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ACADEMIC YEAR 2007 - 2008
March, 2008
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Baccalaureate /
Commencement Photo Galleries
Commencement
Address / Baccalaureate
Sermon
May 4, 2008
660 graduate from Hope College
As
undergraduates, commencement speaker Steven D. Hoogerwerf noted,
the members of Hope College’s 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, an associate professor of religion, spoke during the
college’s 143rd Commencement exercises, held Sunday Holland
Municipal Stadium.
Holland
Sentinel story
April 21, 2008
Hope library marks 20th anniversary
Former Hope College President Gordon Van Wylen still feels moved
that the college named its library after him and his wife, Margaret.
Van Wylen Library celebrates its 20th anniversary today with a 2
p.m. reception in the north end of the first floor.
Van Wylen retired as Hope’s ninth president in 1987, a year
before the library opened. The library was dedicated on April 21,
1988.
“If you’re going to have a building named after you,
as an academic, it’s hard to beat the library,” said
Van Wylen, who will attend the reception.
Holland
Sentinel story
Rose
and Rime at the Kennedy Center Photo Gallery
April 9, 2008
Hope students arrive in
Washington, D.C., to perform play
A play written in Hope College classrooms made it to a national
stage during a Thursday theater competition sponsored by the
American College Theater Festival’s national festival in
Washington, D.C.
The play “Rose and the Rime” was performed at 7:30
p.m. at the Kennedy Center in front of theater professionals
and academics from around the country. The play — written
as a collaboration between students and a visiting playwright
in the 2006-2007 school year — was one of only three full-length
plays to be invited to the national competition.
Actors waited for the set to be assembled Thursday morning so
that they could rehearse. Eight members of the original group
who put on the play have since graduated and seven had to fly
in from around the country — one came from South Korea — to
repeat the performance. Cast members who are still in school
have one week of school left before exams.
Holland
Sentinel story
April 9, 2008
CASA celebrates 20 years
When
Juan Martinez was a fifth-grader at Van Raalte Elementary, he wanted
to do his homework.
The problem was that he could not read the directions. He and his
family had just moved to Holland from Mexico.
Martinez didn't know much English and was struggling to make passing
grades in school.
Then a teacher recommended Martinez for the Children's After School
Achievement program and it helped him learn how to finish his homework
and come out of his shell.
Holland
Sentinel story
March 12,
2008
'I know we can solve all of this'
 Activist,
actor Ed Begley Jr. says everyone can
do something to help the environment
Ed Begley Jr., actor and environmental
activist, spoke to a receptive crowd of
students and community members Tuesday
on the Hope College campus.
Begley spoke at Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
His talk was titled "Live Simply So
That Others May Simply Live."
"We have a problem with air pollution," he
said. "We have a problem with pollution
in our drinking water, with our oceans,
rivers, bays and estuaries. We have coral
reefs dying off. Most scientists feel we
have a problem with global climate change.
We have a problem with ozone depletion," he
said.
After delivering a litany of ecological
challenges, Begley said he's still filled
with hope.
Holland
Sentinel story
March 9,
2008
Hope Dance Marathon sets
fundraising record
Event raises $120,000 for Helen DeVos Children's
Hospital
Hundreds of Hope College students had danced
for almost 24 hours with no sleep, but that
reality didn't concern them much.
Instead, all they could talk about Saturday
afternoon were the children and the families
they were dancing for.
"It's about the kids," said Sophie
Hartman, a Hope College freshman volleyball
player. "What they go through every
day, we don't understand."
Those kids, known as "miracle kids," are
individuals who have received care for life-threatening
diseases from Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
in Grand Rapids.
Holland
Sentinel story
For love or money?
Chelsea Stephenson likes to compose music
-- but not enough to quit pursuing her ideal
day job.
Stephenson, a Hope College senior, is finishing
work toward a bachelor's degree in music
with a biochemistry minor. She hopes to enter
a medical school after graduating to become
a doctor.
"I had overloaded semesters every semester," Stephenson
said. "All of my professors were telling
me not to major in music."
Stephenson's choice -- whether to study
an art or walk an academic path more likely
to lead to a profitable job -- isn't unique.
And that's the reason many students look
for diverse ways to put their degrees to
work instead of struggling to make a living
on the arts alone.
Holland
Sentinel story
Water recycling program dawning
You get up in the morning, wash up, brush
your teeth. Maybe you leave the water running
while you're brushing, maybe you conserve
by turning it off. Either way, it's money
down the drain. You can't reuse it.
But, what if we could reuse wastewater?
They've been doing it in southern and western
states for a while, especially in the desert
southwest, said John Van Uffelen, utility
services director at Holland Board of Public
Works.
It's not really done here in Michigan where
the supply of fresh water seems almost boundless,
he said.
Holland
Sentinel story
January 16, 2008
Ad executive kicks off
civil
rights week at Hope
From the earliest advertisements of "Negroes for
sale" to 1950s advertisements featuring black porters
and servants, for much of American history, advertising
has portrayed blacks as one-dimensional servants, a speaker
told a Hope College audience Tuesday.
In the last half-century, much has changed and much hasn't,
Kevin Stone told an audience at Hope College's Maas Center.
The school launched its Civil Rights Celebration Week
with its annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon Tuesday
and keynote speaker Stone, who is vice president and creative
director of GlobalHue, the nation's largest multicultural
advertising company.
"I'm very proud to be in a community like Hope College
that takes these issues -- justice and inclusion -- and
takes them seriously," said Alfredo Gonzales, Hope
associate provost and dean for international and multicultural
education.
Holland
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January 15, 2008
GOP hopeful John McCain makes stop in Holland on
eve of state primary
Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona,
said he believes Michigan's economic future can still be
influenced by its history of making cars.
McCain, a Republican candidate, told students and community members gathered
at Hope College Monday that the state's residents are very skilled and
have a great work ethic.
He said despite rapidly changing times, the state doesn't
have to be left behind.
Holland
Sentinel story
January 15, 2008
Tigers roar into town
It may have been a snowy day, but hundreds of people in Holland were thinking baseball Monday afternoon.
Almost 800 fans were on hand as the Detroit Tigers Winter
Caravan stopped at Hope College's DeVos Fieldhouse.
"To me, this is big," said Larry Bronkema, 50, of Holland. "We don't get to go to Detroit that much. To have the Tigers come here, even in the winter, is great."
Holland
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CONGRATULATIONS COACH GLENN VAN WIEREN
600 Career Collegiate Victories!
January 13, 2008
A time to be grateful
Hope College coach Glenn Van Wieren
defers credit
after milestone win at MIAA rival Olivet College
Hope College basketball fans had to wait until the very end to
break out the "600" placards, but they proudly waved
them once Saturday's game ended.
The celebration for coach Glenn Van Wieren's 600th career win --
an 80-71 victory over Olivet College -- was subdued, partly because
the game was not at Hope's DeVos Fieldhouse and partly because
of the challenge the Comets presented.
The Flying Dutchmen needed to hold Olivet scoreless over the final
3 minutes, 5 seconds to make Van Wieren the sixth NCAA Division
III coach to reach 600 career victories.
Van Wieren did not hesitate to give credit where he thought it
was due.
Holland
Sentinel story
Hope Highlighted as a Favorite
 Loren
Pope’s newest edition Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding
the College that's Right for You highlights Hope in a chapter
titled "A Few Favorites."
"Hope, in Holland, Michigan, is another that merits a lot more
attention than it gets, raising higher education's moral and intellectual
levels. It is a place where parents can send children of a wide range
of abilities, knowing that their talents will be increased, their
visions broadened, their ethical acuities sharpened, and they will
be prepared to prosper in a changed and changing world."
December 14, 2007
Hope one of 12 in nation
to offer gene research course
A new science program will give some Hope College freshmen the
chance to experience innovative research as soon as they set foot
on campus.
The school was one of a dozen nationwide to be selected to offer
a year-long genomics course -- the study of an organism's genes --
developed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Professors say it will become another example of Hope College's "strong
history" of incorporating undergraduate students into research
programs.
 "We were very happy and a little surprised," said Aaron
Best, a biology professor who will teach the course. "We are
excited about it. We think it is going to work out well."
Holland
Sentinel story
December 6, 2007
Renners go above and beyond
For a few moments Friday night, Tom Renner will stand near
center court at DeVos Fieldhouse as Hope College basketball fans,
players and coaches cheer.
Hope's multi-media machine will prefer the focus be on someone
else, but he deserves to bask in the spotlight.
The college wouldn't be what it is without him or his wife,
Carole.
Hope is naming the media section at DeVos Fieldhouse in honor
of Tom and Carole Renner, the college's long-time publicist.
Holland
Sentinel story
December 1, 2007
New book explores
Shakespeare's spiritual side
What was Shakespeare's connection with religion?
John Cox of the Hope College English faculty is author of "Seeming
Knowledge: Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith," which revisits
that question by focusing on the intersection of faith and
skepticism in his writing.
The book was published this fall through the new "Studies
in Christianity and Literature" series of Baylor University
Press of Waco, Texas.
Cox, who is the DuMez Professor of English at Hope, examines
Shakespeare's works in the context of the 16th century, when
thinkers such as Thomas More and Erasmus wrote skeptically
to expose the weaknesses of Christians without doubting the
truth of Christianity itself.
Holland
Sentinel story
November 8, 2007
CLINGING TO HOPE: Coaches remain loyal to one of D-III's
top programs
Is there a secret to Hope's remarkable basketball success all
these years?
"Yeah, there is," said Glenn Van Wieren, a guy who certainly
would know. "But it's a very emotional thing for me to talk
about, OK?"
OK, but it's best to let him explain.
"I've been at Hope for 41 years now, and I've been the head
basketball coach for the last 31," said Van Wieren, who is
a 1964 graduate of the school, where he met his wife, Jackie, and
sent two of his daughters. "Tom Davelaar, my assistant, has
been with me 26 years. He's a Hope graduate, and he played basketball
here. Matt Neil, he's starting his 23rd year with me. He played
for me and was the MVP of our conference. Eric Elliott is starting
his third year coaching the JV team, he was an All-American player
for me who played 15 years overseas and came back to Hope."
In all, that's more than 100 years of involvement with the Hope
basketball program, first as players and now as coaches, notes
Van Wieren, the sixth-winningest coach (590-199, .748) in NCAA
Division III history.
Detroit
News story
November 4, 2007
Cereal story fills Nykerk Cup
with laughs and sweet memories
The laughter and voices of the women -- all dressed in navy sweaters
and navy knee-length skirts, ribbons pulling the hair back from their
faces -- echoed into a din at the Holland Civic Center Saturday.
"I like being with all the girls, that's the best part," said
Hope College sophomore Katelyn Sherman, standing in a circle of her
fellow "song girls," giggling and taking pictures together
before their big night. "I like to sing, but that's not the
best part."
Back stage, a dressing room nearly overflowed with Hope freshmen
-- painting their faces and donning cereal box character costumes
-- as they prepared to compete in Hope College's Nykerk Cup Saturday
night
Holland
Sentinel story
The Hope Democrats hosted Howard Dean, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee Monday morning.
Gov. Dean addressed the issue of faith and politics. He is pictured
receiving a Hope sweatshirt from Shannon Craig and Brian Straw.
October 30, 2007
Dean: Gap between evangelicals, Democrats unnecessary
Brian Straw is a Democrat, but he wants people to know his values
are based on his faith.
The Hope College student wants to end poverty, promote peace and
love his neighbors.
And Straw, president of Hope Democrats, is confident there are
more liberals out there just like him.
"Republicans do not have a monopoly on God," he said
to loud applause
Holland
Sentinel story
October 22, 2007
Painting at Hope College seen in new light
Fine art increases in value. Sometimes, just how much it goes
up catches everyone by surprise.
"Don't invest in mortgage companies," said Bill Mayer,
local sculptor and professor of art at Hope College. "Invest
in paintings. The art market is something that always goes up."
Hope College recently found this out.
It started when Joel Zwart, director of exhibitions at Calvin
College, was looking for pieces to include in a show of paintings
and drawings by a group of late-19th-century Dutch artists known
as The Hague School.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 21, 2007
Teachers-to-be get early start on careers
Several high school students have already started their career
path in the teaching field.
Holland High School students Rachel Zuniga and Crystal Hooper were
named recipients of Hope College's Project TEACH scholarship Monday
at the district's board meeting.
The Teachers Entering a Career through Hope program is an initiative
to bring more minorities into the teaching field. The program covers
tuition and room and board at Hope.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 18, 2007
Holland-produced children's show
begins second season
The Holland-produced children's TV show "Come On Over!" began
its second season with the special premiere of a new episode Wednesday
evening on WOTV.
The show's creator, Joel Schoon Tanis, walked with a smile Wednesday
night into the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication at
Hope College, where the program is filmed. Tanis was there for
a party celebrating the premiere.
"People are watching faster than we anticipated," said
Tanis, who is also the show's host.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 13, 2007
Ticket sales wow NCAA
It didn't take long for DeVos Fieldhouse and Hope College's
passion for basketball to impress the NCAA. Early ticket sales
for the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships
Hope is hosting and DeVos Fieldhouse's amenities
impressed two NCAA officials who visited campus for the first
time this week.
Division III basketball committee chairwoman Shirley Egner and
NCAA Assistant Director of Championships Donnie Wagner look forward
to returning in March for the Final Four.
"It's a first-class venue," said Egner, also the women's
basketball coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "We're always
thinking about the student-athlete, and when they walk through
the front doors, it's going to be, 'Wow.'"
Holland
Sentinel story
October 07, 2007
Red-letter day for women athletes
 Mary Lou Koop doesn't see herself as an athletic pioneer.
The 83-year-old from Hamilton played sports at Hope College before
graduating in 1946 because she enjoyed being with friends and
participating in extracurricular activities.
Yet, Koop was one of the 240 Hope alumnae the school honored during
homecoming. She received her varsity "H" letter as part
of a project to formally recognize female athletes who competed
between 1938 and 1972 but received little fanfare.
"The thought of the school doing that is very special," said
Koop, one of 50 alumnae who attended Saturday's ceremony during
the alumni H-Club's luncheon. "Yet with the competition that
is out there, I'm not sure we would have succeeded (as athletes)
as they are doing now to earn the letter.
Holland
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October 07, 2007
Warm weather welcomes alumni
Katie
Meyering had two brand new Hope College sweatshirts ready for her children
to wear to the school's homecoming parade Saturday.
The 29-year-old Holland resident and Hope graduate had attended the event for
years, and always needed outfits to keep them warm.
"Last year we froze," she said.
But this year, from their spot at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and 13th Street,
the sun was out and the clouds were absent.
Holland
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2007 Homecoming photo galleries
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October 06, 2007
Hope College student awarded undergraduate fellowship
Hope College junior Anna Finger of Anderson, Ind., has been named
a 2007 Undergraduate Fellow by the Fund for Theological Education
(FTE).
Finger was one of 49 juniors and seniors at colleges and universities
across the United States and Canada to receive the award for the
2007-08 school year. FTE awards the fellowships to college students
who demonstrate superior academic achievement and exceptional promise
for ministry, with the aim of encouraging them to consider vocations
in ministry, and teaching and nurturing them in their exploration.
The recognition includes a $2,000 award for educational expenses
or for an experience relating to exploring ministry. In addition,
Finger attended the FTE's 2007 summer Conference on Excellence in
Ministry, held in June at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
in Evanston, Ill.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 03, 2007
Professor honored for work
to advance women
 When
Nancy Miller became pregnant with her first child in 1970, the Hope
College professor had to find and pay a substitute teacher for a
few weeks of maternity leave.
"And I still did all the grading at home, usually with a pen in one
hand and a bottle in the other," said Miller, this year's
recipient of the Athena Award, which honors professional women
and people who
support the advancement of professional women.
Miller, dean of the college's social sciences department, said she
now spends significant time each semester tailoring maternity and
family leave time for college employees. The standard, she said,
is six weeks of paid leave with another six weeks available that
is unpaid.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 03, 2007
Ten Hope students make USA team
Ten current and former Hope College students are playing on the
U.S. team in the Oct. 30-Nov. 7 Korfball World Championship in The
Czech Republic.
They are: sisters Amanda and Erika Guijarro, Stephen Malvitz, Chris
Olds, Gerry Ruffino, Mark Slotman, Effie Van Dyke, Aaron Kenemer
and Antoine Williams. Ruffino and Williams are Holland natives, while
Kenemer is from Zeeland.
Korfball is the world's only co-ed team sport and resembles the
game of basketball. A team consists of four players: two men and
two women.
Holland
Sentinel story
October 24, 2007
Local players leaving for world tourney
The United States korfball team, comprised mostly of current and
former Hope College students, is getting help from an expert at the
upcoming World Championships.
Ronald Buis, one of the world's top korfball coaches and officials
according to Hope professor Karla Wolters, will serve as head coach
for the United States.
The team leaves Sunday for the 11-day tournament in Brno, Czech
Republic. Play begins Oct. 27.
"We are very fortunate to have Ronald," said Wolters,
who also will serve as his assistant coach. "He is a great coach.
He also knows the rules, which is very beneficial."
Holland
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The alumni H-Club presented it's Hope for Humanity Award
to Russ DeVette
'45 (left) who spent 37 years at Hope
as a member of the faculty
and coach. Gord Brewer '48 (right) presented the award to his
longtime colleague.
September 30, 2007
DeVette to receive
Hope for Humanity Award
Russ DeVette has a humble, soft-spoken manner, yet his impact on
Hope College and Holland has been substantial.
DeVette, 84, of Holland, will be this year's recipient of the Hope
for Humanity Award, an annual recognition presented by the Hope alumni
H-Club to graduate athletes who have demonstrated the values of Christian
commitment and service to others in their careers after Hope.
A 1945 Hope graduate, DeVette taught and coached at Hope for nearly
40 years, from 1948 until retiring in 1988, with three years away
in the 1950s to serve with the Marine Corps and on the faculty of
the University of Maine.
Holland
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September 30, 2007
Class of '11 reclaims bragging rights lost after 1996
The Hope College freshmen dug in, pulled 30 feet and 11 inches
of rope away from the sophomores in the annual Hope College Pull
Saturday afternoon, and did something no freshmen class had done
in a decade -- defeat the sophomores.
The class of 2011 won the match just after 6 p.m. after three hours
of sweating in shallow trenches across the Macatawa River from
the class of 2010. It was the first time a freshman team had won
since 1996, and the first year an odd-year freshman team had won
since 1985.
Signs leading up to the freshman camp on the north side of the
river read "Welcome to the trenches!" and "This
is war." Pullers had mohawk hair cuts, black and yellow face
paint and duct tape wrapped around themselves to prevent rope burn
Even Year
Photos / Odd
Year Photos
2007
participants / Pull
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September
12, 2007
Hope breaks enrollment record
for sixth year in a row
Hope College showed more slow but steady growth Tuesday, enrolling
3,226 students, breaking enrollment records for the sixth year
in a row.
Hope has set records for overall enrollment in nine of the
past 10 years, college officials said.
According to Jon Huisken, dean of students, the challenge is
to accept as many students as possible while keeping the student
body from swelling above what the buildings and teachers can
accommodate.
"We want to make sure that we don't have here what we call
a crowded feeling," Huisken said. "So far, we've been
fortunate to have the functionality we need to make this happen."
Holland
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August 25, 2007
Helping hands welcome freshmen
Friday morning was a hectic time for 823 nervous Hope College freshmen
as they moved into dorms for orientation.
" I think it's going to be pretty busy. We just got here," said
Brad Boelkins, 18, of Ada.
"It's kind of nervous, but exciting at the same time," said
Brittany Tuinier, 19, of Augusta.
The intersection of 10th Street and Columbia Avenue was especially
busy as freshmen, their parents and student orientation assistants
attempted to access Phelps, Gilmore and Dykstra halls to squeeze
couches down crowded hallways, carry refrigerators up stairs and
figure out where to put what.
Holland
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Photo
Gallery Highlighting Orientation
2007
Fall Convocation Address
August 17, 2007
Hope Remains Rated in the Top Tier among National
Liberal Arts Colleges
 In
the "American's Best Colleges 2008" guide published by "U.S.
News and World Report," Hope again appears in the top tier among
the "National
Liberal Arts Colleges" category. A total of 266 liberal arts
colleges are considered on the national list.
For the sixth consecutive year, Hope is again recognized as a leader in providing undergraduate
research experiences.
Hope is also mentioned as an "A+
Option for B Students" Hope is ranked 97th among 266 institutions in this
classification. America's
Best Colleges website
August 16, 2007
Hope's Teacher Preparation
Programs Rates High
Hope College and Oakland University had the best performance scores
among all teacher-preparation institutions in Michigan according to
data by the Michigan Department of Education. The ranking complies
with new federal rules designed to evaluate the quality of teaching-preparation
institutions. Out of a possible score of 70, Hope's education program
received a 68.
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