Clarion 2001-04-25 Vol. 76 No. 13

              ■Health Fair - pg. 2
Wednesday, April 25, 200
•Smash- pg. 6
•Volve - pg. 7
■ Ventura - pg. 4
.acrosse - pg. 12
The Newspaper of Bethel College
Volume 76'Number 13
CLARION
Foundation awards
servant leaders
By Bill Lent
Staff writer
Four juniors have been selected as the
recipients of the Student Service-Leadership Recognition Award for 2001 based
on their service and leadership both on
and off campus.
Out of the 44 applicants, the four recipients chosen were Erik Brodt, Alison
Gray, Sarah McAlpin and Justin Walker.
The award includes a personal cash
amount of $750 and a "Divine Servant®
Statue," depicting Christ washing a
disciple's feet, along with a $250 contribution to be given to the charity of the
student's choice.
The purpose of the Service-Leadership Award, which is sponsored by the
Barney II and Moore Foundation, is to
"provide an opportunity for Bethel College to reward its students who exemplify
the ideals put forth in the college's mission statement, specifically 'to nurture
every person toward Christian maturity
in scholarship, leadership, and service."
The process for selection began in
early fall of 2000 when the Barney 11/
Moore Foundation and the Council for
Christian Colleges and Universities
(CCCU) approached Bethel with the idea
of awarding its students for community
service.
For the next four years, the Foundation has committed to donating $2500 to
match, dollar-for dollar, the $2500 put up
by Bethel. This will give Bethel the opportunity to grant four $1000 awards,
while the remaining $1000 will cover the
cost of the statues and pay for a reception
on May 7.
"We have had a vision of recognizing
students in areas of community service,
so it has been an answer to prayer to institute such an award," said Vincent Peters, associate dean for off-campus programs and academic affairs. "[The award]
is symbolic in nature of how highly we
value service."
After choosing to participate with the
other CCCU schools, Bethel assembled a
committee to formulate the desired approach for Bethel. The committee was
comprised of Provost Jay Barnes, Peters,
Vice President of Student Life Judy
Moscman, Campus Pastor Keith Anderson and Off-Campus Program Coordinators Matt Keiser and Kristina Huisinga.
The committee sent out fliers in January encouraging students and faculty to
nominate juniors who best exemplified a
spirit of service and leadership. Once the
nominations were received, the committee sent out applications to each nominee
to decide who would be best suitable for
the award.
A review committee was then assembled consisting of both students and
faculty who would reach a consensus on
the four finalists. Campus Ministries, Student Life, BSA and Service Learning selected one student each who would review
the applications along with two faculty
members, one staff member and Peters.
During chapel on Monday, May 7, the
four recipients will be granted the award
by Barnes, and a luncheon will follow for
all winners, family members and charity
representatives.
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Recipients of the Student Sen'ice-Leadership Recognition Award are juniors Sarah
McAlpin, Erik Brodt, Justin Walker and Alison Gray. They were each given $750, a statue
and a contribution to their favorite charity. They will also be given a reception on May 7.
"Gertrude Lindsay, give me that bookV
Sophomores Marie Hennig (Gertrude Lindsay) and Katie Judge (Jane Carpenter) fight
over the My Faults Book in Smash. Read the play's review on page 6.
Janssen selected for CS research
By Jonathan Fast
News editor
Sophomore Krista Janssen was chosen for a summer research opportunity at
the University of Minnesota through the
Computing Research Organization's Distributed Mentoring Project.
"It was definitely a surprise," said Janssen. "I feel really blessed, and it will definitely be a good learning experience."
The Distributed Mentor
Project seeks to increase the
number of women who enter
graduate school for computer
science by pairing female undergraduates with mentors for
a research opportunity spanning one summer. Janssen was one of only
30 people chosen nationwide.
She will be working al the U of M with
Victoria Intenantc in the area of computer
graphics, researching image manipulation
and graphics rendering. Two olher students will also be working in the same
Krista Janssen
field at the University.
"She has the kind of interest and attitude that would do well in a research environment," said Mathematics and Computer Science Professor Eric Gossett.
According to Gossett, Janssen is the
second applicant from Bethel
since the inception of DMP in
1994. Ann Schoolcraft, who
was also accepted into the
program, is a recent alumnus
now at graduate school.
"The program was a key
part in convincing
[Schoolcraft] that graduate
school was the way to go,"
said Gossett.
Janssen affirmed the importance of observing potential activities after graduation firsthand.
"It will be good to see what a Masters
program in CS is like," she said. "It will
also help me in my classes with the extra
experience."
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