Dr. Deborah Van Duinen’s new book, “Widening the Lens: Integrating Multiple Approaches to Support Adolescent Literacy,” cowritten with Dr. Erica R. Hamilton of Grand Valley State University, argues that there’s a need to widen the lens through which parents, teachers and others view adolescents and their literacy.

A commemorative installation celebrates Kumaji Kimura and Motoichiro Ohgimi, who arrived at Hope from Japan in 1871 and became the college’s first international graduates.

Hope College celebrated “One Big Weekend: Homecoming and Family Weekend” on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26. View photos from the weekend!

The Princeton Review® has featured Hope College in the new 2025 edition of its online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges.

Hope honored 10 young alumni with its annual “10 Under 10 Awards” on Friday, Oct. 25, during the college’s “One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend)” celebration.

Hope College has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the third year in a row from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

Acclaim for Hope College in recent college guides includes recognition as one of the nation’s most innovative schools in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Colleges rankings, which also list Hope among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the country and in the top 1% out of all schools for undergraduate research experiences.