WH E A WHEATON T O N 21 INNOVATORS | COMMUNISM TO CHRIST | JIM HEIMBACH '78 | STUDENT DEBT REAR ADMIRAL R. TIMOTHY ZIEMER '68, P.46 USN (RET.) VOLUME 2015 ISSUE 18 3 // // AUTUMN 2015AUTUMN 21 Innovators in the 21st Century WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE Student Debt: Why It’s Worth It From Communism to Christ KNOW A STUDENT WHO BELONGS AT WHEATON? TELL US! As alumni and friends of Wheaton, you play a critical role in helping us identify the best and brightest students to recruit to the College. You have a unique understanding of Wheaton and can easily identify the type of students who will take full advantage of the Wheaton College experience. We value your opinion and invite you to join us in the recruit- ment process. Please send contact information of potential students you believe will thrive in Wheaton’s rigorous and Christ-centered academic environment. 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Make your Wheaton Fund gift today to help get fiscal year 2016 off to a strong start. wheaton.edu/wheatonfund VOLUME 18 // ISSUE 3 AUTUMN 2015 departments11 WHEATON 15 4 PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE 13 “ WE AS BELIEVERS NEWS HAVE AN PROFILES / 5 OPPORTUNITY 6 CAMPUS NEWS TO ROLL UP 8 CENTERS AND INSTITUTES 10 FACULTY NEWS OUR SLEEVES 12 STUDENT NEWS 14 SPORTS AND WORK IN 16 PROFILES THE TRENCHES.” ALUMNI 46 NEWS / 39 40 A WORD WITH ALUMNI 41 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT 42 ALUMNI WEEKEND 2015 44 ALUMNI PROFILES 46 DSTS: TIM ZIEMER ’68 48 CLASS NEWS 50 GRAD SCHOOL 52 WEDDINGS 53 NEWCOMERS 55 IN MEMORY BENEDICTION / 66 50 Volume 18, Issue 3, Autumn 2015 Editor Allison Althoff Steinke ’11 Editorial Consultant Adrianna Wright ’01 Design Consultant Metaleap Creative Class News Editor Donna Antoniuk EDITORIAL Adviser Cindra Stackhouse Taetzsch ’82 Editorial Intern Whitney Bauck ’15 Wheaton College President Dr. Philip G. Ryken ’88 Provost Dr. Stanton L. Jones Vice President for Finance Dale A. Kemp Vice President for Student Development Dr. Paul O. Chelsen ’91 Vice President for Advancement, Vocation, and Alumni Engagement Kirk D. Farney M.A.’98 Executive Assistant to the President Marilee A. Melvin ’72 CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS Harry Campbell, Josh Cochran, Cajsa Holgersson, Dan Matutina, Arthur Mount, Bernd Schifferdecker, Ashley Shugart, Jacob Thomas CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Les Barker, Whitney Bauck ’15, Aya Brackett, Mike Hudson ’89, Kevin Schmalandt, Greg Halvorsen Schreck Wheaton Magazine is published autumn, winter, and spring by Wheaton College. Because Wheaton Magazine is an expression of the College’s commitment to what it holds to be biblical faith and practice, we do not communicate events or updates that, to our knowledge, fall outside of convictions expressed in our institution’s Statement of Faith and Community Covenant. Wheaton Magazine is printed on 30 percent postconsumer recycled fiber. Cover photo by Mike Hudson ’89 photo by Cover © 2015 Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL wheaton.edu 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187-5593, 630.752.5779 WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE VOLUME 18 // ISSUE 3 AUTUMN 2015 WHEATON 4 OME OF THE BEST process in the history of the Gradu- things in life are new. President’s ate School. The needs of the global The first swipe from church—as well as the real challenges a new jar of peanut Perspective we face in growing our enrollment— S butter. The luxuri- have us thinking seriously about new ous aroma of a new programs for the future. leather baseball glove. The soft skin All of our students will enjoy ex- of a newborn baby. panded opportunities to prepare for Happily, some things are new at DR. PHILIP G. RYKEN ’88 life after Wheaton through our new Wheaton this fall. Our award-winning PRESIDENT Center for Vocation and Career. By magazine has a new look, as you may locating the Center under the lead- have noticed. ership of Alumni Engagement, we will But we have more to celebrate than help our students maximize relation- simply a new magazine. This fall we ships with alumni who can serve as welcome close to 700 new students mentors and provide internships. to campus, from nearly every state in What other new opportunities lie the Union and more than 50 countries ahead? Next fall we will strengthen the around the world. More students than liberal arts through a new general ed- ever before—nearly one-third—come ucation curriculum, Christ at the Core. from diverse ethnic backgrounds. By We also dream of building a new Con- God’s grace, they will help us deepen servatory of Music and Concert Hall. ethnic diversity and globalize a Whea- Planning is underway, on the strength ton education. of the more than 30 million dollars Our new students will be welcomed already received through generous by a new chaplain. Reverend Timothy gifts and giving commitments. Blackmon was born and raised in the “ AND HE WHO Not everything is new at Whea- Netherlands, where he served as min- ton. We still have the same mission ister of the Protestant International WAS SEATED ON of providing an excellent, affordable, Church in The Hague. His love for peo- THE THRONE Christ-centered liberal arts education. ple, dynamic preaching, broad experi- SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I We continue to strive to do everything ence in the global church, and passion “For Christ and His Kingdom.” And we for the life of the mind will make a spir- AM MAKING ALL still live in hopeful expectation for the itual difference to our entire campus. THINGS NEW.’ ALSO day when Christ will come again and The Graduate School has a new mis- HE SAID, ‘WRITE make “all things new” (Rev. 21:5, esv). sion statement, in which we promise All things, new. I can hardly wait. “to form servant scholars and lead- THIS DOWN, FOR Can you? ers through exceptional graduate THESE WORDS ARE programs for Christ and His King- TRUSTWORTHY dom.” The approval of this mission EMAIL [email protected] WITH FEEDBACKAND statement coincides with perhaps AND TRUE.’” STORY IDEAS. TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL CONTENT, the most important strategic planning REVELATION 21:5 (ESV) VISIT WHEATON.EDU/MAGAZINE BERND SCHIFFERDECKER ILLUSTRATION BY NEWS CENTERS AND INSTITUTES UPDATES FROM HONEYROCK, THE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER INSTITUTE (HDI), OPUS, AND THE WADE CENTER p.8 COMMENCEMENT GRADUATES FROM THE CLASS OF 2015 HEAD OUT TO SERVE JESUS CHRIST AND ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM p.6 PROFILES CAMPUS NEWS VOLUME 18 // ISSUE 3 AUTUMN 2015 WHEATON 6 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2015 Dedication ARTIST Arena Theater’s SERIES Jim Young Garage 65TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON MAIN EVENTS 7:30 p.m., EDMAN CHAPEL Beginning Saturday, September 26, 2015 TO ORDER TICKETS, CALL THE TICKET AND INFORMATION OFFICE AT 630.752.5010 OR VISIT ARTISTSERIES.ORG GRADUATE SCHOOL FAST FACTS NEW GRADUATE SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT: To form servant scholars and leaders through exceptional graduate programs for Christ and His Kingdom. FULBRIGHT GRANTS AWARDED: TWO NEW GRADUATE SCHOOL VISION WHEATON STUDENTS STATEMENT: God transforming WERE AWARDED the world through scholars and FULBRIGHT ENGLISH practitioners rooted in Christ and TEACHING ASSISTANT equipped for global leadership. GRANTS IN 2015: GRACE PYO ’15 WILL YEAR FOUNDED: 1937 WORK IN TAIWAN, AND PROGRAMS: 16 MORGAN KINSINGER AVERAGE AGE: 29 ’15 IN SOUTH KOREA COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: 20 2014-15 ENROLLMENT: 482 DR. JAMES GORDON PH.D. ’15 WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE 2014 WINNER OF THE PARADOSIS CENTER DISSERTATION PRIZE, THE SECOND WHEATON WINNER SINCE 2011 ARENA THEATER WORKOUT alumni from across the gen- erations gathered with current students in Jenks Hall this spring to commemorate the opening of the Jim Young Ga- rage, a new space for making and exhibiting theater. The space takes its name from the late Dr. Jim Young, former professor of communication and director of theater, a leg- WHEATON’S PSY.D. endary teacher who revolutionized the College’s approach PROGRAM ATTAINED to theater-making with the creation of Workout during 100 PERCENT his 23-year tenure. “It seems noteworthy that our current PLACEMENT RATE Arena students are aware of a faculty member who re- FOR PRE-DOCTORAL tired 20 years ago,” Mark Lewis, associate professor of INTERNSHIPS IN 2015 communication, says. “They can speak of Jim’s truly unique personality, as well as of his ability to balance pas- sionate theater craft and love for students with a deep and palpable devotion to his Savior.” A mural featur- ing a portrait of “Jimma,” as he was often called, painted by Bradford Johnson ’87, was unveiled in the space in February. 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