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A Personal Perspective on the Department of Biology...
I was drawn to Hope for this mixture of good teaching and good scholarship. Hope has been a leader in offering that mixture for a very long time, and I wanted to be part of it. Once I got here, I found there was even more to Hope than its famous science division. We are challenged every day by students and faculty alike to think of the moral and ethical implications of our teaching and scholarship, and the creative and aesthetic dimensions as well. If you want to work at becoming a whole person, Hope College will provide you with the resources to do just that. Donald Cronkite The organism
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Hope College and its Biology Department have provided just the right
mix
for me since I came here in 1978. As with many small liberal arts
colleges, Hope expects the very best teaching from its faculty. At
the same time, Hope expects its faculty to be scholars, always learning
in their disciplines. In our Biology Department, it is just assumed
that we will carry on a research program that undergraduates can join
as colleagues. This is assumed by the students also, many of whom
come every semester and ask us what we’re studying so they can find
a
research program to work with.