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 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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Academics Graduating Seniors Receive Fulbright Recognition
A total of four graduating seniors from Hope College have received recognition through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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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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Academics 2024 Celebration Of Undergraduate Research And Creative Activity Photo Gallery
Original research by Hope students on topics ranging from the health benefits of exposure to natural light, to the science of coffee roasting and brewing, to personal space was highlighted during the college’s annual A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity on Friday, April 12 at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse.
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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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Arts Hope College Theatre Receives Multiple National Awards for Original Production
The Hope College Theatre has earned multiple national production awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for the “The Boy Who Hates Everything,” an original work that was devised and premiered at Hope.
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Academics Nineteen Students to Present Research at National Conference
A total of 19 Hope College students will be presenting their collaborative faculty-student research during this year’s National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), being held on Monday-Wednesday, April 8-10, in Long Beach, California.
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Academics Hope Junior Emma Rudisel Receives Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Hope College junior Emma Rudisel of Midland has received a highly competitive scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
2024 Mar
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Academics Students to Present Creative and Research Projects on April 12
With Hope College having been an early leader in teaching undergraduate students by engaging them in collaborative research, it’s only appropriate that this year’s installment of the college’s annual student-research celebration is running a few days ahead of the national commemoration of the practice.
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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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Academics Ernesto Villarreal to Present the César Chávez Lecture on March 27
Ernesto Villarreal, who is former assistant director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Hope College, will present the college’s 2024 César Chávez Lecture on Wednesday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
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Giving Day of Giving 2024 | Thank you!
Hope College Alumni and Family Engagement BlogThank you to our alumni, family and friends of Hope College for a record-breaking Day of Giving.
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Academics Biologist Thomas Bultman Receives Fulbright Award to Investigate New Way to Protect Crops from Insects
Dr. Thomas Bultman, professor emeritus of biology at Hope College, has received a Fulbright-University of Turku Scholar Award to conduct research in Finland that he hopes will one day enhance food security around the world.
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Academics Multiple Events on March 18-26 Will Commemorate International World Water Day
Hope College will commemorate international World Water Day with multiple events between Monday, March 18, and Tuesday, March 26.
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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.