Religion and Human Rights, and Labor. “Ever since, Global Affairs—with “a solid intellec- “THESE ARE these events have served as a remind- tual grounding in history, political sci- DIFFICULT, er to me that God’s ultimately in con- ence, and religious studies; a passion trol, he has the power to set the cap- for promoting justice and human dig- SOPHISTICATED, tives free, and his timing is amazing!” nity; and a wide network of well-con- Howard, Nagy, and Gombis are nected and respected alumni.” INTRICATE ISSUES some of the many examples of Whea- “In a world that seems increasingly ton students who found ways to apply polarized between nativists and glo- FRAUGHT WITH their interest in culture, language, or balists, Christians can be peacemak- COMPLICATED politics in the U.S. foreign service. Oth- ers who transcend the local-global ers include: divide,” says Birdsall. “We are part of ETHICAL PAUL YESKOO ’81, currently the acting local congregations and we want to deputy chief of mission in Côte d’Ivoire, steward our national citizenship, but DILEMMAS AND has served for three decades as a man- we are also brothers and sisters in a agement officer, helping embassies global family of faith and we see all hu- OPPOSING VIEWS. with logistics, IT, budget, medical, HR, man beings as equally endowed with By Jeremy Weber ʼ05 WHO BETTER TO and buildings. He has also worked with the image of God.” IRF and supported logistics during the “Diplomacy can be a cynical space,” TAKE THEM ON HAT DO KENYA’S new constitution, team collected led to a declaration that genocide was oc- Bosnian Peace talks. says MATTHEW YARRINGTON ’96, M.A. ’98, Darfur’s genocide declaration, and curring, which inspired American churches to participate MEGHAN ODSLIV BRATKOVICH ’04, a foreign service officer trained in eco- AND WRESTLE Myanmar’s newest political party in advocacy and relief efforts. M.A. ’11 served with the Peace Corps in nomics and currently studying Arabic. W have in common? Wheaton alum- “It was amazing to see how the results from one six-week Romania for two years, teaching En- Nevertheless, “Christians are always WITH THEM THAN ni played a behind-the-scenes role project helped mobilize a massive official and volunteer re- glish to the first generation of teenag- engaged in ‘foreign relations’ wherev- WHEATIES?” in each event while working for the sponse,” says Howard, currently director for African affairs ers to “grow up free of the shroud of er we live in the world. We bring that U.S. Department of State. on the White House’s National Security Council. communism.” She later served as an surprising edge that cares about the While many watched Kenya’s presidential election in Au- Elsewhere on the globe, ELEANOR NAGY ’86 served as Dep- English Language Fellow in Indonesia. other person and is genuinely inter- gust 2017 with bated breath, hoping that the East African uty Chief of Mission for the U.S. embassies in Macedonia RANDY BRANDT ’89 interned for the ested their good.” nation would avoid the ethnic violence that marred its con- and Myanmar (Burma) as those nations went through “a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gombis believes that “we need tested 2007 election, JONATHAN HOWARD ’00 closely followed critical time of crisis and change.” The U.S. negotiated and then spent 12 years as a congressional Christians engaging in the more dif- developments for personal reasons. He spent two years as preserved a peace treaty which “saved Macedonia from ex- staffer before being appointed to the ficult areas of international relations, a missionary kid in Kenya and was posted to Nairobi for his periencing an all-out war,” says Nagy. Burma “underwent State Department as senior advisor to such as arms export policy, intelli- first tour as a Foreign Service officer. a profound transition” from four decades of military dic- the Ambassador at Large for Interna- gence policy, trade sanctions, and im- In Kenya, Howard worked with the ambassador to sup- tatorship to civilian rule, a transition for which Nagy had tional Religious Freedom. migration policy.” port a constitutional reform process intended to more eq- “a front row seat.” DAVID FABRYCKY ’00 has worked as “These are difficult, sophisticated, uitably distribute political power. The new constitution was “In both cases, the U.S. engagement was critical to the an economic officer in Qatar, as both intricate issues fraught with compli- approved two days before he returned to Washington, D.C., success of those efforts,” says Nagy, who currently works for a consular and political officer in Jor- cated ethical dilemmas and opposing in 2010. “To have worked so intensively in support of a docu- the State Department Inspector General’s office improving dan, and as a Turkey policy officer in views. Who better to take them on and ment that was crucial for the future of Kenya, to avoid blood- the effectiveness of U.S. embassies and guarding against Washington, D.C.; covered internal wrestle with them than Wheaties?” shed and loss of life—it was a real blessing,” says Howard. waste and fraud. politics in Iraq; and currently works on Howard's work in Nairobi was neither his first nor his last Many alumni have worked in the State Depart- political-military issues in Germany. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT POLITICS AND time wrestling with conflict. In 2004, he was sent to the bor- ment’s Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF). As one of Wheaton’s longest-serv- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT WHEATON der of Sudan’s Darfur region to investigate whether unfold- AL GOMBIS ’90 served as team lead for the Middle East, help- ing faculty members, Professor of Po- VISIT WHEATON.EDU/POLISCI
ing atrocities constituted genocide. The information his ing to arrange the release of two dozen Indian Christians frances macleod by illustration litical Science DR. MARK AMSTUTZ has
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FROM FARMING TO HOT SAUCE, THESE ALUMNI BY JASMINE ARE NOURISHING THE COMMON GOOD. YOUNG ’13
CODY LORANCE M.A. ’05 INTERCULTURAL K-MAMA SAUCE: STUDIES MINISTRY THROUGH HOT SAUCE
When KC Kye ’07 moved to Minnesota to pursue a pas- torship at Church of All Nations, he did not imagine it would involve hot sauce. ENDIRO COFFEE: rance is not a farmer himself, he had to learn the system be- With his heart set on missions in North Korea, Kye stud- ROASTING TO END CHILD VULNERABILITY fore teaching. He was reminded of advice he received from ied sociology at Wheaton and went on to obtain his master his advisor at Wheaton, Dr. Robert Gallagher. of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. While pas- When Cody Lorance M.A.’05 was approached to build “[Dr. Gallagher] would say that we need to understand torate, he began seeking ways to fundraise for the church. coffee shops in Uganda, he was not a coffee drinker. In fact, the importance of learning how to learn,” says Lorance. “I’ve In March 2015, he founded K-Mama Sauce—“Seoul for he never liked coffee. had to learn how to start a business, human resources, ac- your food”—a vegan spicy Korean hot sauce reminiscent of However, when Gloria Katusiime, a native Ugandan jour- counting, etc. But if I’m a lifetime learner it gives me the op- the flavors and tastes from his mother’s kitchen. nalist, explained her mission for the shop, Lorance happily portunity to use whatever is in front of me for the kingdom.” Starting out in farmer’s markets in Minnesota, the busi- joined. The goal was to use the shop to raise money to end Working directly with local Ugandan farmers, Endiro ness has since picked up, and K-Mama Sauce is now sold in child vulnerability across the globe. seeks to improve the fate of vulnerable children at the 450 stores across 22 states. K-Mama sauce has grown so Gloria opened the first shop in Kampala, Uganda in 2011. source: the family. By offering fair trade prices for the har- quickly that Kye runs the business full-time. Endiro Coffee now has five locations in Uganda and recently vests, families have a chance to provide their children nec- For Kye, it has come full circle: “I still do ministry; I just opened a U.S. location in Aurora, IL. Lorance, who received essary resources. KC KYE ’07 SOCIOLOGY, do it in a very different way.” Thirty percent of profits are SOCIAL SERVICE AND MINISTRY his M.A. in intercultural studies, currently serves as the Di- “Child vulnerability begins with a story about poverty in pledged to charity, and the majority of his employees are rector of U.S. Operations. the village. We wanted to find a way to increase farmers’ members of his church. Now, not only is Lorance passionate about coffee, he be- incomes to fight the root of the issue: lack of wealth,” says Why Korean hot sauce? As Sriracha has become a staple sauce in American food lieves it to be his mission. Lorance. “We work with the mother in the home because we “I love Korean food. I am both North and South Korean. culture, Kye hopes K-Mama will have a similar impact. “We think of Endiro as mission—rethinking every aspect want to give women a voice in family economics. It’s revolu- Growing up on the east coast, I had access to Korean food all “K-Mama enables you to add flavor to any dish. You can of our business to see how we can fulfill our mission through tionizing the family dynamic.” the time,” says Kye. “It was harder to come by in the Midwest. put it on eggs, sandwiches, pasta or your stir-fry,” says Kye. coffee,” says Lorance. Lorance plans to expand Endiro’s reach though roasted Especially, coming to Minnesota, it was very inaccessible.” As K-Mama continues to grow, Kye's passion for missions All proceeds go to organizations that support care for coffee sales, coffee farming, and production, and he antic- Instead of opening a restaurant offering full dishes, Kye has not lost any fire. children in the community. ipates having a real chance to end child vulnerability. Not wanted a bit of Korean culture to be in everyone’s kitchen. “I still plan to make it to North Korea in the future, but “About 200,000 kids suffer from HIV/AIDS and almost 3 only in Uganda, but around the world. “If it was just Korean food, our reach would be limited. for now my mission looks different,” says Kye. “I minister million are orphaned in Uganda,” says Lorance. “We want to “Coffee is the tool we’ve been given,” says Lorance. “At The more people feel comfortable, the more likely they are to my employees, I give back to the church, I sit on a board raise money to contribute to these communities. Not just Endiro, we believe that we can actually end child vulnera- to try it,” says Kye. “I want to give a bit of Korean culture to for my community. I may not be a pastor by title, but my to meet their basic needs, but to build the communities.” bility. How can making a cappuccino be a way to do your everyone, and the sauce makes it easier to experience the ministry has not ended. K-Mama enables me to do business In 2015, Endiro Coffee also began working with Ugandan mission? The closer we get to answering this question, the flavors at home.” as mission.” small lot farmers to increase coffee bean harvests. As Lo- closer we get to ending global child vulnerability.”
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MARMILU FARMS: FARMING AS MISSION
Before Caleb Curlin ’05 was deployed to Afghanistan several years ago, he and wife Betsy Curlin ’06 watched Food, Inc. “The film, and the featured farmer, Joel Salatin, exposed the many issues with the industrial food system, and the terrible food options we’re faced with as consumers,” says Caleb. Caleb was so intrigued by the documentary that he purchased several books about food production to read during his deploy- ment. “In the evenings while we weren’t on patrol, I was reading more and more about issues with food. At one point, I called back to Betsy and said, ‘I think we should farm,’” says Caleb. After Caleb left the service, the Curlins moved out to California to take a job with General Electric. But the conviction to farm weighed heavily on his conscience. “We kept feeling the pull to learn how to farm,” says Caleb. “So in 2012, we sold our big house, left the well-paid job, and moved into a 200-year-old cabin in Virginia to work with Joel Salatin and his family at Polyface Farms.” Neither Caleb nor Betsy had experience farming prior to their big move. While at Wheaton, Caleb participated in Army ROTC NATALIE TANNER ’17 COMMUNICATIONS, and studied communications, and Betsy studied interdisciplin- MEDIA STUDIES ary studies and theology. After spending time at Polyface Farms, the Curlins decided it was time to start their own farm. In 2014, they moved back to SAGA HACKS: traveling. I can serve a meal to someone and immediately Caleb’s home state of Tennessee to open Marmilu Farms. THE POWER OF FOOD AND EXPERIENCES transport them back to forgotten memories or treasured Marmilu Farms is a pasture-based farm sitting on 425 acres. experiences.” The Curlins believe that natural methods are the only way to Throughout her time at Wheaton, Tanner sought to rec- optimize the health benefits of meats and eggs. This includes “I could talk about food for hours,” says Natalie Tanner ’17. oncile the power of food with her calling within the church. taking drugs, chemicals, and GMO feed out of the equation, and Originally a recurring feature in The Wheaton Record, As the last week of classes neared, Tanner says her Chris- ensuring all livestock are grass-fed. Natalie started Saga Hacks (sagahacks.com), a website that tian Thought class provided her with the insight she desired. The Curlins tend to 110 cattle, 5,000 broiler chickens, 1,000 shares recipes created from the ingredients and food avail- “It was the last day of class with Dr. George Kalantzis, and laying hens, and 50 pigs every day. Most days begin at 3:30 a.m., able at Anderson Commons (affectionately known by stu- I’m thinking about this upcoming transition after Wheaton,” before the sun rises. dents as Saga). says Tanner. “We were discussing communion and what it “We had a bit of a flowery perspective of what farming was go- “I was blown away by the quality of the campus food on means to participate in Christian community. He then says, ing to look like,” says Betsy. “Initially we thought of this as a way my first visit to Wheaton,” says Tanner. “But as time went ‘Eating together is one of the most important things we do to get out on our own, and do this as a family. It’s been harder on, I wanted to integrate options from the different food as Christians.’ That was so inspiring for me.” and more demanding than we envisioned, but we’re on the right lines. I had so much fun with it. Anytime I ate with friends, I For Tanner, food is a gift to be shared with the community path to improvement.” would share my creations.” around her, and it’s her ministry. The Curlins believe the hard work is worth it, as they provide From yogurt peanut butter dip, chocolate lava cake waf- “Food is my ministry in the body of Christ. There is nothing their community with healthy natural meat and eggs. They also fles, Moroccan spiced orange ice cream and even parmesan like creating experiences through food, and it’s how I contrib- make an effort to help the other farms around them, and those tuna melts, Tanner shared a variety of creations for others ute to the community around me,” says Tanner. “Communion who are interested in getting into the field, especially young to easily remake. to me isn’t just the bread and wine we have on Sunday; com- adults. Tanner's culinary skills didn’t begin with Saga Hacks, munion is something we do whenever we eat with people. It’s “There is this major push from young people interested in however. Her passion for food creation grew from her child- a gift we can give to everyone around us.” farming and getting involved, but there are so many hurdles hood memories of family dinners. Although Tanner graduated this past spring, Saga Hacks to jump over. We’ve been networking with other farms even if “Food has always been a central part of my family,” says lives on, managed by current students. they’re doing things differently,” says Caleb. Tanner. “That was a really important time for us and where While food is not on her current career path, Tanner While farming was not a planned course of action for the Cur- my true education happened. We would discuss anything says, “I don’t need it to be my career to continue to use it for lins, they see it as a means to live out their mission. They min- and everything around the table, over food.” ministry and benefit from it. I’m carrying my passion for ister to their community through relationships with customers As she ventured to Wheaton, Tanner intentionally sought food with me.” and other farmers. out ways to share meals with others. She sees food not just The Curlins believe their impact on the community around as a means of nutrition, but as a force to build community. FOR THESE FOODIES’ FAVORITE RECIPES, them is vital to the future of healthier foods, healthier commu- “Food has the power to create experiences,” says Tanner. GO TO MAGAZINE.WHEATON.EDU nities, and ultimately a healthier American food system. “I can create a meal, and it’s like I’ve cracked the code to time
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Youngeun Kim Psy.D. ’06 inspires her students to create and cooperate DR. ROGER WIENS ’82 HAS AL- Resilience and endurance are two traits WAYS BEEN ENAMOURED WITH honed in Youngeun Kim Psy.D. ’06 during SPACE. In the 1970s, when Mars was her time at Wheaton College. closer to Earth than ever before, An international student from South Wiens and his brother Doug built a Korea, Kim never knew if she would have telescope and made sketches of the enough to pay for the next semester’s red planet’s features. tuition. Studying clinical psychology in the When he came to Wheaton Col- doctoral program also stretched her intel- lege, Wiens’ interest in Mars was fur- lectually and emotionally. “I was digging ther piqued when he studied physics up all my past issues,” she said. under professor Doug Phinney, who At one point, Kim was writing her dis- introduced him to diverse research sertation, working a full-time internship, topics from moon rocks to meteorites. and raising her infant son. She told her Wiens didn’t expect to go on to lead husband, as well as her advisor J. Derek the team that would design, build, and McNeil, that she was ready to give up. operate a laser mounted on the Mars Both encouraged her to finish. She even- Curiosity rover. Now, as the Principal tually did. Investigator for the Curiosity rover’s Eldercare Gets Smart “I had to depend on God every minute,” ChemCam laser, co-author of more Kim said. “But at the same time I expe- than 160 research articles, and recip- Diane (Holder) Cook ’85 is a leader in smart home technology for rienced so much grace, peace, and ten- ient of an honorary degree from the health assistance der care over me.” Today, Kim heads the University of Toulouse, France, Dr. Christian counseling program at Baek- Wiens can detail how his liberal arts BY ADRIANNA WHEN YOU THINK OF A SMART HOME, voice-controlled personal seok University in South Korea. Year by education at Wheaton has served his WRIGHT ‘01 assistants like Amazon Echo might spring to mind. Yet as Baby year, her understanding of teaching has career. Boomers age, smart home technology is increasingly being em- morphed. “During my early years, I felt He cites how theology and philoso- ployed to provide eldercare. With decades of experience designing smart envi- like I knew so much and had so much phy courses taught him to see “science ronments for health assistance, Diane (Holder) Cook ’85 is leading this charge. to teach. Now, I realize it’s not just about as a form of worship, and an affirma- “I’ve worked in the area of machine learning and data mining for many years. passing on information but about building tion of why we believe what we believe.” Smart homes allow me to use these disciplines to better understand human people—stimulating students to create He says English and speech-writing behavior and offer technologies that help humans stay independent in their and cooperate with each other,” she said. courses helped him in publishing press own homes longer,” Cook notes. At Wheaton, Kim participated in a study releases about the Mars rover and his Hailing from a family of Wheaties, Cook chose Wheaton because of its com- group focused on diversity and intercul- personal record of his experiences in bination of academic excellence and Christian guidance. She recalls one teach- tural applications of psychology. She car- his 2013 book Red Rover: Inside the Sto- er who “transformed my perspective on physics because he showed how God ries that spirit, along with a passion for ry of Robotic Space Exploration, from carefully crafted the world from microcosm to macrocosm.” underserved people, into her work today. Genesis to Curiosity. John Hayward, professor of computer science, also stood out. “He encour- “In Korea words are less important. It’s Of course, Weins has a great appre- aged us to find the fun side of our discipline,” she notes. more about relationship and context,” ciation for his physics and math pro- Currently the Huie-Rogers Chair Professor in the School of Electrical En- Kim said. Doing psychotherapy by ana- DISCIPLINED fessors, who “taught me how science gineering and Computer Science at Washington State University, Cook was lyzing a client’s words alone would miss and faith in God work together; that inducted as a 2016 fellow to the National Academy of Inventors, and she holds the point. “In the United States, you read CURIOSITY God is sovereign over the seemingly several patents in environmental sensor-driven activity model development. the lines to understand. Here, you read be- From a childhood fascination with Mars ordinary things in nature as well as She created one of the first fully instrumented smart home test sites and has tween the lines to understand.” over those things that we don’t under- equipped 100 smart apartments with sensor networks in 10 countries. Cook to working on the Mars Curiosity rover, stand.” Through his disciplined curi- also co-directs the National Institute on Aging’s training program in geron- By Liuan Huska ’09 Dr. Roger Wiens ’82 sees sciences as a osity, Wiens has given many a deeper technology and serves as director of its artificial laboratory. understanding of the universe. “The more I analyze sensor-based human behavior the more I appreciate form of worship how complex we are. I also see how much we need each other in order to stay By Jeremy Weber ’05
emotionally and physically healthy,” Cook says. photo Courtesey of Diane (Holder) Cook ofDr. Roger Wiens ’82 Photo courtesy
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hobby, but after one lesson, Kathleen cific Islander, and Aboriginal music. it now more than they used to. But it’s MUSICAL “wasn’t a big fan.” At age six, she got a The highlight of her 10-week trip still surprising to them.” toy xylophone for Christmas and dis- was going to Bali where she studied Kathleen is also honest about the MENTORSHIP covered her love for marimba. gamelan—large ensembles of mostly history. “In the 1700s and 1800s, mis- The Alumni Association’s 2017 Alumna She still has that Christmas present. metallophones unique to Java and Bali. sionaries went into cultures and told She also now has a book, The Marimba: She even took lessons with the royal locals they had to sing hymns in order of the Year for Distinguished Service Teach It!, which she published after an musician in Ubud, a town that was re- to be a Christian.” to Alma Mater award recipient Dr. innovative career keeping Wheaton on garded as the center of music-making But missionary practices have ’ the forefront of the percussive arts. in Bali. “I’d known about these instru- changed, Kathleen notes, emphasiz- Kathleen Kastner 71 is recognized for Kathleen started marimba lessons ments, and I’d taught about them,” says ing the development of indigenous decades of mentoring students both soon after that pivotal Christmas, and Kathleen. “So to learn from him and do songwriting that accompanies Bible in high school commuted from Milwau- that—it was the coolest thing ever.” translation, empowering people to musically and spiritually. kee to Chicago to take lessons from a Kathleen was an active solo and worship with their own heart music. By Jeremy Weber ’05 photo by mike hudson ’89 local teacher who had studied with Clair chamber music performer for decades Kathleen once traveled to Palau to Omar Musser, a leading marimba player before pivoting to her current passion: attend the Festival of Pacific Arts— who put together a 100-piece orchestra percussion pedagogy. She also has a de- which featured musical performances for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933. Her cades-long legacy of passing on her tal- from 28 island nations—to gather video teacher recommended that she apply ent and her faith to students. material for a new class on the music of YOU’VE LIKELY HEARD of the theory of to Wheaton’s Conservatory of Music. Kathleen believes Wheaton is inte- Oceania and Indonesia. “They started six degrees of separation. Among Hol- When she was accepted, there were grating faith and learning “even better the whole thing with a big ecumenical lywood stars, it’s “six degrees of Kevin only two other marimba players. They now than we used to.” The college’s new service” with “extraordinary singing,” Bacon.” Among Wheaton alumni, it’d took the train into downtown Chicago Christ at the Core curriculum offers her which involved choirs singing hymns be six degrees of music professor Dr. every Thursday for four years for their “a more intentional way of making con- as well as seated dances where legs Kathleen Kastner ’71. lessons. nections” as a music teacher. are crossed and only the arms make After teaching the college’s Intro- After graduating, Kathleen was invit- In her world music class, for in- motions. duction to Music course for a quarter ed by former dean Harold Best to come stance, Kathleen has connected stu- “God’s expression throughout the century (with four to five classes each back and teach the college’s handful of dents to musical cultures around the world is so vast,” says Kathleen. “God year), many Wheaton students have percussion majors. She accepted and globe. “I love to open up students to the has created all these different people passed through Kathleen’s classroom. launched Wheaton’s first percussion idea that there is music outside of our and their musical expressions.” This includes current president Dr. ensemble in 1972. It was “kind of a new Western culture,” she says. “They know Kathleen’s private lessons often give Philip Ryken (whom Kathleen still re- thing, even in the percussion world,” way to one-on-one discipleship. members sitting in class with his now- she says, that let Wheaton join a bur- “There’s not a Christian way to hit wife Lisa ’88) and current provost Dr. geoning national trend that allowed a drum or a non-Christian way to hit Margaret Diddams ’83. students to major in percussion for one,” she says. “It’s really about help- Having launched the college’s per- the first time. ing the student understand over time cussion program 45 years ago, Kath- “I’ve seen this whole field grow up be- that what they are doing is part of God’s leen still teaches percussion ensemble fore my very eyes,” says Kathleen. calling for them. And what they are do- and other percussion classes, as well She later received her doctorate ing, they should be doing to the best of as private percussion lessons with a from the University of Illinois, Urba- their ability.” dose of personal discipleship. Midway na-Champaign, where she studied with “It is a talent they have been giv- through her career, she began teaching percussion Hall of Famer Thomas Siwe. en; and when given gifts, we are to use 20th-century music history and world Kathleen has served the Percussive “GOD’S them.” music, which she continues to teach to Arts Society as a board member, histo- EXPRESSION this day. For her decades of mentoring rian, chair of its scholarly research com- students both musically and spiritual- mittee, associate editor of research for THROUGHOUT ly, the Wheaton College Alumni Asso- its Percussive Notes journal, and presi- THE WORLD IS ciation selected Kathleen as the 2017 dent of its Illinois state chapter. SO VAST. GOD HAS Alumna of the Year for Distinguished In 2003, Kathleen used her sabbat- Service to Alma Mater. ical to study world percussion. She CREATED ALL THESE Kathleen grew up near Milwaukee, traveled to the enviable destinations DIFFERENT PEOPLE Wisconsin, in a Polish-German commu- of Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia. nity where the instrument of choice was There, she observed Japanese taiko AND THEIR MUSICAL the accordion. Her mom played it as a drumming and researched Maori, Pa- EXPRESSIONS.”
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