Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2013 | Page 2

Wheaton College exists to help build the church and improve society worldwide by promoting the development of whole and effective Christians through excellence in programs of Christian higher education. This mission expresses our commitment to do all things “For Christ and His Kingdom.” volume 16 issue 2 sPRiNG 2013 12 6 alumni news 33 departments 2 Letters 5 News Association news and events 10 Sports Alumni Class News 56 Authors A Word with Alumni From the President of the Alumni Association 34 39 Wheaton Alumni Association News Cover photo: Blake Williamson ’09, Larissa Smith ’09, and Abby Hart ’09 head out in the morning to dig ditches in San Ramón, Honduras, a small coffee farming community not too far from Nicaragua. Since 1982, students have participated in the Honduras Project, raising money for gravity-fed water systems in remote mountain villages, and joining the village to share in the labor for one week. On this particular trip, twenty-two students and two faculty members helped dig the ditches for the system’s pipes, which go from a spring above the village to each home. Photo by Abigail Mitchell ’12 501 College Avenue Wheaton, Illinois 60187 Inside photos: Les Barker, (above, left [Jonathan Edward’s signature on a letter on exhibit in the Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections, courtesy of Brian ’73 and Sally Phillips Oxley ’74] ) and p. 2; Michael Hudson ’89, (above, center) and pp. 3, 8, 11-13, 18-19, 31, 55, 59-61, and 64; Honduras Project (above, right); DuPage Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, p. 17; Josh Okerman ’07, p. 23; the Honduras Project, p. 26; David Johnson, p. 47. Books by W heaton’s faculty; thoughts on friendship by Dr. Steve Hoke ’71, M.A. ’72 58 Readings Excerpts from Homecoming 2012 chapel address by Todd Komarnicki ’87 60 Faculty Voice Dr. Robert Gallagher, chair of intercultural studies, on finding intimacy with God despite life’s busyness. 61 Student Profile Mimi Guiracocha ’13 tells her story of God’s care and faithfulness. 62 Wheaton in the World Dr. Susan Hayes Greener ’83, associate professor of intercultural studies, trains teachers in Rwanda. 64 President’s Perspective