Mike and Bev Mulder Prinsburg, Minnesota
Tim and Linda Ribbens Minneapolis, Minnesota
Shayne and Kelly Vander Esch Johnston, Iowa
Eric and Jamie Netjes Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Arthur and Mary Robyn Visalia, California
Dennis and Lee Vander Griend Colwich, Kansas
Neumann Monson Wictor Architects Sioux City, Iowa
John and Karen Schutter Manhattan, Montana
Vander Werff and Associates Inc Sanborn, Iowa
Newberry Farms LLC DeMotte, Indiana
Sioux Pharm Sioux Center, Iowa
Michael and Kerry Vander Wel Lynnwood, WA
Elinor Noteboom
Norm and Sharon Snieder Sioux Center, Iowa
John and Judy Vander Woude Nampa, Idaho
Todd and Carolyn Teune Clovis, New Mexico
Keith and Cheryl Van Drunen Lansing, Illinois
Bernie and AnnaMae Teunissen Nampa, Idaho
Mark and Deb Van Groningen Ripon, California
Birdie Tiemeyer Bellflower, California
James and Marsha Van Milligan Conifer, Colorado
Maynard and Marie Troost Bakersfield, California
Donald and Donna Vermeer Longmont, Colorado
Ron and Lu Ann Van Den Berg Sioux Center, Iowa
David and Alison Veurink Lansing, Illinois
Terry and Marla Opgenorth Fort Collins, Colorado Ron and Donna Pagenkopf Juneau, Alaska Pizza Ranch Orange City, Iowa Premier Bank/Rock Valley Rock Valley, Iowa Edwin and Anna Jean Prins Stockton, California
MIKE VANDER WEL / SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Mike Vander Wel headed to Washington for graduate school after Dordt and has remained there for 26 years. Today, he is a chief engineer in the commercial division of the Boeing Company, having been involved in management for the past 20 years. “My work seems to get more and more interesting,” he says, adding, “I feel like I’m having an impact every day.” Boeing’s commercial division will deliver 700 planes this year. “It’s interesting work for a farm kid from Wisconsin,” he says. Mike says the education he received at Dordt College gave him a Christian and philosophical framework for thinking about the world and people. And the strong academic program enabled him to compete “just fine” with people from places like CalTech and MIT. “I gained the skills needed to be able to see the big picture and organize complex solutions,” he says. He also took with him a “high view of people,” a sense that all people are worthy of respect as God’s image-bearers—something that continues to shape the way he does his work in a large company. He hopes it does the same for today’s graduates.