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Hope in the NewsACADEMIC YEAR 2005 - 2006
Highlights from Academic Year 2004 - 2005
July, 2006 Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Founder
of Hope's Vienna
Fried graduated from Hope in 1946 after serving in World War II. Born in Germany to Austrian parents, he lost his mother, father and two brothers in Nazi concentration camps during the war.
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Friday, July 21, 2006 Hope student dies after fall
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Hope science
program reaches
Yik is one of six local high school students involved in summer research projects at Hope College through REACH, which stands for Research Experience Across Cultures at Hope. The new program is aimed at broadening minority participation in the sciences. The program is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Monday, July 17, 2006 Family,
friends gather to remember
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 DeVos to host D-III women's Final Four Hope earns site for 2008 and 2009 tournament finals Four months ago the Hope College Flying Dutch brought home
the 2006 NCAA Division III National Championship trophy in women's basketball. The NCAA has selected Hope to host the 2008 and 2009 Division III women's basketball Final Four at DeVos Fieldhouse.
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Faceblind Holland woman is writing a memoir about her unusual medical condition
Sellers has prosopagnosia, which has been nicknamed faceblindess. She cannot recognize faces of her family members or herself in photos and home movies. She hasn't tried to quantify the number of new friends who faded away after she didn't recognize them. READ
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May, 2006 Friday, May 12, 2006 Hope earns
sixth straight Hope College sported the top all-around athletic program
in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association for the 28th time
in school history during the 2005-06 school year. Eva Folkert, the women's athletics director at Hope, is proud of the achievement. "We are elated that we have the kind of caliber student athletes, who have been in our (entire athletic) program year in and year out," Folkert said. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, May 8, 2006 Hope graduates encouraged With its graduation at hand, the Class of 2006 at Hope College was encouraged to live life seeking the meaning beyond the definitions. The college's 141st Commencement exercises were held at Holland Municipal Stadium on Sunday. The participants included 622 graduating seniors from throughout the United States as well as Chile, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Romania, Saudi Arabia and the Virgin Islands. The commencement address, "Seeking the Spheres," was delivered by Rhoda Janzen, assistant professor of English at Hope, who in keeping with her interest in poetry found guidance for living in the concept of metaphor. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
Monday, May 8, 2006 English instructor receives
She was named the recipient during the college's Commencement ceremony Sunday. 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. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Saturday, May 6, 2006
Science center named after graduate
If you had told Paul Schaap when he was a student at Hope College 40 years ago that some day he would donate one of the largest financial gifts in the college's history, he said he would've laughed at you in amazement. Friday afternoon it was announced that Schaap and his wife, Carol, had given a $7 million leadership gift in support of the college's science center. In response, the college will name the building the A. Paul Schaap Science Center. "It is a joy to have this happen. More joyful to me that Paul is one of our own, willing to share the fruits of his business venture," President James Bultman said. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Friday, May 5, 2006 Nepalese students find hope amid change Hope College student Shova Kc has endured news reports for the last several weeks of violence in the streets outside Katmandu. She was ready to return an airplane ticket for a month-long visit to her homeland of Nepal. Political unrest and clashes with police were worrying her and fellow Hope student Vidhan Rana, also from Nepal, but they're more optimistic now. "People are back to work and things are more normal than they have been, but there are still gatherings now and then to keep the pressure," said Kc (pronounced kay-see), a junior in economics and mathematics. "Hopefully this will translate into the parliament gaining control of the military. Until that happens, we're still at risk for another coup." READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
April, 2006 Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Dancing into retirement
Saturday afternoon, she sat in the Knickerbocker Theatre lobby and reflected on how she started Hope's dance department and what the future may bring. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Expressions of Ridl
Every single day Jack Ridl starts a new poem. "Ninety percent go nowhere," he said, with a lopsided grin. "They all start out as 'Paradise Lost.'" He was sitting in his Lubbers Hall office, gazing at the spring scene just outside his window. The bookshelves behind him were bare, unusual for any college professor, but especially for Ridl, 62, who for 35 years has been a professor with Hope College's English Department. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Five others will retire from Hope In addition to Maxine DeBruyn, five Hope faculty members
retiring. * Dr. Tamara Bloom George has taught in the nursing department since 1992. In 14 years, she has been involved in many changes within the department. The most significant was separating from a joint program with Calvin College over a period of three years, 2000-03. "It was great to start at the beginning of a program and tailor it to fit with Hope's mission," George said. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Hope,
fans bask in title
Brian Morehouse wanted to share the national champion Hope
College women's basketball team with the community. Nearly 800 people -- Hope parents and fans, really -- showed up at DeVos
Fieldhouse to honor the 2006 NCAA Division III national champs. READ
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Saturday, April 8, 2006 A surge in applications to colleges and universities across
the country has resulted in schools being more selective in granting
admission. "The bottom line is as applications have increased, and with enrollment
capped, we've had to become more selective," said Gary Camp, director
of admissions at Hope College. READ
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Ebels becomes the fifth Hope athlete to appear in Faces in the Crowd.
Others who were honored are: Victor Breithaupt, baseball (1991); Jennifer
Smith, tennis (2000); Josh Boss, swimming (2001) and Kelly Parker, swimming
(2002).Aquinas 14, Hope 2: Three Flying Dutchmen pitchers combined to
give up 14 runs in the seven-inning non-league defeat at Buys Athletic
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Friday, March 31, 2006 Cleve Jones took the stage at the Knickerbocker Theatre
and looked at the audience. The first words out of his mouth hit hard. About 60 people showed up to listen to Jones, the creator of the AIDS
Memorial Quilt, talk about his experiences leading up and after starting
the first panel in the quilt in 1987. He created it for his friend Marvin
Feldman, who died of AIDS in the mid-1980s. READ
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Thursday, March 30, 2006 As many times as
she tried to leave, something kept Jennifer Blackman at Hope College. "
I would often ask myself: How did a black girl from the south side of Chicago
end up at Hope College in Holland, Mich.?" she said.
Blackman and three other Hope College seniors spoke Wednesday evening
at the college's ninth annual Women of Color Celebration entitled "Strength
and Dignity." About 170 people attended the event sponsored
by the Office of Multicultural Life. During Blackman's final semester, she realized she was exactly where
she needed to be. In the fall, she will attend the University of
Illinois to study urban planning and development. READ
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Monday, March 20, 2006
When the team's plane touched down at Tulip City Airport at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Flores and his son were there with their poster, their binoculars and about 300 other fans to cheer the women and offer the team a heroes' welcome.
"They're like the Beatles of Holland," said Eric Flores, who can name each team member, her number and position by heart, and said he'd like to play basketball for Hope when he's old enough. "We had more pictures, but we ran out of cardboard." READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
Sunday, March 19, 2006 No miracle needed this time for the Hope College women's basketball team. Just one shining moment for another NCAA Division III title. The Flying Dutch claimed the second national championship in school history Saturday at Springfield College by defeating top-ranked Southern Maine 69-56 in front of a standing-room-only Blake Arena crowd of 2,018. Hope became just the fifth team in the tournament's 25-year history to win more than one title. The Flying Dutch last reigned in 1990. READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY
National Championship for Women's Basketball Additional championship coverage
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Event looks at role of alcohol in lives of college students When Hope College Resident Director Rosie DeVries and Dean of the Chapel Trygve Johnson started Monday morning's chapel talk by declaring they loved to drink, a lot of students were waiting for the punch line. To their surprise, the pair went on to describe their drink of choice: Red wine is the "fruit of the earth" said DeVries, and Johnson described single malt scotch on the back of your tongue as a "backrub for your brain". It wasn't a joke, a skit or a dramatization. It was the kick-off event for the White Cross Project, a three-day look at the role alcohol plays in the lives of college students. In addition to the chapel talk, students living in residence halls will take part in conversations on the topic, have a mocktail party and attend a special showing of "Memoirs of a Geisha." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, March 12, 2006 Dance Marathon surpasses last year's total
A gymnasium full of enthusiastic Hope College students rocked around
the clock Friday and Saturday to raise money for DeVos Children's Hospital. "It is just amazing," said Hope student Justyna Zienda, 21, of Wheaton, Ill. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Dance Marathon Photo Gallery (March 10-11, 2006) February, 2006 Wednesday, February 22, 2006 The inaugural Lakeshore Economic Index measuring economic health in
the area for the final quarter of 2005 comes in at 97.7, down 2.3 from
the benchmark of 100 in January 2004. Categories used to establish the index are electricity usage, water usage, average residential real estate prices, average number of days a home is on the market, new car sales, new home construction, the prime lending rate, unemployment rate and hotel occupancy. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, February 20, 2006 Six Hope College students have begun producing a weekly Spanish-language radio program aimed at the Latino community. The radio show on Hope College's WTHS 89.9 FM is named "La Radio Que te Mueve." Roughly translated, that means "The radio that moves you." However, in English, as in Spanish, that movement could be either physical or emotional. Maria Claudia Andre, associate professor in the modern and classical language department at Hope, said she encouraged the students to start the program as a bridge between the college and the community. "It's just a way to have the students relate to the community and vice versa," she said READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Friday, February 10, 2006 Students made difference with film about missing woman  Jonathan
Johnson said he didn't expect much after he and seven other students finished
a documentary during his junior year at Hope College about Janet Chandler's
1979 murder.He was shocked when his mother told him that a man has been charged with Chandler's death. "I made the biggest difference I could by doing something," Johnson
said. "I truly think that without a documentary, there would not
have been a cold case team." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, February 5, 2006 Earlier in the day, associate professor of English William Pannapacker talked about "Leaves of Grass" by American poet Walt Whitman. The two presentations were part of six lectures given for Hope College's Winter Happening Saturday READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, February 1, 2006 The event was the Mayor's Youth/Adult Round Table held at city hall and hosted by Holland Mayor Al McGeehan. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY January, 2006
Richard & Helen DeVos Fieldhouse Dedication Photo Gallery Saturday, January 28, 2006 Richard and Helen DeVos were guests of honor as Hope College formally
dedicated the DeVos Fieldhouse Friday afternoon. It was the DeVoses' $7.5 million donation that led the fundraising effort for the 102,000-square-foot fieldhouse that opened in November on Fairbanks Avenue between Ninth and 11th streets. The $22 million arena has 3,154 permanent seats and a capacity for 3,400. READ
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Monday, January 23, 2006
"They just really keep me on track," said Bell during a recent interview at his home. Bell is busy making plans for a launch party to mark the publication of his newest book, "Death Goes Dutch." READ
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
Karima Jeffrey, a Hope College English professor, opened the boisterous
praise and worship with words about King and his life. READ
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Brame, chief executive officer of the Grand Rapids Urban League, tried to answer that question during his speech, which began Hope College's week of events celebrating King and his impact on civil rights. READ
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Monday, January 16, 2006 New rules could be answer to pollution in lake, watershed Wolff used the story to illustrate his frustration with ongoing efforts to clean Lake Macatawa and the Macatawa Watershed that feeds it. READ
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Friday, January 13, 2006
DeVos and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Keith Butler were invited
to speak by the Hope College Republicans. READ
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Monday, January 2, 2006
"I have five different books of which I was able to pull material for this course," McFall said. READ
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December, 2005 Thursday, December 29, 2005 Etterbeek, 43, a Holland High and Hope College graduate, spent from January 2004 to February 2005 in Iraq as chaplain for the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division out of Hawaii. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, December 15, 2005
Newcomers to
Holland, even many long-time residents, hear the nickname of the Hope
College athletic teams and wonder: What exactly is a Flying Dutchman? Hope College is considering four possible designs for a new mascot -- including a pilot, an aviator squirrel and two Dutch-garbed characters, all sporting the trademark klompen shoes -- to visually represent the school. "A mascot represents the school. It's a school icon and we're lacking that," said Student Congress President Lauren Engel, who initiated the search. "Now we're just trying to find out what people think of the drawings and what kind of revisions might need to be done." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, December 14, 2005 'Amazing' finish Bransen family places 2nd in reality show finale
It came down
to a handful of pieces of a 71-piece jigsaw puzzle of North and Central
America. "This is a great experience spending time with my daughters," said Wally Bransen of his girls after they reached the finish line in Lewiston, N.Y. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Hope dean: Economy depends on turning attention to technical fields "We need resources, we need internships, we need research opportunities," Lee told those attending the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce's Early Bird Breakfast at the Maas Center on the Hope campus.
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THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, December 12, 2005 A bowl full of caring Artist sells works to help hurricane victims By providing
a hand crafted bowl, hot soup and bread for only $5.00, Danielle Nguyen-Quang
hopes to sell all the bowls she created and raise at least $1,500 for
the Red Cross and its Hurricane Katrina relief fund. The public is invited to come and eat soup at Hope College's DePree Art Center, 160 E. 12th St. from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday. The artist arranged the bowls in the shape of the hurricane hanging them from the studio ceiling. READ
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THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, December 5, 2005 "It's going to be a community-wide garage sale -- it's not just for the Hope campus," said Nicole Prince, 20, a Hope College junior from Holland. READ
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November, 2005 Saturday, November 26, 2005 "I knew her quite well and she treated me like everyone else, and demanded the same things from me, while at the same time being able to talk to me like an adult," said Brown, 49, of South Haven. "Her classes were so hard they were ridiculous ... but I've never thought so much in my life as I did that semester." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, November 20, 2005 Hope celebrated the debut of DeVos Fieldhouse Saturday night with a men's and women's basketball doubleheader. Richard and Helen DeVos, who brought out the game ball prior to the men's basketball game, made the initial $7.5 million donation to the $22 million project.
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THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Richard & Helen DeVos Fieldhouse Grand Opening Gallery Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Comfortable
seats. A full-length basketball court. A spacious locker room. A giant
scoreboard. A crystal-clear sound system. The 102,000-square-foot facility at the "Eastern Gateway" entrance to the city of Holland, off Fairbanks Avenue between Eighth and Ninth Streets, offers a lot for everyone. You don't even have to be a sports fan to enjoy the setting it creates for events. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, November 7, 2005 Seventy-one years later, women have more freedom, but the Nykerk Cup retains its status as a Hope tradition. Freshman and sophomore women met Saturday night to the renew the tradition at the Holland Civic Center, competing in speech, drama and vocal events, with choral groups singing in traditional navy blue skirts and tops while wearing white gloves. More than 300 students, including male support groups, took part in the competition. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Nykerk Cup Competition Photo Gallery Monday, November 7, 2005 Permit clears way for fieldhouse use Annual basketball exhibition will open De Vos Fieldhouse Friday "We're in," Hope men's basketball coach Glenn Van Wieren said. "This is home." Dan Theile, building inspector for the city of Holland, gave Hope the necessary temporary occupancy permit to hold an event inside the arena, even though some work continues. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, November 6, 2005 Students follow in some great footsteps Two freshmen trace their college roots to same 1857 graduate "Family history did play a part in my decision to attend Hope but the main reason I wanted to come here was because when I visited Hope, I love the atmosphere and how friendly and warm everyone I met was," said Valerie Rideout, a sixth-generation Hope student. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Hope kicks off fund-raising drive today "This fund drive helps to underscore the important economic impact that Hope College has here in the community," McGeehan said. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Dribbling. They don't need no stinkin' dribbling. A korfball team from the Netherlands was in Holland on Tuesday to play an exhibition at the Dow Center. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY October, 2005 Thursday, October 13, 2005 Sharing traditions American Indian gathering at Hope College about healing The Anishnabek Nodin Gathering featured more than 150 American Indians. Most were from the Pottawatomi, Odawa (Ottawa) and Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribes or the "People of the Three Fires." Several other tribes were also represented. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, October 13, 2005 von Trapp Children perform at Dimnent Family has been presenting concerts at Hope for more than 60 years inspired the musical "The Sound of Music," performed in Dimnent on Sunday. The unadvertised, 45-minute event was staged for the Hope community and Freedom Village while the family visited the area while traveling during its current U.S. tour. The children performed several selections, including many songs from the musical, and then attended a reception. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, October 13, 2005 Have a Seat Fans will cheer on Hope College teams in comfort The seat installation follows the completion of basketball and volleyball courts inside DeVos. Hope spokesman Tom Renner said the school is pleased with the progress. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY September, 2005 Friday, September 30, 2005 Hope anchor graces fieldhouse floor Workers from Kiefer Specialty Flooring out of Illinois are in the middle of completing the paint job on both the main basketball court and volleyball court at DeVos Fieldhouse. This step in the $22 million project is expected to be completed by the end of next week, said Jason Heiman, a painter for Kiefer. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, September 29, 2005 Genocide speaker: Deaths from war increased at alarming rate Waller, the Edward B. Lindaman Chair and professor of psychology at Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash., said there have been 150 wars and only 26 days of peace in the six decades following World War II. And today, a third of the world's 193 nations are embroiled in conflict -- nearly twice the cold war level. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, September 28, 2005 Activist: Millions waiting to be freed from slavery Bok, an escaped Sudanese slave, opened Hope College's Critical Issues Symposium "From Auschwitz to Darfur: Genocide in the Global Village." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, September 25, 2005 Long struggle along the Black River "I couldn't feel my feet by the end of it all," Witkowski said after taking his victory plunge into the Black River. "Seeing the rope go the other way last year killed me. ... I'm glad I decided to put my heart into this." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY 108th Annual Pull - Class of 2008 (September
24, 2005) Monday, September 19, 2005 Researcher constructs book on Veneklasen homes Given the distinctive
white-buff and red design they lend homes, Veneklasen bricks have secured their
place in local history, but a recently published book could expand knowledge
of the homes beyond the local scope. "It's ethnic architecture, and no one had done a book on Veneklasen brick homes in Michigan," he said. "That's because I think it's difficult to do. Many of (the homes) are out in the country." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, September 15, 2005 Genocide survivor: Make peace Paul Rusesabagina was inspiration for film 'Hotel Rwanda' about killing in African country Paul Rusesabagina wants
the world to hear -- the killing has not stopped in Africa. Rusesabagina, the inspiration for the movie "Hotel Rwanda," offered a preview of the college's Critical Issues Symposium on genocide Sept. 27-28. This was the first time the college had to turn people away and supply a live feed to the theater. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Wednesday, September 14, 2005 Hope enrollment up again James Bekkering, vice president of admissions, said the future size of the college is one of the topics of a strategic planning initiative now under way at Hope. "One topic is the size of the college," Bekkering said. "Whether the cap is the appropriate size for Hope, or if we should go larger, or perhaps even smaller." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Monday, September 12, 2005 Hope instructor named educator of the year John Lunn, chairman of the department of management, economics and accounting at Hope, said Hendrix was nominated for the award by a student and was the sole recipient of the award in the state. Lunn said Hendrix encourages all accounting students to consider taking the certified public accountants exam, and helps them prepare resumes, get internships and land full-time positions in the industry. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, September 4, 2005 Hope students enjoying volunteer projects The Holland Rescue Mission may have found a new volunteer. Caitlin Schrock, a Hope College freshman, was one of several She enjoyed her experience so much, she wants to continue to help the mission. "I'm having a lot of fun here," said Schrock, 17. "I'd liked to volunteer here regularly. You feel like you're accomplishing something." READ THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Friday, September 2, 2005 Holland residents turn to faith for answers Some bowed their heads,
their hands clasped in front of them. Others looked ahead, wide-eyed. No matter
how they prayed Thursday, the Hope College students were at Dimnent Memorial
Chapel for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The event was a way for people to seek comfort together in the wake of the catastrophe along the Gulf Coast. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY August, 2005 Monday, August 29, 2005 Global hope Convocation speaker offers challenge to Hope Class of '09 "Be forewarned -- the 'global challenge' is a difficult path," said Johnston, who is an associate professor of communication and chairwoman of the department. "There are three 'global challenge' tasks we must engage: Fear Factor, Extreme Makeover and Trading Places." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Saturday, August 27, 2005 Heavy lifting Hope freshmen move into dorms
"I'm OK, I'm just feeling a little cramped," said Ryan Johnson, a freshman from Tomah, Wisc., who moved into Phelps Hall Friday. He and his parents worked in the small space to get the piles of boxes around his shared room put away. READ
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Thursday, August 25, 2005 Hope will be home for supercomputer But those two racks will be one set of powerful computers, said Will Polik, a professor of chemistry at Hope. "We're really excited about this," Polik said READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Thursday, August 25, 2005 Miller Center adds to Hope campus The 49,000-square-foot facility will house the communication and modern and classical languages departments along with the offices of international education and multicultural life. "This building gives us an opportunity to bring four departments and programs together in ways that will make them better collectively and individually than they were in their old facilities," said Nancy Miller, dean of social sciences and chairwoman of the Martha Miller Center planning team. "They will have a synergy that none of them alone could experience." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Martha Miller Center Construction (opened Fall 2005) Martha Miller Center Dedication (October 14, 2005) Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Arena pieces come together "Putting down the first square, that's the key," LeMere said
Monday as he worked inside DeVos Fieldhouse. He is employed by Kiefer
Speciality Flooring out of Zion, Ill. "You've got to make sure it's straight," LeMere said. "After that, you go. Everything plays off (the first board)." The $22 million DeVos Fieldhouse project took a step toward completion Monday when work began on the flooring for the basketball court. READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Saturday, August 13, 2005 Sister city science students get new outlook After spending 10 weeks this summer working in the research labs at
Hope College, Carla Rodriguez Dimitrescu and Silvia Zambrano said they
have a new outlook on the world and the sciences. The program is, according to Hope Associate Provost Alfredo Gonzales, part of a movement by Hope to encourage science study abroad. "It's just great to look at how science, how education, how the
academia handles the preparation of students in an international setting," said
Gonzales. "I really think we can learn from each other." READ
THE FULL HOLLAND SENTINEL STORY Sunday, August 7, 2005 Hope's arena nearing completion Air conditioning now running so work can begin on parquet floor; other key items in places It's all a matter of keeping cool under pressure for Hope College's DeVos
Fieldhouse.
Humidity could delay the laying of the main parquet floor Kiefer Flooring of Zion, Ill., is installing, he said. "Once (the basketball court) is down, we have to maintain a certain level," Maybury said. "If not, it kind of swells and dries out. Then we'll have gaps." READ
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The
man considered to be the architect of the international education program
at Hope College and founding director of the college's Vienna Summer
School has died.
An
early morning fall ended the life of a fifth-generation Hope College
student Thursday. Friends of Paul E. Baeverstad, 21, said he was very
friendly and had a lot of potential.
When
Amanda Yik's friends ask her what she's been doing all summer, she tells
them she's getting her feet wet.
Sunlight streamed into the western windows of Mulder Chapel at Western
Theological Seminary Sunday as friends and family remembered recent Hope
College graduate Darcy Quick.
In the 10 years she's been an English professor at Hope
College, Heather Sellers has never attended graduation ceremonies. She
doubts she ever will.
Dianne Portfleet, adjunct associate professor of English at Hope College, has been presented the 42nd annual Hope Outstanding Professor Educator Award by the graduating Class of 2006.
Tonight is the last student dance concert of Maxine DeBruyn's career as a full-time Hope College dance professor.
"Being
on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
Hope College basketball player Bria Ebels is featured in
this week's issue of Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd".
When Phil Flores and his 10-year-old son Eric woke up Sunday morning, they rolled up their sleeves and started to cut and paste newspaper articles and photographs of the Hope College women's basketball team winning the NCAA Division III championship game Saturday night.
The good news is that people will still get Social Security benefits in 2042, but the bad news is that the amount may not be as generous as today if the government does not make changes, according to Herb Martin, associate professor of management at Hope College.
It's
no mystery why Holland author Albert A. Bell Jr. dedicated his last book
to his writers' group.
Many
scholars believe that the civil rights movement lost its momentum --
and even, others say, its way -- after civil rights leader Martin Luther
King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, a speaker told about 800 people
Monday night at Hope College.
Soren
Wolff, Holland city manager, recently ventured down to the city's north
end to check on the progress of the River Avenue bridge project.
Making
Michigan the "best choice" for businesses will keep companies
here, encourage others to expand and attract industries, Republican gubernatorial
candidate Dick DeVos said Thursday.
Hope College professor Ryan McFall didn't write his textbook for his
computer class he teaches, but he created it.
It was a rough
13-month mission to Iraq that Jonathan Etterbeek said was a special deployment
for him.
A Hope College
dean told Holland area business leaders Tuesday that science, technology
and mathematics education is in a sad state of decline in the United
States, and that the country's economy will suffer greatly if the problem
remains unaddressed.
"The Chronicles
in Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis is considered a beloved children's
classic. But Peter Schakel was in his 30s when he discovered the books
or author. It was 1974 and Schakel was casting about for ways to energize
his freshman English composition students. A colleague suggested using
Narnia.
A
Hope College student group is making plans for perhaps the largest community "garage
sale" of the year.
When
Peter Brown stepped into Janet L. Andersen's abstract algebra course
at Hope College in 2002, he expected to be treated differently because
he was older than the professor.
A
standing ovation greeted Richard and Helen DeVos as they walked to center
court of the arena named for them.
The
Nykerk Cup was created 71 years ago to give Hope College women an activity
similar to the Pull, the annual tug-of-war competition between Hope's
freshman and sophomore men.
Hope
College and its basketball fans will get a sneak peek at its new $22
million home later this week.
For
many freshmen, going to Hope College is like coming home. Walking into
one of Hope's oldest buildings, Van Vleck Hall, they follow in the footsteps
of their mothers, fathers, grandparents and great-grandparents.
Hope
College officials and local business leaders will call on more than 250 area
businesses today to raise money for the Hope Fund.
Before
the Dutch arrived in this part of Michigan in 1847, David Schock imagines there
were probably many American Indian gatherings at the same spot where one took
place Saturday at Hope College.
Family
and college history intersected during a brief musical demonstration in Dimnent
Memorial Chapel.
Fans
who want a place to sit while cheering for either the Hope College men's or
women's basketball team soon will have their spot.
A
splash of blue and orange paint made the parquet floor inside Hope College's
DeVos Fieldhouse look more like a home for basketball.
An
average of three high-fatality conflicts have been going on somewhere in the
world at any given moment since the beginning of the 20th century, a Holocaust
scholar said Wednesday.
Francis Bok was 7 years
old when he was abducted from his small Dinka village during an Arab militia
raid in southern Sudan.
At
the end of the rope, anchor Nick Witkowski, covered in sweat and mud, legs
strained against a piece of board, leaned back for one last pull Saturday before
the end of Hope College's 108th annual tug-of-war.
"
We have not learned from history," Rusesabagina told the more than 2,000
people who gathered Wednesday at Dimnent Memorial Chapel and the Knickerbocker
Theatre to hear his lecture, "A Lesson Yet to be Learned."
Enrollment
at Hope College continues to grow, if ever so slightly. Hope reported Tuesday
that it set another enrollment record, with 3,141 students
signed up for the fall semester, an increase of 29 over fall 2004. The total
represents Hope's seventh record enrollment mark in the last eight years.
Hope
College professor Lynne Hendrix has been named 2005 Accounting Educator of
the Year by a state professional association.
hundred Hope students giving their time Saturday at various locations throughout the community.
Reality
television provided a framework for the advice shared with the members of the
new Class of 2009 during Hope College's Opening Convocation on Sunday.
Shaking
hands over milk crates and boxes packed with the essentials, new roommates
and their families introduced themselves in the crowded quarters of dorm rooms
at freshmen move-in day Friday at Hope College.
Hope
College soon will be home to West Michigan's largest supercomputer, but it
won't need a cavernous room to house it.
Hope
College associate professor David Schock sees the new Martha Miller Center
for Global Communication as a teacher's best friend.
Ed
LeMere took a little extra time to lay the first 21?4-inch board for
the parquet floor that will eventually serve the Hope College men's and
women's basketball teams.
Cool air is needed to regulate the humidity of the cement floor underneath
where the basketball court will be, said Greg Maybury, Hope's director of operations
and technology.