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DeWitt teaches her


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               asses with the same en-






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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           understanding since her


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          completion of her disserta­



                                                                 Biology, microbiology, chemistry, psychology, physics-all of                                                                                                                                                                                                                             tion.  She said, “I  hope to





                                                                 these are related to science.  Students must take at least a                                                                                                                                                                                                                             someday be able to counse



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          students with their needs.”
                   cd                                            few science courses over the course of their college educa­


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                                                                 tion, introducing themselves to new ideas, theories, facts,
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                                                                 and methods of teaching.  They will meet many different


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                   CD                                            professors and faculty who will help them along.  One such




                                                                                               professor has just reached a new status.  Profes-
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                                             I hope that


                                                                                               sor Kris DeWitt has recently completed her


                                        students will

                                                                                                PSYD  (Psychology Doctorate) and can


                                    learn from me


                                                                                                now be called Doctor DeWitt. She took






                                                 CXd,]]P^L                         111  seven years to complete the  degree,
                  sciences




                                         n P           1! d i ^ n                            while still teaching and coaching girl’s


                                             and how I                                          basketball.  She started out her col-







                                       walk with the  jege career at Clearwater in 1987 with




                                                   Lord.                                        a Physical Education major and then





                                          -Dr. Kris DeWitt
                                                                                                served  as  the  residence  adviser  of






                                                                 Emmons Hall while she coached softball and bas­





                                                                 ketball.  In 1992, she graduated with a masters in





                                                                 Biblical Counseling.  While still teaching, she  com­





                                                                 pleted her second masters in Clinical Psychology in 2002,





                                                                 and now, in 2005, she has completed her doctorate work.





                                                                 Meanwhile, she also worked and interned in Michigan at





                                                                 Pinerest  Christian  Mental  Health  Institute  where  she





                                                                 learned even  more  about psychology and mental  health.





                                                                 Now, as she teaches psychology  and neurophysiology, she






                                                                 is able to spread her knowledge of this field of science to all





                                                                 of her students.















                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Esther Romero and Sarah



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Noorani work on completing



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          their experiment and log­


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ging information  into their



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lab booklets.
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