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Meet the Faculty

Trinity faculty members are an integral part of your community, inside and outside of the classroom. Your professors are committed to ongoing engagement with scholarship in their disciplines, to collaborative student/faculty research, and to caring mentorship as you seek to articulate a Christian perspective on your discipline.

Faculty and Student Scholarship

Trinity Professor Named Social Worker of the Year

“Life is an adventure we are meant to be awake for and engaged in.” Cini Bretzlaff-Holstein, assistant professor of social work, follows her own advice. The Social Worker of the Year

Vander Velde Scholarship Winners 2013-14

Throughout the month of March, some of Trinity’s most academically ambitious students prepared their applications for the Maurice Vander Velde Junior Scholarship Awards. The scholarship supports outstanding junior or senior

Vander Velde Scholarship Encourages Student-Professor Collaboration

The Maurice Vander Velde Junior Scholarship Award supports outstanding junior or senior students in collaborative research with a Trinity professor. The scholarship was established in memory of Maurice Vander Velde,

• Giving Educators the Edge

  Students need access to networking opportunities as well as opportunities to develop as scholars. Each year, Dr. Trina Vallone ’98, associate professor of education, offers these opportunities to pre-service teachers by…

• English Festival Celebrates Learning, Reading, and Calling: Photogallery

  They were in their literary glory on February 18. English students, professors, and visiting alumni enjoyed a full day of activities at Trinity’s English festival, which welcomed Dr. Deborah Bowen, professor…

• Communal Growth through the Lenten Season

  The College community observed Ash Wednesday during the weekly communal worship with the message “Formation Matters for Community,” presented by Dr. Aron Reppmann ’92, associate professor of philosophy. Reppmann offered a…

• Community Partnerships with Tabitha House

  Tabitha House Ministries, a branch of Restoration Ministries in Harvey, Illinois, creates a safe environment where women can get back on a path to a healthy life, both physically and…

• Celebrating the Diverse Scholarly Work of Professors

  Summer is often a time when Trinity faculty pursue scholarly work. That work was celebrated at a recent reception honoring the 2012 summer research grant recipients.

• Professor Brings to Light Story of an “Almost” Pioneer

  They were almost pioneers. Now the memoir of Laura Smith, written decades ago as a record of her brief Wyoming homesteading adventure from 1913 to 1916, is being shared with others…

• Business Department Receives Grant to Strengthen Vocational Formation

  The business department has received a ,000 2012 NetVUE Program Development Grant, which will be used to strengthen the focus on vocational calling and to develop a more integrated approach…

• Nursing Students Share Health Lessons with Kids in Chicago: Photogallery

  Students in Trinity’s nursing program recently shared their knowledge with children in the afterschool program at By the Hand Club for Kids in Chicago.

• Professor Shares Math Expertise in Malaysia: Photogallery

  Dr. Mary Webster Moore, associate professor of mathematics education, has seen God’s provision in many ways during her overseas travels.

• Theology Professors Publish Papers on Philosophers and the Godhead

  Professors at Trinity are published scholars in their field. Their specialized research adds a dimension to their teaching that benefits students in every major. Two recent publications included essays written for…

• Teaching the Integration of Faith to Teachers in Haiti: Photogallery

  Traveling overseas is not only a learning experience for students but for faculty as well. Every year, Trinity professors study abroad during sabbaticals or serve as trainers and educators and…

• Two Art Professors Showcase Work in the Midwest

  Trinity has been represented well in the art world as Ellen Browning and John Bakker, professors of art and design, recently had work exhibited in the Midwest.

• Professor’s Book Explores Religion’s Influence on Poets’ Formation

  Sitting in the same church where Christina Rossetti once worshipped, Dr. Karen Dieleman, then a Ph.D. candidate, contemplated how this Victorian woman’s worship experiences may have affected her development as…

• Anime and Worldview - a Timely and Thought-provoking Course

  “To watch an anime film is to travel to a foreign country—to a place where people think in unfamiliar ways about nature, history, technology, and spirituality; and where the animated…

• Professor of the Year Honored for ‘History’ of Exceptional Teaching

  The professor effortlessly navigates the sidewalks crisscrossing campus, his guide cane tapping along the paths he has walked for the past 33 years.

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