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When Lydia arrived at ��͹��Ƶhalfway through her freshman year as a transfer student, she was quiet and shy. She was not the student to participate in class or individually meet with professors. Her time at ��͹��Ƶchanged her as a student, person, and child of God.

“��͹��Ƶhas allowed me to help in the community and gain so many different experiences,” she says. “I have been able to join clubs, join athletics, and be a voice, whether that be in my field, or on the volleyball court. I have become the student who is the first to raise her hand. I have become the student who is first to volunteer to help my department. I am the student who now pushes to be uncomfortable for the sole purpose of growth. ��͹��Ƶhas had such a large impact on the person I am today.”

Lydia is grateful for the education she received at Dordt, and for the summer internship that helped her grow and led to her full-time job at Avera’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit in Sioux Falls.

“I was able to be a part of an internship at Avera during the summer before my senior year, which helped me grow incredibly as a nurse,” she says. “��͹��Ƶhas provided me with the education and the opportunity to receive an internship in this unit that ultimately led to a job!”

Most importantly, Lydia’s time at ��͹��Ƶhas prepared her to serve God. She writes, “I am ready to enter the world with my Christian education from ��͹��Ƶ behind me. I am ready to serve in Christ's kingdom in the sphere of nursing through the many lessons I have gained during my time at ��͹��Ƶ.”