Listen to the interview with Douglas Kindschi & Kyle Kooyers
Douglas Kindschi is in his 47th year at Grand Valley State University, where he is the founding director of the Kaufman Interfaith Institute. He previously served as dean for 28 years, mainly as Dean of Science. He did graduate work in mathematics, philosophy, and theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School and the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he received his Ph.D.
Rev. Kyle Kooyers is the Associate Director for the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at Grand Valley State University. He is responsible for coordinating community-based interfaith engagement, dialogue and relationship-building activities. Originally from Southwestern Pennsylvania, Kyle has spent the past decade exploring asset-based community development and organizational capacity building in various contexts. Kyle received his M.Div. from Calvin Theological Seminary and is ordained within the Presbyterian Church (USA).
As part of an Aquinas College class on preparing for life after college, students were paired with mentors from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) across the street from the College. The course capstone project was a Generation Swap podcast interview exploring how generational differences can be a source of strength and growth.