About Us

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is an organization which partners with disadvantaged communities to improve quality of life through implementation of environmentally, equitable, and economically sustainable engineering projects. EWB-Hope is an interdisciplinary club at Hope College.

EWB-Hope is an organization that is seeking to improve communities on a local, national and international scale. We are currently aiming to raise community awareness of our chapter through service events and fundraising.

The May 2011 Travel Team consisted of 9 members - 8 students and 1 Hope faculty. Three seniors were among those who traveled: Jordan Ritsema, Erin Stier, and Abby Phillips. The students who returned to Hope in the fall are Derek Blok, Jo Forst, Emily Staley, Anne Henrichs, and Laura Petrasky. The Hope facutly member was Dr. Jeff Brown of the Engineering Department.

The 2011-2012 Executive Board consists of President Laine Klopfenstein (Engineering '12), Vice President Greg Hubers (Engineering '12), Treasurer Derek Blok (Engineering '13), & Secretary Jo Forst (Engineering '13). Leah Patenge (Engineering '12) is the leader of the Fundraising Committee, Emily Staley (Nursing '12), Kyle McLellan (Engineering '12), & Meagan Elinski (Chemistry '13) are leaders of the Social & Publicity Committee, and Eric Baumgart (Engineering '14) is the webmaster.