As a full-time professor, wife to Paul, and mother of seven, Dr. Veld enjoys identifying teaching strategies that affect non-biology majorstudents’ perception of biology to life. She is passionate about combining learning styles and current effective teaching strategies with her love for biology. She artfully blends her love for Olivet’s students and the gift of life that God gave us to celebrate.
With more than 44 years of teaching experience, Dr. Veld teaches biological connections with everyday life. Courses include Biology for the Global Citizen, (lecture and lab) Anatomy and Physiology labs, Biology Seminar and occasionally Middle and Secondary Science Methods for science ed majors. She also serves as an advisor for biology and zoology majors.
She is a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association. Dr. Veld is also the faculty sponsor for the student chapter of the National Science Teachers Association (and unofficial ONU Nap Team).
In her leisure time, she enjoys cooking, the arts, serving ONU students at Café Leo and watching the Chicago Blackhawks win! Travel is at the top of her agenda, trumped only by the arrival of her first grandchild in July 2013.
Dr. Veld has three sons, Alex, Noah and Jonah; four daughters, Alyssa, Naomi, Emma and Addy; and twelve grandchildren. They never EVER play practical jokes on anyone, without including her — it’s a family rule.
