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Recent News About Dordt University
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Dordt Expands Agriculture Stewardship Center
Dordt’s Agriculture Stewardship Center is expanding, making more hands-on learning opportunities available to students.
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Dordt has been ranked #1 for six years in a row
For the sixth year in a row, Dordt University has been ranked number one in the nation for student engagement, according to The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education’s College Rankings 2022.
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Dordt Ranked Number One for "Best Undergraduate Teaching (Regional Colleges Midwest)
Dordt University ranks number one for “Best Undergraduate Teaching (Regional Colleges Midwest)” in the U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 rankings.
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Dordt University has Largest Enrollment Ever
Dordt University’s overall enrollment is 1,786 for the fall 2021 semester – the largest enrollment in the institution’s history, breaking the fall 2020 semester record of 1,666 students.
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Pops Concert to be held September 10
The Dordt University Music Department is hosting an instrumental pops concert on Friday, September 10 at 7 p.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.
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Fan Information on Following the Defenders Live
The Dordt University athletic teams are returning to action following a summer away from campus and here is how you can follow the Defenders over the course of this season.
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Current Students Encouraged to Apply for Large Scholarship
Dordt University is pleased to announce the Lambertus Ver Berg Prize for Excellence in Kuyperian Scholarship, one of the largest scholarships that has been made available to Dordt students.
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Two Professors Raise Awareness Around Genetic Muttaion
Two Dordt University professors are working to raise awareness regarding a genetic mutation in the phospholamban (PLN) gene, which can cause heart arrhythmias and possible cardiac death in people of Frisian descent.
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First Mondays Speaker Series Lineup Announced
This fall, Dordt University will host the First Mondays Speaker Series.
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Defender Days 2021 Registration is Now Open
Defender Days 2021 registration is now open.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Safewise.com Names Sioux Center the Safest Iowa Town in 2021
Safewise.com has named Sioux Center the safest town in the state of Iowa for 2021.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Dordt's Wind Symphony is a Finalist for the American Prize Competition for the Performing Arts
Dordt University’s Wind Symphony has been named a finalist in the University Wind Band Division for the American Prize Competition for the Performing Arts.
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DORDT COLLEGE: Tintle Awarded $31,000 Grant From National Institutes of Health
Dr. Nathan Tintle, professor of mathematics and statistics at Dordt University, was awarded a $31,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to participate in a multi-site project to explore how circulating fatty acids, a marker of nutritional intake, interact with genetics to impact cognitive outcomes like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Video Webstream Announcement
Video Webstream Announcement
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DORDT COLLEGE: Waiting
What a ride it’s been.
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DORDT COLLEGE: Dordt to Launch Entrepreneurship Minor in Fall 2021
Dordt University has established an entrepreneurship minor that will be available to non-business majors beginning in fall 2021.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Dordt To Launch Entrepreneurship Minor in Fall 2021
Dordt University has established an entrepreneurship minor that will be available to non-business majors beginning in fall 2021.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Criminal Justice Faculty Member Elected President of FLEOA Iowa and Nebraska Chapter
Jon Moeller, instructor of criminal justice at Dordt University, has been elected president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), representing the active and retired federal law enforcement officials in Iowa and Nebraska.
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DORDT UNIVERSITY: Defender Clay Dusters Compete in Iowa Collegiate Shooting Sports Conference
The Defender Clay Dusters, Dordt University’s club trap shooting team, recently participated in the Iowa Collegiate Shooting Sports Conference at the New Pioneer Gun Club in Waukee, Iowa. Dominick Ver Meer, a freshman engineering major from Pella, Iowa, placed in three categories: first place in high overall (HOA); second place in sporting clays; and third place in skeet.
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DORDT COLLEGE: Dordt Announces Post-Thanksgiving Break Plans
Dordt University has announced plans for the remainder of the fall semester.