2012 December 21 Image of the Week
This week’s photo was sent by Cathy Nolte, the office manager for the Office of Christian Outreach (OCO). Each year, Wheaton’s Christian Service Council (CSC) hosts an Angel Tree Outreach to provide toys for children whose parents are in prison. Cathy Nolte and OCO assistant director Sue Lee start preparations for Angel Tree in October and work steadily until mid-December when CSC students, Wheaton faculty and staff, and members of the Rock of our Salvation Church in Chicago purchase and deliver presents to children of prisoners in the Austin Community of Chicago. Because of these efforts, over 30 families and 100 children are able to experience the joy of Christmas gift giving.
For 30 years, volunteers with Angel Tree, a program of Prison Fellowship ministries, have delivered Christmas presents to six million prisoners’ children in the United States. By participating in the Angel Tree program, the Christian Service Council provides a practical way for Wheaton students to share the love of God with their neighbors in the Chicagoland area.
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Wheaton College audio engineer, Brian Porick submitted this week’s image. “As our New Year’s resolution for 2012, Kerry Haps [fellow audio engineer] and I decided to eat through the printed menu of the Smokehouse Restaurant in Wheaton—in order, in a year. On Thursday, December 6, we completed our accomplishment. We had lots of friends, colleagues and loved ones join us to celebrate our achievement.”
Brian and Kerry were joined not only by their families and Wheaton College faculty and staff, but also a local Chicago Tribune reporter who came to document the event.
2012 December 7 Image of the Week
This week’s photo came all the way from Thailand. Scott Johnson ’88, poses at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai Province. Scott, a business administration major while at Wheaton, now serves as the Executive Director for Youth For Christ International/Asia Pacific (YFC). “We mobilize and provide resources and training to the national programs across Asia and the Pacific that currently have a YFC ministry. We also work with local leaders who wish to pioneer YFC ministries in nations where they are not yet present. We currently have around 4,000 indigenous staff and volunteers working in 28 nations throughout Asia and the Pacific.”
The Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai is a sanctuary and rescue center for abused, crippled, or distressed elephants.
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2012 November 30 Image of the Week
Bob Mead, the husband of Connie, a staff person at the Buswell library, took this picture of the new display at the Marion E. Wade Center, which is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, charting the journey of Bilbo Baggins in his adventures to the Lonely Mountain and back again. Wade Center archivist Laura Schmidt says, “We wanted to celebrate both the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit (published in 1937), as well as the December 14 release of the new film based on the book.”
The display was created by Wade Center employee Shawn Mrakovich. The Meads’ daughter Leota made the mixed media sculpture of Smaug the Dragon. The display is available for viewing Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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2012 November 16 Image of the Week
Several people sent images of a recent alumnus who added a new distinction to the list of accomplishments of Wheaton alumni. On November 2, Paul Nelson ’11 appeared on the “Jeopardy!” television game show and became the new champion. A political science major who graduated summa cum laude from Wheaton, he was almost unstoppable on history and political categories. Uncertain about the Final Jeopardy category (College Football Team Nicknames), he wagered nothing and wrote "thanks Mom and Dad," thereby preserving his earnings.
Paul, a legislative correspondent in Senator Chuck Grassley’s Washington office, says of his appearances, “The experience was a fantastic and humbling one. I’ve always loved watching Jeopardy! and being able to appear on the show was unforgettable. The whole game is a tribute to the liberal arts, which makes a Wheaton degree excellent Jeopardy! prep.” Paul ended his run on the show as a five-time champion!
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2012 November 9 Image of the Week
In 1946, a small brass bell mounted on a trophy became the symbol of victory in a football rivalry between Wheaton College and North Central College of Naperville. The trophy has resided with the North Central Cardinals since 2008. On Saturday, November 3, the Wheaton Thunder football team defeated seventh-ranked North Central, 35-21, and regained the Little Brass Bell traveling trophy.
The photo of the team celebrating their win was taken by Michael Hudson ’89.
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2012 November 2 Image of the Week
Students who study Spanish at Wheaton are required to complete eight to ten hours of academic study in a Spanish-speaking country of their choice. The picture this week comes from Irma Castañeda ’13, a senior studying sociology and Spanish. She is spending her fall semester in Nicaragua with the study abroad program called SIT [School for International Training] Nicaragua: Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society.
Irma shares the story behind the photo, “This picture was taken in a rural farming community in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. My group and I did a rural homestay for a week to experience living on less than $2 a day like many rural campesino families in Nicaragua. I got to milk a cow and ride a horse for the first time! My favorite experience, however, was when my host aunt accompanied me to wash and bathe at the nearby river. Under the shade of the trees and with our feet submerged in the water, we got to talk for hours, sharing our life-stories. I also loved this experience because it helped me understand my mom better. She grew up in a rural farming community in Mexico, and would also go wash and bathe at the river! Now I know what it's like!”
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2012 October 26 Image of the Week
Dr. Ray Lewis took students from his Economic Botany class on a field trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden in September. Dr. Lewis says, “The statue that most of these students are emulating is of a young Carl Linnaeus, the famous Swedish botanist, reaching for a plant. Linnaeus gave us our current system of taxonomy [the science of dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms].”
Pictured in this photo (from left to right) are Sarah Kuechle ’14, Christie Veth ’13, Joel Miner ’14, Allison Hayes ’14, Joel Brewer ’13, Jennifer Lequieu ’13, Jordan Snyder ’13, Nahayo Esperant ’13, Drew Dickelman ’13, Ryan Fisher ’13, Kymberly Grove ’13, Taylor Gevry ’13, Elise Dunkerton ’13, and Rachel Kuntz ’14.
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2012 October 19 Image of the Week
Wheaton College students attend chapel services each week. Twice a year there is a special service called a “town hall chapel.” After opening prayer, students are encouraged to step up to microphones in Edman Chapel and ask questions of Wheaton President Dr. Philip Ryken ’88.
At the last town hall chapel of the 2011-2012 school year, a new question was put to Dr. Ryken. Jens Jorgenson ’12 and Attali Clauson ’12 asked him to perform their wedding ceremony in the summer! After some schedule checking, Dr. Ryken was willing to accommodate the couple’s request.
The wedding brought together many generations of Wheaton graduates, posing in this picture, along with Dr. Ryken. Jens writes, “What a perfect way to close out our four years at Wheaton, celebrating our marriage with all of our friends and family—and also getting married by Dr. Ryken!”
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2012 October 12 Image of the Week
During Wheaton’s 2012 Homecoming Weekend, approximately 350 people participated in a 5K run on Saturday morning, October 6. The event was held in honor of former student Ramie Harris ’13, who was killed in a small-plane crash on November 26, 2011, on her return from Indiana to Wheaton after Thanksgiving. Her father, Ray; sister, Shey; and a friend, Chris Backus, also died in the crash.
Ramie’s favorite color, purple, was chosen for the balloons that were launched in her memory, and participants wore purple ribbons and t-shirts. Ramie’s friend, Joy Fabry ’12, spoke at the event, saying, Ramie “took hold of the promises of Christ and lived in the hope of His calling.”
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2012 October 5 Image of the Week
Every fall at the beginning of the new school year, Wheaton throws a block party. To welcome new students, the entire campus community—including faculty and staff and their families—comes together to enjoy fellowship and food, culminating in a square dance on McCully Field.
Jeannie Vest ’16 sent this week’s image and says, “We were just hanging out on the quad at the block party, and we thought this was a sweet picture!” Pictured are (clockwise from bottom-left) Jeannie Vest ’16, Andy Koetz ’14, Anna Jacobson ’14, and Hannah Rogers ’14.
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2012 September 28 Image of the Week
Sydney Walker ’16 appears in this week’s photo along with Chris Templeton ’14, as they saved seats for a free concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), held on September 21 at Millennium Park in Chicago. The photo was taken by the CSO's Todd Rosenberg and featured on their official Facebook page. Sydney writes, “It was an amazing concert, and a hilarious surprise to see this photo on their Facebook page.”
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2012 September 21 Image of the Week
On Monday, September 17, the Wheaton College Gospel Choir competed in “How Sweet the Sound,” a competition for gospel choirs sponsored by Verizon Wireless, before a full house at the United Center in Chicago.
The video captures the Choir’s rendition of “Let Everything That Hath Breath” as well as the commentary given afterward by gospel greats Fred Hammond, Erica Campbell, Bishop Hezekiah Walker, and CeCe Winans for Choir director Tanya Egler.
Wheaton's choir was the first non-church-affiliated gospel choir to advance to regional competition in the five-year history of “How Sweet the Sound,” which is one of the largest choir competitions in the nation.
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2012 September 14 Image of the Week
“Welcome to the ‘Love’ Boat! Every year upwards of 30 Wheaton faculty choose the privilege of spending almost a week at HoneyRock just before the new school year begins, to help run the Passage program for incoming freshmen,” wrote Mark Thorne from the foreign languages department. “It is one of the few times amid the rush of the academic year when we faculty get the chance to unwind and just enjoy being with each other—all the while teaching and interacting with freshmen, and being surrounded by the beauty of HoneyRock and Long Lake.
“One annual tradition, seen in this picture, is the evening when we pile into the two Voyageur canoes and race each other to the house of HoneyRock Director Rob Ribbe ’87 for a night of mouthwatering BBQ and faculty fun. This year I was placed in the front of one of the canoes and caught this fabulous picture of my fellow faculty in mid-stream! Our experience at HoneyRock is one of the highlights of our year.”
Pictured in the canoe (clockwise from bottom center) are Ben Lovaasen, chemistry (aka "Dr. Love"); Sarah Hall, psychology; Chris Vlachos Ph.D. ’06, Bible and theology; Peter Walhout ’91, chemistry; Jim Wilhoit, Bible and theology; Lars Jacobson ’87, ROTC; Johann Buis, Conservatory; Bob Brabanec ’60, mathematics (starting his 49th year of teaching at Wheaton, but this was his first time at HoneyRock!); Heather Whitney, physics; and John Vessey ’86, psychology.
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2012 September 7 Image of the Week
“Megumi Young ’09, May Chang ’09 and I met up in New York City for a reunion,” wrote Lauren Canitia ’09, who sent this photo back in April. “We visited the 9/11 Memorial and found fellow Wheaton alumnus Todd Beamer’s name on the wall of south pool. What a moving experience!”
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2012 August 31 Image of the Week
This week’s image highlights an art exhibit titled, “Walking with the Creator,” on display in the Billy Graham Center Museum through September 9. “The exhibit showcases the artwork of three female Korean-American artists,” wrote Museum Coordinator Eric Durban, who sent in the photo. “Pictured here is artist Sun H. Choi installing her never-to-be-repeated ‘Journey of Love’ from the remains of traditional Korean herbal medicine. The artist meticulously constructed her work, pin by pin, across a 33-foot gallery wall, overflowing onto adjacent walls, baseboards, and ceilings. It is her depiction of the Holy Spirit as healer, and the process of installation was just as formative for her spiritually as she hopes the experience will be for the viewer. This is just one work of art among a varied selection of quarterly exhibits on display in the Sacred Arts Gallery. And though the featured artists reflect on their own journeys within a specific Korean-American culture, like all inspiring artists showcased at the BGC Museum, they testify to the needs, emotions, and longings common to all people on a journey of faith.”
Visit the Billy Graham Center Museum website to view slideshows of Choi’s installation process and the complete exhibit.
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2012 August 24 Image of the Week
This week’s image is perhaps our first from Papua New Guinea, where Josh Williams ’08 went on a short term medical missions trip as a fourth year medical student with the University of Chicago. Josh explained, “I spent most of the 7 weeks of the trip at a rural hospital, but for one week, I went deep in the bush to the village you see in the photo to work with a community health worker and experience village life.” In the photo Josh is taking a break from medicine to play basketball with men of the Odede tribe in Hesalibi, a remote village deep in the jungle of western Papua New Guinea.
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 1 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
“This picture was taken at Shadow Lake in Arapahoe National Forest near Granby, CO” wrote Heather Johnson ’10. “We all flew to Colorado to visit a friend (Christine Will ’10) who was leaving for Chiang Mai, Thailand to teach at Grace International School. After we saw her, we all camped at Arapahoe. We had a wonderful time and we hope to continue meeting up yearly for camping and hiking… Finally, we are all SO THANKFUL that we went to Wheaton!”
Pictured (from left to right): Chet Mancini ’10, Emily Goldberg ’10 (front), David Thornton ’10, Heather Johnson ’10 (front), and Matt Hiltibran ’10.
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 2 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
“I am leaving this month for a 2-year commitment to teach at Grace International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand,” wrote Christine Will ’10. “The school supports the families of Christian workers in Southeast Asia, representing over 90 mission organizations.
“I have partnered with Wycliffe Bible Translators’ Global Service Program (GSP), which emphasizes sending out support missionaries (particularly in roles of education) to further Bible translation and to support Christian workers worldwide. While at the SIL campus in Dallas last week for pre-field training with CHED (Wycliffe's Children’s Education Department), I was ecstatic to find out that two of my instructors were Wheaton grads!! Bob Pittman ’65 (Mathematics) has had many roles within Wycliffe but now works for the Wycliffe office in Orlando, and Marti Ahlquist ’74 (Christian Education) is an educational consultant for Wycliffe USA.
“Both individuals have such solid walks of faith and were so encouraging to those of us who are heading out to serve TCKs (third culture kids). The Lord used my time at Wheaton to plant and cultivate a desire for overseas teaching/ministry, so it was very special to discover this commonality with my inspiring Wycliffe trainers!”
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 3 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
“We are all 2009 and 2010 graduates of Wheaton, living in Chicago and getting together on a regular basis in order to practice Christian community through meals, fellowship and fun, said Hannah Veldt ’09. “This weekend we decided to take a picture to commemorate the past couple of years as we send one of our friends, Greg Hahl ’10, to Denver to take part in ministry there.”
Pictured (from left to right): Alex Cool ’09, Caroline Nix Cool ’10, Joe Levon ’09, Claire Jackson ’09, Rich Koning, Kate O'Connor Cauhorn ’10, Josh Cauhorn, Galen Welsch ’09, Hannah Veldt ’09, Kimmy Tolbert ’09, Paul Compton ’09, Greg Hahl ’10, Kimberly Kopchick Dry ’10, Brendan Dry ’10, Angela Pope ’10, Nick Venarchik ’09, and Eva Christensen ’09.
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 4 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
“It’s always great to see Wheaton friends during the summer, especially if you’re able to do so despite being a long ways away from Illinois, wrote Nate Veldt ’13. “Gary Babatz and I got to be good friends during our time at school. Not only are we both math majors, but we also both have run on the cross country and track teams at Wheaton. Shortly after I was accepted to a summer research position in Flagstaff, Arizona, I heard from Gary (who just graduated in May) that he had landed a job with US Airways in Phoenix. We knew we’d have to meet up sometime over the summer, and the other weekend we finally did. This is a picture of us enjoying a day trip to Sedona, Arizona on Sunday, July 9. We had just finished hiking up to the saddle point of Cathedral Rock, pictured right behind us.”
Pictured (from left to right). Nate Veldt ’13 and Gary Babatz ’12.
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 5 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
Pictured here are (from left to right) Julia Dennis ’15, Sophie Bushong ’15, and Austin Sahly ’15. Sophie wrote that she and Austin “had the joy of staying of staying with Julia's family in Paris for two weeks. We were lucky enough to be in Paris for the Bastille Day celebrations. We ended the Bastille Day celebrations at the Eiffel Tower for a fireworks show. The show was great!”
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 6 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
Juliana Wilhoit sent a photo of (from left to right) Marjorie Brumm ’11, Juliana Wilhoit ’11, Catherine Peele ’11 meeting up at Yosemite National Park.
“We all met as freshman in 2007 and have stayed in touch since then,” said Juliana. “It was a fantastic opportunity to re-connect as Marjorie had just returned from a Fulbright award to Indonesia and Juliana was about to head to Indonesia on a Fulbright grant. Our time in Yosemite showed us the power of Wheaton as we applied the things from our classes and relished the opportunities that our education had given us.”
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2012 August 17 Image of the Week (Image 7 of 7)
This summer, our inbox was inundated with photos sharing a common theme: Wheaton alumni and students meeting up around the world. Perhaps there really is something to the oft-expressed notion that Wheaton is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, and where you become part of a family.
“Representing Wheaton College at the grandest of all God's mountains in the lower 48 states—Mt. Rainier!” wrote Nathan Hadley. “After taking field courses, including alpine ecology and marine biology, at the Pacific Rim Institute in Washington, Gregory and I met up with Andrew for a short backpacking trip in Rainier National Park, Washington.”
Pictured (from left to right): Nathan Hadley ’14, Andrew Haas ’14, Gregory Conarroe ’15.
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2012 August 10 Image of the Week
“One of the best parts of doing research in Iceland is the chance to marvel at creation in a whole new place,” wrote Elsemarie deVries '14. “This is the Dynjandi waterfall in the West Fjords of Iceland that I got to see during a weekend camping trip. I am working with a team at Lake Mývatn as part of an REU award, studying the ecology of this unique place.”
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2012 August 3 Image of the Week
Trolltunga, Norway (aka Troll Tongue) provides the stunning setting for this week’s photo, which was sent in by David Ko ’14. Pictured here (from left to right) are David, Jeremy Petersen ’14, and Julie Flaherty ’12, who have been serving this summer in Bergen, Norway as a part of Youth Hostel Ministry (YHM) through Wheaton’s Office of Christian Outreach (OCO).
“As our 10 weeks of meeting travelers from all over the world and sharing the gospel are coming to a close, we decided to take a last-second camping excursion to one of the most beautiful places in Norway,” wrote David. “It took a grueling six hours to hike up to this point.”
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2012 July 27 Image of the Week
“The US Olympic Team Trials for swimming were held this week in Omaha, Nebraska,” wrote Kelly Ormond ’15, who sent the photo last month. “A few of us had the privilege of attending the meet and watching some of the world’s best swimmers compete in the biggest meet in the country. We also got to see incoming freshman, Kirsten Nitz ’16, compete in a couple events.”
Pictured in front of the pool (from left to right) are Tim Walker ’14, Jack Raymond ’15, Kelly Ormond ’15, and Laura Westfall ’13.
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2012 July 20 Image of the Week
This week’s image is a mystery photo. To explain: the Web communications team learned recently that our “Send a Photo” form had stopped working properly, and as a result, several photos did not make their way to us. Eventually the problem came to light, and our team retrieved the files. But there were casualties. In the case of this week’s image, the picture was saved, but its accompanying note didn’t survive. So we had an interesting photo on our hands, but no inkling as to who sent it or what it’s about.
Faced with this predicament we thought, “Why not ask for assistance from the amazing Wheaton community?” You all already supply us with a steady stream of great photos—why not a little investigative help as well? So, if you have any information as to who the people are in this picture (perhaps you’re one of them?), or what the photo is about, please feel free to visit Wheaton’s Facebook page and comment on the photo there >>
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2012 July 13 Image of the Week (1 of 2)
It’s summertime, and Wheaton students are traveling—for study programs, ministry trips, internships, and visits home. They’re also traveling simply to spend time together, as this week’s photos show.
“This photo was taken at sunset on the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota,” wrote Jared Falkanger '13. “For five days, we backpacked together on the trail, sharing food, tents, and Wheaton stories.”
Pictured here (from left to right) are Ryan Anderson '13, Samuel Knutson '13, Jared Falkanger '13, Caleb Burr '13, and David Leong '12.
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2012 July 13 Image of the Week (2 of 2)
It’s summertime, and Wheaton students are traveling—for study programs, ministry trips, internships, and visits home. They’re also traveling simply to spend time together, as this week’s photos show.
“I am from Honolulu, Hawaii, and had the blessing of hosting my two dear friends (Ellie and Jen) while they came and vacationed here for two weeks at the beginning of this summer,” wrote Susannah Sullivan ’15. “The three of us met at Passage last year, as we were in the same Wilderness group (we backpacked in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan). We remained good friends throughout the year and so we had fun in early May hiking, beaching, and discovering Oahu.”
Pictured here (from left to right) are Ellie Clayton ’15, Susannah Sullivan ’15, and Jennifer Dodrill ’15.
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2012 July 6 Image of the Week
“Here’s a photo sent to the Military Science department by the father of 2010 graduate Jacob Hovde,” wrote Military Science professor Lars Jacobson ’87. The same photo was also sent in by faculty member David Malone, who accompanied Jake on a Spring Break ministry trip in 2008.
Professor Malone noted that First Lieutenant Hovde, “far from home serving in Afghanistan came across something somewhat familiar” when he saw the man wearing a Wheaton Hockey sweatshirt. “Nobody’s quite sure where he obtained the shirt. Hovde, a Minnesota native, hasn’t been able to locate any hockey training facilities quite yet.”
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2012 June 29 Image of the Week
Psychology Professor Raymond Phinney sent this week’s picture, which was taken at the Association for Psychological Science Conference May 23-27 in Chicago. There, undergraduates Jacob Gordon ’13, Susie Lee ’13, and Isaac Miller ’12 (pictured from left to right) were co-authors with Professor Phinney “concerning visual attention using a visual illusion called illusory line-motion.” Isaac Miller presented the poster.
At our request, Professor Phinney explained further: “Illusory line motion is the perception that a line grew to its full length when it really appeared all at once. The illusion occurs when the line's appearance is preceded by an attentional cue. It is thought that one's attention to the cue enhances visual processing of one end of the line more than the other end. Thus one becomes consciously aware of one end before the other, resulting in a percept of line growth rather than sudden onset. Seeing how the illusion varies with cue distance from the line helps us measure the spatial extent of the attentionally enhanced processing, yielding a measure of the spatial grain of visual attention.”
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2012 June 22 Image of the Week
Elizabeth Eichling ’09 sent in a photo from the recent Duke Divinity School baccalaureate, where she and three other Wheaton alumni graduated with Master of Divinity degrees.
Pictured here (from left to right) are Elizabeth Eichling ’09, Matthew Jantzen ’09, Zac Koons ’09, and Nathan Rauh ’09.
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2012 June 15 Image of the Week
The “Image of the Week” has never featured a news video from an outside source (pardon the ad at the opening), but this one was too good to pass up.
Steven Moore ’12 and his wife, Kelly Skledar ’11, were riding home on the train last week when Steven recognized a reporter for CNBC, Rick Santelli, sitting nearby. When the reporter got up to leave, Steven went up and introduced himself, and told Mr. Santelli how he appreciated his views. Mr. Santelli gave Steven his card and invited him to come down and have a tour of the Chicago trading floor. Steven and his wife are moving to Houston soon, so he decided to take advantage of the opportunity and went down bright and early the next morning. The congressman whom Mr. Santelli was scheduled to interview that morning had to cancel, so in a last-minute scramble the producer and Mr. Santelli chose to interview Steven. As the video attests, Steven rose to the occasion. Way to go, Wheaton grad!
Kelly Skledar ’11, wife of Steven Moore ’12, and Sarah Moore ’14, Steven’s sister, sent in the link to the video.
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2012 June 8 Image of the Week
Wheaton’s Observatory was the place to be on June 5; more than 600 people stood in line for a chance to view the Transit of Venus using one of Wheaton’s five telescopes. This safe glimpse was provided by photographer Carlos Vergara ’82.
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2012 June 1 Image of the Week
Kevin Marble ’13, who spent this past year as the Resident Assistant (RA) in Fischer 5East, sent this week’s image of Jordan Snyder '13, the RA for 3East, posing “on Blanchard lawn for RA Banquet photos after a beautiful, fun, and growth-filled year.”
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2012 May 25 Image of the Week (1 of 2)
Still basking in the afterglow of graduation, the “Image of the Week” presents two photos that were sent in by parents of graduates.
Brian Foster, father of Ryan Foster ’12, sent the image of “Beau Benton ’12, centered and in uniform,” who was “commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army on Sunday May 6, 2012. He is surrounded here by some of his football teammates who came to honor him during his commissioning service. From left to right are: Teddy Watkins ’12, who will soon be entering the Marine Corps., Jordan Chapman ’12, who will be serving as a youth minister in Colorado, Ryan Foster ’12, who will be heading to the mission fields in Africa with VSI, and David Seamon ’12, who will be heading to med school. How proud we are of these young men, as well as thankful for the service of all of those men and women commissioned that day. Although not pictured, those commissioned that day were Steven Bowman ’12, Russell Finegan ’12, James Greene ’12, Timothy Hiltibran ’12, Sophia Matias ’12, Brendan McMillian ’12, David Olson ’12, Abraham Richardson ’12, and Carson Wren ’12.
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2012 May 25 Image of the Week (2 of 2)
Still basking in the afterglow of graduation, the “Image of the Week” presents two photos that were sent in by parents of recent graduates.
Melanie Traylor ’80 provided the picture of her daughter, Mandy Traylor ’12, performing a Commencement “jump for joy!”
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2012 May 18 Image of the Week
Susan Dunn-Hensley, an adjunct professor in the English department, took this week’s photo, President Ryken sent it in, and English professor Tiffany Kriner told the story behind the bunny, as follows:
Dr. Ryken (sr) is famous for his classroom “Technology.” He brings in a motion sensor frog that croaks if you cross the threshold of the classroom late; he brings in singing fish, dancing elmo, all manner of kitschy, funny touches. (Once, when I brought in a cymbal for a gong in my classes, he expressed near-covetousness). SO, to celebrate his retirement, I decided to get hold of the biggest technological statement I could.
I drive by, on my way to work, this house on President that puts up giant inflatables for various seasons (santa, a snowman and a snowglobe for Christmas, the bunny for Easter, etc.). It’s sort of their thing. It had flashed upon my brain that THOSE inflatables would be PERFECT technology on a grand scale—if only one could get hold of them!
So, swallowing my considerable fear, I knocked on the door of this house of complete strangers. I explained my colleague and my great desire to show him beloved at his retirement party. I asked whether they might consider loaning the bunny to me for the evening of the party, despite the fact that I am a complete stranger to them. I gave him my business card (Wheaton!), and asked him to call me.
Excitingly enough, he DID call me the next night, after consulting with his wife. His name is Matt, and he loaned said bunny, to the great effect you see in the photo. I put the sign on the bunny to transform it from an Easter Bunny to an Energizer Bunny (to refer to the scores of books that Ryken has given the church and society). Everyone loved it. “A triumph, Tiffany,” Dr. Ryken said. :)
When I returned the bunny with some flowers and a thank-you note, I expressed the wonder and gratefulness that I felt at his family’s willingness to loan such an expensive thing to a complete stranger. No big deal, though. “You’re from Wheaton!” he said. Hooray for town-gown relationships and the gracious gifts of our College’s neighbors!
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2012 May 11 Image of the Week
“After an incredible sophomore year at Wheaton full of rigorous studies, personal growth, and unforgettable memories, my friends and I decided to take a trip to Chicago to celebrate,” wrote Bryn Sandberg ’14. “We biked through the city, stopping for a good time at anything from Argo Tea to Navy Pier to Billy Goat Tavern.”
Pictured (L to R): Kristi Karrenbrock ’14, Luke Theobald ’14, Kelsey Mastin ’14, Ryan Jenkins ’14, and Bryn Sandberg ’14.
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2012 May 4 Image of the Week
"We are 'W-E-10,'" said Alice Cha '07 of this picture, of "Easter dinner with some Wheaton alumni in the Los Angeles area."
Pictured here are (L to R): Angela Bae '11, Alice Cha '07, Jess Chen '08, and Jonathan Moy '07.
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2012 April 27 Image of the Week
"Longtime Wheaton baseball and basketball coach Lee Pfund '49 stands in front of Lee Pfund Stadium, the newly-enhanced home of Wheaton College baseball, in between games of the facility's debut in a doubleheader against North Park on April 7," said Sports Information Director Brett Marhanka of this week's photo, taken by Michael Hudson '89.
"The renovated facility in Carol Stream is the first permanent home for the Thunder since 2008, when the team played at the same field (then known as Legion Field). The recently completed phase of the facility includes a brand new artificial turf surface, lights, dugouts, and fencing. Fundraising is currently underway to continue the remaining upgrades which includes stadium seating, press box, restrooms, concession stand, and locker rooms."
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2012 April 20 Image of the Week
"In the fall of 2008, I was happily accepted into Workout, the faculty-led student ensemble responsible for building the shows performed in Wheaton College's Arena Theater," wrote Bethany Clark '12. "Membership is permanent, and I spent the next four years working to create theater alongside our amazing community of faculty and students. Now, in just a few weeks, I will be concluding my story in Arena Theater with the role of 'Olivia' in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Ending with Shakespeare as a senior is a perfect conclusion, since my first experience in Arena Theater was A Midsummer Night's Dream, and I can hardly believe that my journey is almost over.
"The cast of the show (captured here in the middle of rehearsal) is a talented and tight-knit group, and has attacked Shakespeare's difficult text with joy and gusto. Workout grad Maggie Ritchie '07 even returned to the show to write original music for the text of Shakespeare's songs, and this photo was taken by our stage manager (Meghan Gegner '14), looking down upon the cast as we learned the famous final song of the play."
Pictured: Lindsey Beard '13, Devin Clark '12, Bethany Clark '12, Isaac Rank '14, Shawn Kronk '13, Galen Nicol '14, Jerome Hicks '13, Emily Trca '14, Joshua Snoke '13, Luke Vander Ploeg '14, Ben Yong '13, Maggie Ritchie '07, and Andy Mangin '99.
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2012 April 13 Image of the Week
“Introducing All the President's Men, IM Basketball B-League Champions 2011 and Runner-Up 2012,” wrote Sam Hayes '12. “Jared Cochrum assembled this team shortly after President Ryken left his pastoring position and came to Wheaton College for better basketball. Ryken shoots jumpers with a smoothness reminiscent of butter and a pureness much like his theology. He leads our team with fervor and gets calls like Michael Jordan. There's no one we'd rather have at the helm. It's been a fun couple of seasons, and though it's sad that us seniors must retire from Wheaton IMs, it's good to know that Ryken will keep holding down the fort.”
Pictured (left to right): Riley Balikian '12, Jared Cochrum '12, Sam Hayes '12, President Ryken '88, Josh Ryken '14, Dan Lundgren '12, Eric Albaugh '13, J.J. Oslund '12.
Not pictured: Graham Schultze '14.
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2012 April 6 Image of the Week
Winter and spring meet in this striking image, taken by HoneyRock staff member Luis Cadena, of Long Lake at Wheaton’s Northwoods campus. We offer it here for the week spanning the great contrast that is Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. The ice is melting, and “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” (1 Cor. 15:54b)
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. (John 20:11-18)
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2012 March 30 Image of the Week
“Well, this spring has been unnaturally warm, so obviously Wheaton students took advantage of it,” wrote Bryce Walpus ’14. “My friends (Yabesh Sharma ’14, Drew Johnson ’14, and Sam Cortez ’14) and I joined the other students on Blanchard lawn to enjoy the sunshine. We set up a hammock, kicked a soccer ball around, and mostly just lounged about. Life is good.”
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2012 March 23 Image of the Week
Ryan Tolbert ’13 sent this week’s “image,” a video of the Wheaton College Gospel Choir recording their soon-to-be-released CD, Legacy. In celebration of the new album, the Gospel Choir will host a CD Release Party in the Billy Graham Center Museum on March 30.
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2012 March 16 Image of the Week
"An incredible time at 'a place apart'" Josh Chapman '12, says of his Spring Break experience at HoneyRock, Wheaton's Northwoods Campus. Josh and 20 other students took advantage of the snow by tubing, playing broomball, cross country skiing, and relaxing during their week off from classes.
Pictured here, a group of students enjoy 19 inches of fresh powder at the Big Tubing Hill at HoneyRock. Back row, L to R: Adam Corbin '13, Micah Chiang '12, Pete Cooley '12, Eli Showalter '12, Josh Chapman '12, Liz Messing '12, Karen Brubaker '12, Brittany Gaddy '12. Middle, L to R: Bailey Carrick '14, JP Heres '12, Simeon Sham '12, Emilia Nilsson '13. Front: Jacob Decker '13. Photo sent by HoneyRock staff person Luis Cadena.
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2012 March 9 Image of the Week
Artist Gene Schmidt, and Tamara Thompson '13 install text from 1 Corinthians 13 across campus as a part of the Lovetown, PA exhibit. Tamara said, "The Wheaton Science Center installation is my favorite location on campus. Because the stencils will be leaning around the Mastodon, they are most like the original Philadelphia installation." Other stencils will be hanging on walls in locations across campus to complete the 1 Corinthians 13 text.
The exhibit, which includes photography from the original Lovetown, PA project, will be on display in the Billy Graham Center Museum March 13th -May 31st.
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2012 March 1 Image of the Week
"College Union presented the Wheaton student body with 'The President's Ball' at Café Brauer in Lincoln Park, Chicago," wrote Kristi Karrenbrock '14, who sent this photo from the February 20 occasion. Kristi described the time as "a lovely evening full of dancing, treats, laughs, and the best company college-life could ask for."
Pictured here are College Union members "striking a pose for the camera" (l to r): Kristi Karrenbrock '14, Cate Crary '12, Matt LeGrande '14, Jessica Hommel '12, Jono Seneff '13, Abby Lorusso '12, Kaitlyn Murphy '13, and Ryan Jenkins '14.
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2012 February 24 Image of the Week
"Ian McGregor '13 (right), Sam Knutson '13 (left), and the camel (middle) strike camel poses after a day of living with Bedouins in Wadi Rum, Jordan," wrote Ian McGregor, who, along with Sam Knutson, is studying at Jerusalem University College this spring. Ian noted that they "have enjoyed the experiences of meeting new people groups, trying new foods, and riding new camels."
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2012 February 17 Image of the Week
"It was a banner day for religious freedom yesterday…" So said the Wall Street Journal of January 11, the day the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Three Wheaton alumni who serve as attorneys at the Becket Fund—Luke Goodrich '01, Eric Kniffin '98, and Diana Verm '04—all played a role in the Supreme Court victory, which the Journal affirmed was "arguably among the most important religious liberty cases in a half century."
Pictured here, in a photo provided by Emily Hardman of the Becket Fund and submitted by staff member LaTonya Taylor, is the Becket Fund team with local counsel and church representatives in front of the Supreme Court Building on the day of the oral arguments last October.
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2012 February 10 Image of the Week
Staff member Genesis DeLong submitted this photo of Caleb Burr '13 as he poses while volunteering at the Tuition Freedom Day table on February 9th. Each year students celebrate Tuition Freedom Day in February, which marks the first day of their school year that tuition is covered by the generous donations of Wheaton alumni, parents, and friends. Laptops were available in the Beamer Center from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. for students to write thank you letters to donors who gave to the Wheaton Fund.
"Thank you for allowing me to study abroad," Caleb said to donors, "for allowing me to develop friendships, to grow in Christ, to enjoy myself, and to discover who I am." Other students thanked donors for opportunities to study in a Christ-centered community, to participate in Wheaton Athletics, and to study under the "amazing professors" at Wheaton.
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2012 February 3 Image of the Week
“With the start of the Thunder baseball season in a few weeks, we want to let the team know that they'll have fans tuning into their games from Alaska!” wrote Ben Nordstrom ’94. “Last summer, we enjoyed cheering for Ryan Miller '12 and Trey Martin '13 (with the Alaska Baseball League's AIA Fire) in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Palmer, and Kenai. Best wishes to Ryan, Trey, and all the guys for an outstanding season ahead. Go Thunder!”
Pictured, at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage, Alaska (left to right): Ben Nordstrom ’94, Owen Nordstrom, Ryan Miller ’12, Jeff Wheaton ’82, Rev. J. Alan Patterson, Eleanore Gotthard Patterson ’55, and Trey Martin ’13.
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2012 January 27 Image of the Week
Dennis K. Massaro ’75, MA ’84 sent the photo of “A great day on the slopes with Wheaton buddies,” taken at Steamboat, Colorado. Dennis noted, “These guys all graduated in 1982 and live all over the country but have kept touch all these years!”
Pictured (left to right): Tim Stoner ’82, Jeff Mohr ’82, David Aldridge ’82, Mark Gilchrist ’82, Todd Aspegren ’82, and Ward Stauffer ’82.
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2012 January 20 Image of the Week
“After a long first week of new semester classes, us guys decided to relieve a little stress and hit the freshly snow covered field at McCully Stadium, wrote Jake Roop '13. “Tackle football was the name of the game, and though it was frigid, we had enormous amounts of fun. Hopefully this won't be the last time this semester that we can enjoy a friendly game of tossing the pigskin on the frozen gridiron.”
Pictured, left to right: Miles Greenwald '13, Jake Roop '13, Calvin Klint '13, Steven Bowman '12, Eric Etter '13, Matt Bowman '15, Stephen Rosenthal '15. In front: Joel Gotchey '13.
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2012 January 13 Image of the Week (1 of 2)
“President Ryken and Wheaton Athletics Director Julie Davis competed in a three-point shooting contest at halftime of the Thunder men’s basketball team’s 82-49 win against Millikin on January 10,” noted Sports Information Director Brett Marhanka of this week's photos, which were taken by Mike Hudson '89. “Both competitors made five shots in regulation, sending the contest into a five-shot elimination round that saw Dr. Ryken edge Davis 3-2 in the extra round.”
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2012 January 13 Image of the Week (2 of 2)
“President Ryken and Wheaton Athletics Director Julie Davis competed in a three-point shooting contest at halftime of the Thunder men’s basketball team’s 82-49 win against Millikin on January 10,” noted Sports Information Director Brett Marhanka of this week's photos, which were taken by Mike Hudson '89. “Both competitors made five shots in regulation, sending the contest into a five-shot elimination round that saw Dr. Ryken edge Davis 3-2 in the extra round.”
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2012 January 6 Image of the Week
What happens at Wheaton while the students are away for break? One event held on campus during the first week of 2012 was the annual retreat of the Ethnic America Network, a “coalition of ministries encouraging local churches to share Christ's love with the growing ethnic diversity in our communities.”
The Billy Graham Center and its Ethnic Ministries team hosted the gathering of 30 individuals, including pastors, faculty members, and ministry and lay leaders from around the U.S. and Canada.
According to Chandler Im, Director of Ethnic Ministries, the main goals of the Network are 1) to reach out to ethnic people groups with the message and love of Jesus Christ, and 2) to promote reconciliation, unity, and collaboration among the diverse people groups in the North American body of Christ.
The retreat's 3-day array of activities included preparing for the upcoming annual Ethnic Ministries Summit in South Carolina, for which more than 600 attendees are expected.
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