2003 Miracle Yearbook

The School of Engineering,Nursing,and Science educated graduates ready to go out into specific job fields or pursue further education. With an emphasis on hands- on experience, professors had the opportunity to get to know students. "The best part ofteaching my classes," Dr. Harwood Hegna noted,"was getting to know each year's group of mechanical engineering students." Dr. Kevin Roper agreed."I enjoyed interaction with students," he said. Hands-on experience and specialized programs allowed for plenty offunny situations. Dr. Burban said that the funniest thing to happen in his classes was"being visited in class by a scruffy mountain man,a senior engineer wearing an eighty pound mountaineering backpack." "My students brought me a giant cookie that said "Tetrahymena Rule"to cel- ebrate my getting tenure. You had to be there," Dr. Heather Kuruvilla said,"and at one ofour class picnics,two ofmy students who were 'in charge' oflighting the charcoal got a little carried away with the lighter fluid. Fortunately, nothing caught fire, except for the charcoal." Dr. Roper played a trick on two students who skipped class and missed the announcement that he canceled the next day's quiz. He fabricated an impossibly difficult quiz for the two students and gave the rest ofthe class blank sheets ofpaper; those who attended class the day before tried not to laugh as they pretended to complete their "quizzes.""I don't think they really appreciated thejoke," Dr. Roper admitted. The long-term effects ofthe classroom, where humor and learning so often meet, encouraged Mrs. Sandra Hayward, who commented,"I really liked to hear ofand see students after graduation who served God and used the skills they learned here." Dr. Daniel Wetzel Dean Professor of Physics & Mathematics SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, NURSING&SCIENCE Dr. Irene Alyn Chair of Nursing Dr. Lawarence Zavodney Chair of Engineering 24 ACADEMIA Dr. Dennis Flentge Chair of Science & Mathematics Dr. Terry Phipps takes a moment from labs to catch up on grades. > < Suzanne Lefever shows her students how to properly check the vital signs of an infant.