Adam Van Hal participates in Dordt College Ideafest, celebration of academic accomplishments

2015 May 7

Adam Van Hal of Leighton, Iowa, participated in the Dordt College Ideafest. Van Hal is a senior majoring in Computer Science with an emphasis in Hardware and Systems Administration. He presented "Creating a Biomechanics Laboratory at Dordt College" and "Concrete Canoe."

Ideafest is an afternoon celebration of academic achievement filled with presentations, art projects, artistic performances, and documentary films all researched and created by Dordt students.

More than 160 students gave presentations during the annual festival. Presentations are 15 minutes each. Students also displayed poster presentations that visitors could view and talk with students about.

"In an academic community like Dordt College, where students and faculty are constantly wrestling with ideas and dreaming up dreams both big and small, it's so important to have a venue where those ideas can be shared," says Mark Volkers, professor of digital media production, who often has students present films they've made in his classes.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students. To learn more about Dordt College, visit www.dordt.edu.