Student Stories

Julia Verhage

Ada Smies

Tate Hansen

Zach Bivens

“I love working with teammates who are invested in doing great work and want to build an enduring company,” Roth explains. “We have fun, we problem solve, and we challenge ourselves to reach new goals together.”

Erica Roth

“As therapists, we have the privilege to walk alongside people in their most difficult moments and be the hands and feet of Jesus.”

Andrew Geleynse

Erin De Jong

“I think it’s important for young women to see there are many ways to be involved in ag beyond the traditional crops and livestock,” Jade Hubers says. “Agriculture can be creative, beautiful, and still deeply connected to stewardship.”

Jade Hubers

Kelly Lapadula

Darric Dennis

Benjamin Eerkes

Megan Van Maanen

Parker Freeman

Austin Faber

Athan De Jong

Matt Haken

“It still catches me off guard—in a good way—when professors pray before class or when discussions naturally lead into faith. It’s been amazing to study psychology with a sense of awe at how God made our brains; I don’t think I’d get that same perspective at another school.”

Julia Stob

Abigail Maldonado

“During my Dordt campus visit, I stayed with my brother and his friends, and the quality of his friends was incredible—I wanted friends like them in my life.”

Timothy Buckholtz

Lucy Zylstra

Robert Lund

Daniel Zekveld

“I am so grateful God sent me to a Christian college. I have grown in my faith immensely and had more opportunities than I would have imagined.”

Enock Rop

Brenna Brouwer

Sharon Ige

Melanie Sharp

Pamela Szmyrko

Lily D'Amour

Nia Boentoro

“The MPA program allowed me to learn how to lead from different angles and take many things into consideration while making decisions."

Alex Pruismann

Charlie Lang

“I think there’s something really powerful about the community at Dordt; we get to do life together and know each other’s stories, and then we get to worship together."

Nicole Mahoney

“You could argue that Dordt has one of the best academic experiences for undergraduates preparing to go into the medical field, because, as undergraduates, we have access to a cadaver lab,” she says. “Not only have I learned about the rectus femoris in class, but in the cadaver lab, I’ve seen the four quadricep muscles up close."

Alexa Kopaska

“I wanted to be a part of many different groups and truly leave a mark on the university I attended. This led me to Dordt, as it’s a smaller university with an emphasis on individual relationships.”

Sam Zylstra

“I wanted to be in an education program that was founded and rooted in faith rather than having Christianity as an appendix to the program. It was clear from the first time I talked with Dordt education professors that they are passionate about Christian teaching.”

Grace Bruin

“One of my favorite classes was Avian Biology. We had to memorize and identify 150 bird species by sight and sound, and I’ve painted almost all of them because that’s how I study best. I also found that I could pay attention to all the details when I put it to paper.”

Emma Nydam

“My faith has grown at Dordt by truly and fully becoming my own."

Jacob Schmoll

“I enjoyed many of the psychology courses I had taken during my freshman year, so I continued to look in that broadened field. This is when I discovered art therapy, a dream career I didn’t know existed!”

Megan Veurink

“I have always had a passion for helping others and seeing them experience the joy of Christ. I was excited when I found out that Dordt had specific majors where I could pursue that.”

Kira Ouwinga

“My mom and dad were shocked because they’d never seen so many people come together. I spent over an hour just talking with teammates, meeting family members. That overall sense of community was overwhelming.”

Craig Becker