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Febuary  26, 2026

Girl's Dorm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good day!

We’re glad you have joined us for this stop of our campus tour. Today we are visiting the girls’ dorm.

 

Van Wormer Hall, originally built in 1976 as the boys’ dorm, did not remain the boys’ dorm for long. An increase in the number of girls caused this building to become the girls’ dorm.

 

In addition to the girls’ dorm and parent quarters, this building currently contains the lower learning center, library, and a discipleship classroom.

 

Though originally built with a nearly flat roof (1:12 pitch), a team, in the summer of 2023, came and added a gable roof. This certainly changed the look of the building but also reduced the amount of winter maintenance required.

 

While our girls’ dorm population has been as high as thirty, we currently have six girls in the dorm.

 

We are thankful for the many students who have called this building their “home” while here at NIBS.

Below is the list of girls’ dorm parents at Northwest Indian Bible School:

 

 

Wayne and Marlene Edwards – 1969-1971

Forrest and Karen Wheeler – 1971-1977

Marshall and Hazel Armour – 1977-1979

Bill and Dorthy Edwards – 1979-1980

Cheryl Youngs – 1980-1982

Edward and Lorie Shirk – 1982-1985

Bill and Robin Burnside – 1985-1987

James and Becky Forrider – 1987-1993

Kimberly Sheffler 1993-1994

Jeff and Karen Deeter – 1994-1998

Juanell Stephens – 1998-2000

Donovan and Maria George – 2000-2001

Ethan and Carrie Crouch – 2001-2004

David and Aimee Deets – 2004-2005

Keith and Rhetta Wheeler – 2005-2006

Ronald and Joyce Forrider – 2006-2007

Misty Taggart – 2007-2013

Cindy Begay – 2013-2016

David and Victoria Reese – 2016-2018

Connie Sanders – 2018-present

 
This picture started the funding for this building. It was initially intended to be the boys’ dorm.
Construction begins
Setting the steel beams

Violet and Dori enjoy a campfire behind the dorm
Keisha and Johnelle work on a large snowman in 2019.
Miss Connie, Marjianna, Jonette, and Cassandra at the bend
Visiting a train tunnel in 2020
Fun at Missoula’s Lock Bridge
All in their places at church
Keisha and Jonette
2021 Girls’ Dorm
Ready for Christmas
Mrs. Hartley came to help the girls celebrate their dorm mom, Miss Connie.
Snacks and games
Someone gave money for Thompson Chain Bibles to students from Little Eagle.
Becka, Jessica, and Tyonna working on their homework
Don’t take a picture of me!
Dorm duties
The laundry room as it is now. We are thankful for a new floor that was installed last year.

 

Ping pong in the basement
Lauryn’s room
Lovely and Naarah with a quote that Lovely wrote on the black board

 

The building is named in honor of Rev and Mrs. H. C. VanWormer
The pile of metal in the pole building kit
There is a basement under part of the building.
This seems to be a group picture of the first residents of the building.

Alijah and Lovely enjoying the yard behind the dorm
2019 tube fun
Mikayla and Alyssa assembled this snowman in 2019.
Quentana, Johnelle, Quenessa and Alyssa wading in the Clark Fork
At natural pier bridge
Eating out in town
Heading to church
Lounging on Sunday afternoon
Following a meal at the dining hall
Charity joined the girls for this picture at the 2017 Thanksgiving banquet
2024 Girls’ Dorm
Christmas chaos
Fun around the table
Visiting with some of the board members
Jessica, Quenessa, Heather, and Ashley making signs to cheer on their team
Mesteth sisters doing homework
Nora and Alyssa cleaning out the drain
Dorm duties
The laundry room in the past
Lounging
Miss Connie on camera
Dora’s room