Thanks, Dr. Colling

One of the strange things and yet great pleasures about coming back to work at my alma mater has been getting to work with some of the folks I had as professors. After getting past the awkwardness of figuring out how to address them, my appreciation for them and their dedication to their work and to Olivet has grown.

Last week, we had the annual salute to retiring faculty and staff members reception. I had the chance to shake hands and speak briefly with one of my favorite professors from my time at Olivet. As part of meeting my general education requirements, I had to take 8 hours of science courses. For one of my courses, I signed up for a course called Science, Technology, and the Environment. Dr. Colling was the lead teacher for this team-taught course that covered science issues for non-science majors. I have always been interested in science and briefly flirted with the idea of trying to get a teaching endorsement in science. Anyway, during this course Dr. Colling led us through several issues of the day - genetics, environmentalism, and others - and helped me to reaffirm my beliefs that science and faith (my dad was a physics and math major) are not contrary and Christians need not fear the findings of science.

Thanks, Dr. Colling. I hope to see you on the golf course soon. The weather of summer should arrive this weekend.