BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Academics,Faculty DESCRIPTION:This event is open to the general public and is sponsored by Pu blic Affairs and Marketing.\n\nAdmission to the seminars is free. Lunch is $13. For additional information please contact: Lynne Powe (616) 395-7860 o r powe@hope.edu\n\n9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.\n\nRegistration: Haworth Inn and C onference Center\, 225 College Ave.\n\n9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.\n \n\nThe Lon g Shadow of Vietnam - Dr. Fred Johnson III and Dr. Scott VanderStoep ’87 - Ballroom 3 \n\nU.S. armed forces withdrew from Vietnam in 1975\, but the tr oubled legacy of the conflict there forced America to confront the limitati ons of its power well into the future. During a 2017 May Term\, eight Hope College students spent two weeks in Vietnam\, gaining exposure to its peopl e\, culture and institutions. They also directly engaged the difficult hist orical conundrums of the conflict that took the lives of more than 58\,000 Americans and countless Vietnamese. By the time they departed for home\, th e students possessed a deeper knowledge about the inherent insanity of war while fully comprehending the gratitude owed to Vietnam veterans who had sa crificed much for a nation whose gratitude came too late. \n\nDr. Fred Joh nson III\, associate professor of history\, has been teaching at Hope since 2000\, and Dr. Scott VanderStoep ’87\, dean for the social sciences and pr ofessor of psychology\, since 1991. Both educators co-led the college’s new May Term course to Vietnam this past spring. In addition to being a specia list in 20th-century U.S. history and the U.S. military\, Dr. Johnson is a former Marine Corps officer. Dr. VanderStoep is the author of three books o n science and faith\, and research and learning.\n\n \n\nFinding Faith in t he Storm: The Role of Religion and Meaning in Adversity\, Suffering and Nat ural Disasters - Dr. Daryl R. Van Tongeren - Ballroom 2\n\n\n\nSuffering an d adversity are an inherent part of life. But what role does religious fai th play in how people find meaning\, and experience flourishing\, in the mi dst of their struggles? For the past three years\, Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren’s research has focused on how people view God and make sense of their worlds in the wake of natural disasters. Drawing from his recent empirical resear ch\, Dr. Van Tongeren will discuss how people rely on their religious belie fs to find meaning and cope with severe adversity. In addition\, he’ll give practical implications from this work to help those who are experiencing “ storms” in life.\n\nDr. Daryl R. Van Tongeren\, assistant professor of psyc hology\, joined the Hope faculty in 2012. He has published over 120 journal articles and scholarly chapters on the scientific study of meaning in life \, religion and virtues\, and his research has been funded by external gran t agencies\, such as the John Templeton Foundation. He earned the 2015 Tows ley Research Scholars Fellowship and received a “Rising Star” designation b y the Association for Psychological Science in 2016. \n \n\nWhen There’s No t Enough Mother’s Milk: Human Milk for Premature Infants - Dr. Anita Esquer ra-Zwiers - Rooms C & D\n\n\n\nNo woman plans to have her baby four months early\, but when motherhood comes sooner thanplanned\, one crucial choice a mother can make is to provide her own milk — a kind of medicine only she c an make that’s uniquely designed for her baby. Not all mothers with pre-ter m infants are able to make enough milk for their babies\, though. What make s mother’s milk so unique? What feeding alternatives are available for prem ature infants? Dr. Esquerra-Zwiers will reveal the unique biology of human milk and explain some of the struggles mothers with premature infants endur e when not enough mother’s milk can be produced.\n\nDr. Anita Esquerra-Zwie rs\, assistant professor of nursing\, came to Hope in 2010. She has been pa ssionate about the subject of donor human milk and maternal milk supply sin ce she donated her own milk to a milk bank and privately to a child in need . Additionally\, Dr. Esquerra-Zwiers supports international mentoring as th e coordinator for an online trainee-mentorship series for the International Society of Researchers in Human Milk and Lactation.\n \n\n11:00 AM – 12:15 PM\n\nJeremiah: A Prophet for Fractured Times - Dr. Jeff Tyler '82 - Ballr oom 3\n\n\n\nJeremiah is among the most compelling characters of the Bible. This weeping prophet lays bare his soulful and paralyzing misery\, yet he is among the most faithful\, durable and determined of all divine messenger s. In the gates of Jerusalem\, the courts of kings and the courtyards of th e temple\, Jeremiah proclaimed a message pulsating with staggering judgment and certain hope. Is Jeremiah the ‘Jesus’ of the Old Testament\, a strikin g forerunner—in life and message—of the Christian Messiah?\n\nDr. Jeff Tyle r\, professor of religion\, has been a member of the Hope faculty since 199 5. A church historian\, Dr. Tyler has plunged into the vast readings of Jer emiah from the Reformation Era as he listened deeply the past ten years to John Calvin\, Martin Luther\, John Donne and many others as they wrestle wi th Jeremiah’s life and message. The result is Dr. Tyler’s forthcoming book — Jeremiah\, Lamentations (Reformation Commentary on Scripture). Come dis cover the wisdom of this prophet\, and the keen insights of his interpreter s—for their fractured time— and for our own.\n\n \n\nWhat Bird Was Heard? - Dr. Paul Pearson - Rooms A & B\n\n\n\nHave you ever heard a beautiful bird song and wished you could tell what kind of bird it was? \n\nHave you ever wondered how mathematics and technology can be used to identify birds by t heir songs? For the past two summers\, a team of Hope mathematics professo rs and undergraduate student researchers has used signal processing and mac hine learning to identify birds by their songs to a high degree of accuracy . Dr. Paul Pearson\, a member of this research team\, will bring the birds ong identification process to life through pictures\, and a few formulas\, that provide an intuitive understanding of how wavelets and artificial neur al networks helped to solve the classification problem.\n\nDr. Paul Pearson \, assistant professor of mathematics\, has been teaching at Hope since 201 2. His research interests include applications of signal processing\, machi ne learning\, statistics and topological data analysis to solve problems in the natural sciences.\n \n\nThe Quantified Self: Wearable Activity Monitor s and Behavior Change - Dr. Brian Rider - Ballroom 1\n\n\n\nActivity tracki ng monitors have a history dating back to the early 1500s. Recent technolog ical advances to these devices\, though\, have dramatically increased the v olume of information they provide. According to some estimates today\, more than one in five American adults use a personal health-tracking device—and that number is only expected to increase over the next few years. So\, wha t exactly are these devices? How do they track our physical activity\, slee p patterns and calories burned? Most importantly\, do they help us make mea ningful changes to our lives? Plus\, is this information even meaningful an d\, if so\, how we can we utilize it best?\n\nThis talk will discuss the de velopment of these wearable devices and what current research tells us abou t their evolution\, accuracy and utility.\n\nDr. Brian Rider\, assistant pr ofessor of kinesiology and director of the Health Dynamics program\, began teaching at Hope in 2014. His research focuses on activity trackers for exe rcise as well as people’s physiological and perceptual responses to exercis e. He is the author of 10 peer reviewed journal articles\, with his most re cent one titled\, “Psycho-Physiological Effects of TV Viewing During Exerc ise.”\n \n\n12:30 PM Luncheon - Donnelly Dining Room\, $13 DTEND:20180120T171500Z DTSTAMP:20260311T073115Z DTSTART:20180120T143000Z GEO:42.78908;-86.104371 LOCATION:Haworth Hotel SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Winter Happening 2018 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_3172484 URL:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/winter_happening_1592 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR