Sioux Center, Iowa — Dordt University has two new programs to offer students.
The Biology Department has a new emphasis available — in public health. Dr. Jeff Ploegstra has led the biology department in collaboration with other campus programs to add additional paths for students called to the public health profession. Dordt officials tell us trends in public health continue to show the need for a greater emphasis on proactive approaches to health and a broadening scope that more deeply includes psychological and community-based strategies for wellness. Ploegstra believes this program is a great mission-fit for Dordt seeking to equip students.
The Education Department has some new opportunities as well — a joint Agriculture/Biology Education major and an expanded Agriculture Education major. Dr. Ryan Zonnefeld, director of the Teacher Preparation Program at Dordt, and Gary De Vries from the Agriculture Department have led this major proposal.
Dordt is one of three schools in Iowa offering an Agriculture-Education program, but the only one to offer it from a Christian perspective.
