What is Dr. Strikwerda's position on the role of foreign language proficiency in the acquisition of global perspectives? Despite lots of lip service about the need for Americans to know languages other than English, programs are being cut right and left, in public schools, at colleges and universities and even in the federal budget.

How/what do you see as your responsibilitie s to guide Elizabethtown College into the future while maintaining the history/founding beliefs of the Church of the Brethren?

As an alumna and also an employee of the college, I am proud to add my voice to Dr. Strickwerda's representation of the college. I felt a kinship with the college when I first visited as a high school senior and that relationship continues to drive my commitment to our students today. Students looking for a place to prepare for adult life, not only in their vocational pursuits but as Dr. Strikwerda said so eloquently, as citizens of the local and global world can find a good fit here at EC. The balance between liberal arts and professional studies here makes for well-rounded graduates who feel proud about their collaboration with our faculty and staff in their education for life. As Benjamin Franklin said "if a [man] empties [his] purse into [his] head, no one can take it from [him]."
Christine Achenbach '86