Student Stories

Julia Verhage came to Dordt for a two-year degree and stayed for four — because God had a bigger plan. Read how faith, community, and a mission trip to Nicaragua shaped her calling.

Julia Verhage

Ada Smies became a Noyce Scholar and future STEM teacher at Dordt — helping others live with awe at God's creation.

Ada Smies

Tate Hansen came to Dordt for faith, soccer, and community. A health crisis and team brotherhood prepared him to lead and serve.

Tate Hansen

Zach Bivens came as a CS major, fell in love with choir, and added a second degree. Dordt's community helped him become who God made him.

Zach Bivens

Erica Roth leads with curiosity and joy. She credits Dordt's practical wisdom for the faith-rooted perspective she brings to work.

Erica Roth

Andrew Geleynse walks alongside people in their hardest moments as the hands and feet of Jesus — doing all God created him to do.

Andrew Geleynse

Erin De Jong switched from nursing to social work and found her calling. Dordt's online MSW helped her become who God created her to be.

Erin De Jong

Jade Hubers lives her faith in every area of life — including the greenhouse. At Dordt, she found a vision for ag as beautiful and purposeful.

Jade Hubers

A Dordt Chicago Semester internship led Kelly Lapadula to Easterseals — and back nine years later as Digital Marketing Manager.

Kelly Lapadula

Darric Dennis earned his M.Ed. online from Dordt while in Liberia — now he leads national school principals across West Africa.

Darric Dennis

Benjamin Eerkes set his sights on the Air Force. Dordt gave him the foundation, character, and joyful faith to serve with purpose.

Benjamin Eerkes

Megan Van Maanen found her path to purpose at Dordt — joyful faith, purposeful community, and practical wisdom pointing the way.

Megan Van Maanen

Parker Freeman learned to see all of life through the lens of faith at Dordt — doing all God created him to do through creativity and calling.

Parker Freeman

Austin Faber always wanted to teach. Dordt gave him the why — joyful faith and practical wisdom turned a career choice into a true calling.

Austin Faber

Athan De Jong came to Dordt for a fresh start. Purposeful community helped him become who God created him to be and live his faith fully.

Athan De Jong

Matt Haken came to Dordt curious. Dordt's core program helped him thrive intellectually, professionally, and spiritually.

Matt Haken

Julia Stob didn't expect class to feel like worship. At Dordt, faith and psychology connected — helping her live her calling in a new way.

Julia Stob

Abigail Maldonado connected to purposeful community at Dordt — a place where she belonged, was seen, and was shaped to live her faith.

Abigail Maldonado

Timothy Buckholtz visited Dordt and was stunned by the friendships. He enrolled wanting them — and learned that serving others is how you lead.

Timothy Buckholtz

Lucy Zylstra's time at Dordt was shaped by joyful faith and purposeful community — connecting with others to do all God created her to do.

Lucy Zylstra

Robert Lund came to Dordt with a love for the land. A Reformed vision of stewardship taught him to live his faith in every area of life.

Robert Lund

Daniel Zekveld learned at Dordt that practical wisdom shapes society — doing all God created him to do through policy and public service.

Daniel Zekveld

Enock Rop is grateful God sent him to a Christian college. At Dordt, he connected to community and found opportunities he never imagined.

Enock Rop

Brenna Brouwer's calling is rooted in compassion. Dordt's community helped her become who God created her to be — serving with joyful purpose.

Brenna Brouwer

Sharon Ige is doing all God created her to do — bridging global healthcare gaps. Dordt gave her practical wisdom and faith to serve across borders.

Sharon Ige

Melanie Sharp didn't arrive at Dordt as a leader. Whole-person formation helped her become who God created her to be — confident and purposeful.

Melanie Sharp

Pamela Szmyrko came to Dordt with ambition and left with direction. Biblical truth shaped her to lead with vision and do all God created her to do.

Pamela Szmyrko

Lily D'Amour didn't waste time at Dordt. Purposeful community and practical wisdom helped her become who God created her to be — fast.

Lily D'Amour

Nia Boentoro found her voice at Dordt and used it faithfully — showing what it looks like to live your faith through advocacy and justice.

Nia Boentoro

Dordt's MPA gave Alex Pruismann practical wisdom to lead from multiple angles and serve God and neighbor — doing all God created him to do.

Alex Pruismann

Charlie Lang's path through Dordt was anything but smooth. Each challenge helped him become who God created him to be — resilient and faithful.

Charlie Lang

Nicole Mahoney connects through worship and design — doing life and faith together at Dordt. Her story is about living your faith in every area.

Nicole Mahoney

A knee injury at 13 sparked Alexa Kopaska's PT calling. At Dordt, she's already accepted to PT school as a junior — with rare cadaver lab experience.

Alexa Kopaska

Sam Zylstra wanted to connect deeply — not just earn a degree. Dordt's purposeful community gave him the platform to do all God created him to do.

Sam Zylstra

Grace Bruin wanted faith woven into education — not tacked on. At Dordt, professors live joyful faith and equip students to do the same.

Grace Bruin

Emma Nydam paints birds to memorize them — living her faith where art meets science. At Dordt, she became who God created her to be.

Emma Nydam

Jacob Schmoll's faith became fully his own at Dordt. Community and accountability shaped him into who God created him to be — step by step.

Jacob Schmoll

Megan Veurink discovered art therapy at Dordt — a dream career she didn't know existed. Now she creates beauty in life's hardest moments.

Megan Veurink

Kira Ouwinga has always wanted others to experience the joy of Christ. At Dordt, she found a community that made that passion a calling.

Kira Ouwinga

Craig Becker chased community — and found it at Dordt. The purposeful connections he made on the field and in faith shape how he lives today.

Craig Becker