Hope College News
2024 Apr
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Campus Life Kenneth Brown of Chemistry Faculty Receives Vanderbush-Weller Award
Dr. Kenneth Brown, who is the John H. and Jeanne M. Professor of Chemistry at Hope College, has been named the 2024 recipient of the college’s annual Vanderbush-Weller Award for having a strong, positive impact on students.
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Campus Life Staff Retirees Devote More Than 250 Years Helping Make Hope
Representing departments across the college, the 12 staff members retiring this year have devoted a combined 250 years-plus to doing the essential work of keeping Hope running — the computers and vehicles, the offices and programs — and the campus a welcoming, safe, clean and even homelike place for students, faculty, staff and visitors.
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Campus Life A retired teacher discovered he was a millionaire. All he wanted was an ice rink.
MLiveKraai, a retired West Ottawa Public Schools educator, was the inspiration for the $11 million ice rink expected to open in 2025.
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Campus Life Hope to Celebrate First Students from Japan and Their 153-Year Legacy
A ceremony at Hope College on Saturday, April 27, will celebrate the college’s first two international graduates, who arrived from Japan in 1871, and their lasting, 153-year impact on both Hope and their homeland.
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Campus Life Arbor Day Foundation Honors Hope as Tree Campus for Sixth Year
Hope College has received 2023 Tree Campus Higher Education® recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation, the sixth year in a row that the foundation has honored Hope for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
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Campus Life Students to Be Recognized During Annual Honors Convocation on April 25
Awards and recognition will be presented to Hope College students during the annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
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Campus Life Hope College to Hold Baccalaureate and Commencement on May 5
Baccalaureate and Commencement for Hope College’s Class of 2024 are scheduled for Sunday, May 5. Commencement will take place at 3 p.m. at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium, and Baccalaureate at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
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Campus Life Anchors of Hope: Honoring Hope’s Eight Newest Faculty Retirees
The words penned by the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte when establishing the Pioneer School from which Hope grew are among the college’s most foundational: education as an “anchor of hope” for the future. Through all the decades since, that promise has been shepherded by generations of faculty mentors who have not only been at Hope, but in a real sense have been and are Hope. Across campus — in the classroom, in the laboratory, on the stage, on the playing field and in countless ways between and beyond — for a combined 205 years, the eight faculty retirees honored here have embodied and helped realize the vision of transforming tomorrow by shaping young lives today.
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Campus Life Hope College TRIO Upward Bound Celebrating 55 Years of Transforming Lives
Hope College TRIO Upward Bound is the longest-running Upward Bound program at a private college in the country. Its 55th Anniversary Gala: Living Legacies on April 12, however, will not be about longevity but instead will focus on the thousands of lives that have been transformed.
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Campus Life Saint Benedict Institute to Host Talk on the Family of Jesus Christ
The Saint Benedict Institute will host Dr. Jack Mulder of the Hope College philosophy faculty for a talk titled “Was Jesus an Only Child? A Biblical and Philosophical Exploration” on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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Campus Life Event to Explore “Responding to Hate on Campus: Is Free Speech the Answer?”
“Responding to Hate on Campus: Is Free Speech the Answer?” will be the focus of an onstage conversation at Hope College with Nadine Strossen, who is a past president of the American Civil Liberties Union, on Monday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
2024 Mar
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Campus Life David Lee to Present the Asian Heritage Lecture on April 9
David Lee, who is advancement director at Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates and a Hope College graduate, will present the college’s 2024 Asian Heritage Lecture on Tuesday, April 9, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
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Campus Life Retired English Professor Peter Schakel Dies
Retired English professor Dr. Peter Schakel, who across his nearly 50 years on the faculty earned national acclaim as a scholar and appreciation and respect from students and colleagues as a teacher and for his service, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. He was 82.
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Campus Life Hope Named an Outstanding Employer for the 19th Consecutive Year
For the 19th consecutive year, Hope College has been named one of West Michigan’s “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®.”
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Campus Life Dance Marathon Photo Gallery
For the 25th consecutive year, hundreds of Hope College students put their time and talents into the campus-wide Dance Marathon fundraiser on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2.
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Campus Life Hope College Dance Marathon raises $364K for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Fox17For a full day, students at Hope College stood and danced without sitting, raising $364K for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.