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  Events at Hope College

Office of Public Relations
DeWitt Center, 141 E. 12th St., Holland, MI 49423
Tom Renner, Associate Vice President for Public Relations
Office 616-395-7860 INTERNET: prelations@hope.edu

Information concerning the following events has been gathered for News from Hope College. This list was updated on July 9, 2008.

For more current information, or for additional information, please call the appropriate phone number when indicated, or the Hope College Information Service a week before the event at (616) 395-7888.  The service's events line also typically discusses additional activities taking place at Hope in the near future.




ADMISSIONS

Campus Visits: The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. weekdays, and from September through early June is also open from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays. Tours and admissions interviews are available during the summer as well as the school year. Appointments are recommended.

Visit Days offer specific programs for prospective students, including transfers and high school juniors and seniors. The programs show students and their parents a typical day in the life of a Hope student.

The visit days for 2008-09 are:
Friday, Sept. 26
Friday, Oct. 3
Friday, Oct. 17
Friday, Oct. 24
Friday, Nov. 7
Friday, Nov. 14
Friday, Nov. 21
Monday, Jan. 19
Friday, Jan. 30
Monday, Feb. 16
Friday, Feb. 27

Junior Days: Fridays: March 27, April 3, April 17

Pre-Professional Day: TBA

For further information about any Admissions Office event, please call (616) 395-7850, or toll free 1-800-968-7850; check on-line at www.hope.edu/admissions; or write: Hope College Admissions Office; 69 E. 10th St.; PO Box 9000; Holland, MI; 49422-9000.


DANCE

Cecchetti International Ballet School Concerts
Saturday, July 19
Knickerbocker Theatre, noon and 1:30 p.m.
Admission is free.


DE PREE GALLERY

Works by Holland Native Lyman Jellema
Through Friday, Aug. 8
A student-curated exhibition featuring 30 drawings, watercolors and oil paintings by Lyman Jellema (1907-1995). There will be a reception with the artist's family on Monday, July 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

"Shell Games --The Work of Ken Little"
Friday, Aug. 29-Wednesday, Oct. 15

"MSU American Indian Heritage Portraits"
Monday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Nov. 15
(hallway gallery)

"Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years"
Friday, Oct. 17-Saturday, Nov. 22

Juried Student Show
Monday, Dec. 1-Monday, Dec. 15

During the summer the gallery is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. During the school year, the gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Please call the gallery at (616) 395-7500 for more information. Admission to the gallery is free.


MUSIC

Christmas Vespers
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 6-7
Dimnent Memorial Chapel
The services will be on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Information about tickets will be announced in the fall.


TICKET SALES

For events with advance ticket sales, the ticket office in the front lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m and can be called at (616) 395-7890.


INSTANT INFORMATION

Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may be obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395-7888.