Calvin College - Community Relations - Community Partnership Celebration 2005

Community Partnership Celebration 2005

Calvin College's 4th annual
Community Partnership Celebration
Monday, April 25, 2005

honoring
HPERDS faculty/YMCA — "Healthy-U"
Marilyn Bierling/Andrew Brower — The SOURCE
Gail Zandee/Community Health Workers
Holly Padding/Andre Daley — math club
and
the 2005 Calvin Agent of Renewal:
Dennis Sturtevant of Dwelling Place, Inc.

American Cancer Society's Jennifer Hunt in front of Home Repair Services Timeline

Attendees view displays of community partnerships

Deborah Armstrong (c) and co-worker from Inner City Chr. Federation's Family Haven talk with Calvin programs coordinator Donna Joyce

This year's Agent of Renewal winner - Dennis Sturtevant, CEO of Dwelling Place, Inc.

Gail Zandee (L) and Mary Doornbos from Calvin's nursing department talk with student Katie Timmermans

Hank Kroondyk stands next to Home Repair Services display

Students Cheryl Brown and Janelle VanderGrift peruse the spring Service Learning Center newsletter

Calvin students prepared and displayed posters of their community engagement activities

Dean for Instruction Claudia Beversluis enjoys getting out of the office and into the community

Students engaged in conversation with each other

Alumnus Rich Rienstra talks with Home Repair Services' Hank Kroondyk

Dean of Student Development Bob Crow and Director of the Service Learning Center Jeff Bouman

Sophomore Chrissy Boeder holds the text she uses in "Spanish For Neighbors" class at The SOURCE

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Nursing professors Bethany Gordon and Deb Hansen enjoy chicken wings and other refreshment with admissions director Tasha Paul (second from left)

Concerned nurses check with recent surgery patient Tom Zandee, husband of the Nursing Dept. Community Partnership Coordinator

Pastor Andre Daley, Mosaic Life Church, talks with Calvin admissions counselor Noah Kruis

Alumni Director Mike VanDenend and Hank Kroondyk

The location for the 4th Annual Calvin Community Partnership Celebration - Home Repair Services of Kent County - used to be a car dealership

Calvin's Vice President for Enrollment and External Relations Tom McWhertor introduces the 2005 Agent of Renewal

Dennis Sturtevant mentions some of the partnerships between Dwelling Place, Inc and Calvin College - the latest being Avenue of the Arts on Division

YMCA's Julie Sielawa and Nicole Nader work with Calvin Health and Physical Education faculty Julie Walton and Brian Bolt for academically-based service-learning

Mosaic-framed mirrors from Pepper Moon Gallery remind partners to reflect the gifts in others for the good of all.

Andrew Brower, director of The SOURCE, student Chrissy Boeder and Spanish professor Marilyn Bierling are all key to the success of "Spanish for Neighbors" classes in Burton Heights

Pastor Andre Daley and student Holly Padding have partnered to created "Math Club" at Southeast Academic Center

Holly Padding and Andre Daley are joined by Noah Kruis (center) who nominated their partnership for recognition

Community health workers and nursing students, staff and faculty were very excited about the recognition of their ground-breaking work in three urban neighborhoods

2004 and 2005 Agents of Renewal Award winners - Deb Armstrong from ICCF Family Haven and Dennis Sturtevant, CEO of Dwelling Place, Inc.

More community health workers joined in a group photo before the end of the celebration.

Carol Rienstra, Calvin's director of community relations (c) with two Agents of Renewal Award winners - Deb Armstrong (2004) and Dennis Sturtevant (2005)

Gail Zandee and family visit with one of 15 community health workers who assist Calvin's nursing students in their academically-based service learning

Susan DeVries talks about her job at The Nature Conservancy with Gail Heffner, Calvin's director of community engagement