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Book Reflects on Hope College
During "The War Years"
A collection of memoirs by members of the Hope family preserves memories from a generation that is fading with time and reflects how the events of World War II shaped not only
individual lives but the future of the college itself. Titled "Hope at the Crossroads: The War Years," the volume examines the Hope of the 1940s through recollections penned by students, faculty and others on campus
at the time. Through their accounts, the extensively illustrated book demonstrates how events thousands of miles away ultimately shaped the college, which grew from a modest institution with just 550 students before the war to a post-war, sardine-packed beehive of some 1,350, many former GIs whose seriousness about the future and education enlivened the learning environment in ways that continue still.
"Hope at the Crossroads: The War Years" has been edited by Eileen Nordstrom and Dr. George Zuidema, two alumni and Holland residents who developed the idea through their participation in the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals [HASP]. The book is available at the Hope-Geneva Bookstore.
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Jennifer Young Presented H.O.P.E. Award
English professor Jennifer Young has been presented the 44th "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award by the
graduating Class of 2008. The award, first given in 1965, is presented by the graduating class to the professor who they feel epitomizes the best qualities of the Hope College
educator. Young, who is an assistant professor of English, was one of the first faculty members that the members of the class encountered when they arrived on campus as freshmen.
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Baccalaureate/Commencement Photo Gallery
Graduates Challenged to Keep Asking Big Questions
As undergraduates, Commencement speaker Dr. Steven D. Hoogerwerf noted, the members of the Class of 2008 had been asked questions. Their diplomas,
he said, show that they're ready to ask and answer the questions on their own. "I think my colleagues would agree with me that education is not really about what WE
think," he said. "It's about gaining the information, the tools, and the experiences that you need to learn to think for yourselves."
Hoogerwerf presented his address, titled "Living with Questions (...but
are you going to tell us what you really think?)," during the college's
143rd Commencement exercises.
More than 660 graduating seniors participated in the ceremony. The class consisted of students from throughout the United States as well as nations including Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. continued / Commencement Address / Baccalaureate Sermon
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