At 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday April 8th, the Frost Research Center will be hosting a colloquium with presentations on two faculty-student research projects conducted by the Hope College Department of Kinesiology.

Professors Jeff Armstrong and Kirk Brumels, along with student researchers Allison Young, April Muske and Sarah Anderson will be talking about the Effects of Dance Dance Revolution Training on Selected Balance and Agility Tasks.

Professor Kirk Brumels and student researchers Amanda Friedline and Kristen Hutchins will present their findings on the Effects of Graduated Compression Stocking Pressures on Post Injury Ankle Edema.

The colloquium will be held in room 260 of the Anderson/Werkman Financial Building (aka 100 East 8th Street). As always, light refreshments will be provided.

The Frost Center for Social Science Research will close for the holidays begining 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 21th, and will re-open 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 2nd.

The Carl Frost Center for Social Science Research will be holding an Open House on Wednesday, December 5th, from 3:00p.m.-6:00p.m. for community leaders and organizations to introduce our new director, Dr. Megan Mullins, and to showcase our new facilities.

Dr. Steve VanderVeen of the Department of Economics, Management and Accounting and student researcher Nicole Schrier presented a fascinating overview of their research on The History of Tourism in the Holland-Zeeland Area on November 6. Their work looked at how changes in transportation from sailing ships, to railroads, to automobiles affected resort businesses along Lake Macatawa.