the loop! 2/15/2013
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The seventeenth issue of the student newsletterTRANSCRIPT
The SpiL Series
(Colossian
Forum) has
been post-
poned until
March. Details
will come soon. I n s i d e t h i s
i s s u e :
Blog 2
Jobs and Internships 2
Student Government
Nominees 2-4
February Calendar 5
In the Loop 6
B r e a k i n g N e w s !
2 / 1 5 / 2 0 1 3 I s s u e 1 7
C h a p e l
M 2/18: Special
chapel for visitors
W 2/20: Student
Speaker
F 2/22: Praise
and Worship
The Loop!
S t a y i n t h e L o o p :
Monday 2/18: President’s Day—no classes
Tuesday 2/19: Happy Birthday, Copernicus!
Wednesday 2/20: “Batman and Robin” comic
debuted today in 1944
Thursday 2/21: NCCAA Midwest Regionals
at Moody
Friday 2/22: NCCAA Midwest Regionals
at Moody
Choir Lent Service—By the Water—7-8 pm
in the Chapel
50’s Swing Dance and Ice Cream Social
immediately following the Choir Service in
the Dining Hall
Saturday 2/23: NCCAA Midwest Regionals
at Moody
Sunday 2/24: Today in 1886, Thomas Edison
married Mina Miller. He wooed her via Morse
code. How romantic!
A message from Joy Milino: Spring II Trip to Yellowstone - science elective, four credits or fulfills an ecology requirement for Environmen-tal Biology majors. Spring Tuition + $1100 travel costs. We need to have a full class by March 1 or the trip will be cancelled, interested students should come fill out an application in the academic office.
Christ-Centered Community
Musicians for Jamestown Reformed Church*
Youth/worship and teaching/discipleship help for Encounter Community Church *
InterVarsity’s Cedar Campus summer crew *
Big Sister for Shelterwood *
Camp Tall-Turf Marketing and Recruitment Intern •
Leadership Intern for Shelterwood in Missouri *
Focus Leadership Institute •
Communications internship in Florida (includes benefits)
Marketing internship for Zonderkidz •
Counseling internship for Still Waters Counseling Ministry •
For more information on jobs, go here!
For more information on internships, go here!
*Paid position
•Unpaid position
T h e L o o p ! P a g e 2
B l o g
J o b s a n d
I n t e r n s h i p s
A couple weeks ago, thanks to a suggestion by our very
own Jana Postma, I read a book called 7: an experi-
mental mutiny against excess by author and speaker Jen
Hatmaker.
Seven words: My life will never be the same.
First, some background. Jen Hatmaker decided to try an
experiment in simplifying her life. She chose seven are-
as where she needed the most renovation. These areas
were food, clothes, possessions, media, waste, spending
and stress. Next, she decided to dedicate one month to
simplify each of these areas and reduce them to seven
simple choices. For example, in the month she chose to
focus on food, she only ate the same seven foods for the
entire 30 days. For the month about possessions, she
gave away seven items every single day. You get the
picture. This woman decided to make some radical
changes in her life and write about it so others could see
an example of how to live in an intentionally simple way.
Click here to read the rest!
S t u d e n t
G o v e r n m e n t
N o m i n e e s
Elections for next year’s Student Govern-
ment are coming up in less than two
weeks! Here are some introductions to two
of the “Executive Committees” that are
running:
Stephen Eising, Kristi Selle and
Renae Rubingh
Biographies:
President: Greetings, I am Stephen Eising.
I will be a senior this fall in the Pre-Sem
program. I have served and been active on
Student Government this year past, and
through my dealings with the Government,
as well as with Staff and Faculty, I feel
properly equipped to be your student
president. I am fully willing to be a proper
liaison between the students of Kuyper and
the faculty and staff of Kuyper.
Vice President: My name is Kristi Selle. I
will be a third year student in the Music &
Worship program. I served on Student
Government this past year and am very ex-
cited to serve another year. As the Vice
President I will work to be in communica-
tion with the student body and staff as to
the happenings of Student Government
and the Kuyper Community in general.
Treasurer: My name is Renae Rubingh. I
will be a second year student studying In-
tercultural Studies and Psychology. As the
Treasurer, I would not only be the
“middleman” when it comes to financial
transactions, but I will also do my best to
listen to any ideas, questions, or concerns
anyone has for the Student Government as
a whole.
Our proposed platform stands as follows:
We will work with certain parties to
greatly diminish the number of mass
emails.
Our Vice President will compile
emails from most offices either every
day or just three days a week to
reduce the number of mass e-mails.
There will be a deadline, though this
will not include personal e-mails or
emergency notifications.
We will work with the Registrar’s Office
to offer further clarity to the advising
system.
This will include offering a system
so the students will be better
prepared when they come to their
advisors, and the advisors will be
able to offer information for four
year plans when possible.
We will meet with students and staff
regularly to be better liaisons between
the two.
The Class Representatives will be
held accountable to meet with
their classes regularly, as we, the
Executive Community, will meet
with the staff.
We commit to doing rounds
through the dorms and to stop in
the commuter lounge to better
understand the needs of the stu-
dents.
We will work towards increasing the
maximum credit load for full-time stu-
dents.
This would offer the ability to take
up to 17-18 credits without being
charged extra.
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We will seek to obtain coat/bag cubbies
for the Commuter Lounge.
The commuter community has
requested storage space in which
to keep their bags and coats for
the day. We hope to fulfill this
request.
We will keep the students updated on
the happenings of Student Government
There will be a weekly updated bul-
letin board in the Student Center.
Unity 2013: Working Towards and
Ephesians 2 Campus
Meet the Executive Team:
Matthew Grochocinski: President
Senior in Audio Production
Government experience: Matthew has
served on Student Government as the
Student Activities Committee representative
since April of 2012.
Background: Matthew started attending
Kuyper College in the winter semester of
2010, at the age of 22. He has served as a
volunteer on the Spiritual Life committee for
four (4) semesters. He has also served as a
volunteer on the Student Activities commit-
tee for five (5) semesters. In the 2010-2011
academic year, he was responsible for the
creation and supervision of the Kuyper Life
Social Media Group. He is currently on his
second semester of service as the Student
Activities committee Student Intern.
Kelsey Palmquist: Vice President
Sophomore in Music and Worship
Government experience: Kelsey is
currently serving on Student Government as
Secretary and as the Kuyper Life repre-
sentative for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Background: Kelsey started attending
Kuyper College as a freshman in the
closely knit organization in the interest of
promoting healthy lifestyles, building
fellowship, encouraging spiritual growth,
and developing servant attitudes within the
student body. We want to see a more
organized and unified student run campus.
In the past, there have been headaches and
frustrations with different student groups
planning overlapping events or hosting
events with themes that clash with one
another. We hope that by unifying these
student organizations, we will begin to see
events that complement each other in theme
and direction.
In addition to student organization
unification we will also work to change the
amount of involvement and communica-
tion between students and their Student
Government representatives. As an exec-
utive team, we want to use a portion of our
Student Government funds each year to
organize a monthly forum, open to all
students. This forum will consist of two
parts: an open Q&A session with the execu-
tive team as well as a small group Q&A
session led by respective student repre-
sentatives. Our Student Government cannot
effectively serve our student body without a
comfortable and open line of communica-
tion with one another.
We will strive to make Kuyper College an
institution that functions as one body of
believers, effectively serving Christ’s
church and world.
Don’t forget to
vote on February
27th or 28th!
Fall of 2011. She has been the Kuyper Life
co-intern since last Spring. She looks
forward to the opportunity to continue
serving in this capacity and more if elected
as Vice President of Student Government!
Cassie Terpstra: Treasurer
Senior in Music and Worship
Government Experience: Cassie is
currently serving on Student Government
as the Spiritual Life representative. This is
her first semester on Student Government.
Background: Cassie started attending
Kuyper College in the fall semester of
2009, at the age of 17. She has served as a
volunteer on the Spiritual Life committee
for three (3) semesters, and is currently on
her first semester of service as the Spiritual
Life Committee Student Intern.
Platform:
We, as a campaigning executive commit-
tee, have two major goals for both Student
Life and Student Government next year:
1. Bring all of our student groups
together to act as a cooperative
organization whose ultimate
purpose is to serve the student
body.
2. Increase the level of involve-
ment and communication be
tween students and their respect-
tive Student Government
representatives.
We are in the process of creating a
detailed proposal that will restructure the
way student groups are currently orga-
nized. The entire proposal will still take
some time to complete, but we can share
some of our main ideas. We have many
student groups organizing student events
and gatherings. We believe that these
separate student organizations need to
be acting as a unified body under the
umbrella of Student Life. Our idea for
these groups is to have them operate as a
T h e L o o p ! P a g e 4
I s s u e 1 7 P a g e 5
February 2013 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
29
Women’s B-ball
vs. Great Lakes
- Away 6pm
Taste of the
World
30 31
Men’s B-ball
vs. Valley
Forge
- Home 7pm
1 2
Women’s
B-ball vs.
Lincoln
-Away1pm
Men’s B-ball
vs. Lincoln
- Away 3pm
3
Super
Bowl
Party
4
Blood
Drive
- 11am-5pm
Purple
Council
5
Women’s B-ball
vs. Indiana
- Away 5:30pm
Men’s B-ball
vs. Indiana
- Away 7:30pm
6
Redball
-9pm in
Timmer
7
8
Speaker Jolene
DeHeer
- 7pm in the Chapel
9
Women’s
B-ball vs.
Silver Lake
- Home 1pm
Men’s B-ball
vs. Silver Lake
- Home 3pm
10 11 12
Women’s B-ball
vs. Grace
- Home 5pm
Men’s B-ball vs.
Grace
- Home 7pm
13 14
15
Men’s B-ball vs. Ohio
Christian College
- Away at 7:30pm
16
Men’s B-ball
vs. Rochester
- Away 1pm
Women’s
B-ball vs.
Rochester
- Away 3pm
17 18
President’s
Day—No
class
19 20 21
NCCAA
Midwest
Regionals
- Moody
22
NCCAA Midwest
Regionals
- Moody
Choir Concert
-7pm in the Chapel
Swing Dancing & Ice
Cream Social
-following the Choir
Concert in the Dining Hall
23
NCCAA
Midwest
Regionals
- Moody
As a big thank you for reading, we have a
special prize for you! But there’s a catch. You
must be able to recite these three things at
the Student Life front desk from memory.
What May-term trip is the academic
office looking to fill?
Who are the six students featured in the
Student Government Nominee article?
Name one event happening on Friday
If you can name these three things, you can
either receive a candy bar or enter in a raffle
for ice skating gift certificates at the end of
the month! There will be four raffle winners.
A r e Y o u i n t h e L o o p ?
T h a n k s f o r
r e a d i n g !
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