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Jennifer Van Der Hoek
  • Class of 2013
  • Nampa, ID

Jennifer Van Der Hoek Spends Semester in Off-Campus Study Program with Dordt College

2012 Feb 20

Jennifer Van Der Hoek of Nampa, Idaho, is spending the semester on the SPICE (Studies Program in Contemporary Europe) program in The Netherlands. Van Der Hoek is a Dordt College senior majoring in secondary education and English/language arts. She also has a minor in teaching English as a second language (K-12).

Dordt College wants its students to understand global and cross-cultural issues, and there is no better way to learn than to be immersed in another culture.

When students spend time in a culture other than their own, they are able to see how they can contribute to a global society. "When you live in another culture, you learn more about yourself than you do about that culture – about who you are and how you've been shaped by your culture," said Linda Van Wyk, coordinator of international students and off-campus programs at Dordt College.

This semester, 30 Dordt students have chosen to participate in semester-long off-campus and study abroad programs. They're living, studying, and working or interning in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. as well as in the Netherlands, Costa Rica, the Middle East, New Zealand, Spain, and Italy.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a Christian liberal arts and sciences 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. To learn more about Dordt College, visit www.dordt.edu.