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 Hope's New and Renovated FacilitiesThe college is committed to providing facilities that offer outstanding support for the learning, teaching and research that take place on campus. The largest single fundraising effort in the college’s history, the $175 million A Greater Hope comprehensive campaign, which is currently underway, will benefit every student as it strengthens the college’s endowment, adds several new buildings, and supports immediate needs through the annual Hope Fund. A successful completion to A Greater Hope will enhance the
facilities needed to strengthen academic and student life, including the concert
hall and music facility, student center,
outdoor athletic improvements,
art museum, and engineering addition.
Upcoming ProjectsHaworth Engineering Center
Kruizenga Art Museum
Hope is making plans for a new art museum that will house and provide exhibition
space for the Permanent Collection, as well as dedicated curatorial support
to help care for the collection and further develop it as a teaching tool. The total goal for the museum is $4,375,000, which includes construction
costs of just over $3 million and a maintenance endowment of over $1 mllion,
with $1.8 million left to raise. Several alumni and friends of the college
have already contributed to the project, with fundraising on-going. The Kruizengas’ gift
includes not only support for the construction of the museum, but endowments
for its exhibition program, a new curator for the collection and the endowment
of a professorship in the department of art, which are all over and above the
total museum goal. Concert Hall & Music Facility
The new concert hall and music facility will provide both outstanding teaching space (for a department that outgrew its current home years ago) and performance space unequalled in West Michigan. the concert hall will not only benefit those who perform in—and attend—Hope student and guest-artist concerts, but will also serve as a resource for the broader Holland and West Michigan communities. The new building
will be constructed facing Columbia Avenue between Ninth and 10th
streets. At 64,000 square feet, the $33 million
facility will be more than double the size of Nykerk Hall of Music, which
totals about 27,000 square feet. Several other important enhancements in a new music building include an updated piano lab, computer lab, percussion studio, recording studio, music library, instrumental/orchestra/choral library, and instrumental storage lockers. The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has provided a leadership gift as a catalyst for this project. learn more about the proposed project Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center
The Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center will be constructed in the central campus, adjacent to Hope’s Pine Grove. The new student center will be named for presidential couple Jim and Martie Bultman, who throughout their time at the college have placed students first. The center will be built on the site presently occupied by Nykerk Hall of Music, which will remain in use until construction of another of the campaign’s major projects, a concert hall and music facility, provides a new home for the college’s department of music. Project cost for the student center is $16 million, with an additional $4 million operating endowment and $1 million for renovation of existing space. A target date for construction of the student center has not yet been set. The facility will be creatively and realistically designed to address the
needs
of students and the college. The 42,000-square-foot facility
will provide dynamic, attractive space to promote student interaction and
a myriad of events in exciting venues, and will serve as a beacon drawing students
to their campus “family room.”
It will feature significant space that is adaptable
for student activities and programming, including a theatre, coffee shop, social
lounges, Christian prayer chapel, student activities offices, and expanded outdoor
gathering space. The center is supported by a $10 million lead gift from the Bob and Cheri VanderWeide family of Ada. Cheri VanderWeide is among the co-chairs of the campaign.
Most Recent Projects - Athletic Facilities
Vande Poel - Heeringa Tennis Complex
The college's top-notch athletic facilities were joined by a new outdoor tennis complex in the Fall of 2012. Consisting of 12 courts, as well as an officials' shelter and elevated seating for spectators, the complexprovides Hope athletes with a site they have needed for years -- eliminating the need to play home matches at local high schools. It also serves community tennis enthusiasts. The courts are named for Earle Vande Poel '35 and George Heeringa '36, doubles partners on the Hope tennis team in the 1930s, and made possible by a leadership gift from the Ted '72 and Barb '73 Etheridge family. The new court are located close to Hope's DeWitt Tennis Center which features six indoor courts. see construction photos through our photo gallery
Van Andel Soccer StadiumThe Van Andel Soccer Stadium, home of Hope College’s men’s and women’s soccer teams, joined Hope’s other signature facilities in 2009 as one of the finest soccer stadiums in the nation for a college of Hope’s size.
The Van Andel Soccer Stadium includes stadium-style and bleacher seats for 1,400 fans, locker rooms for Hope’s teams, and other amenities such as a press box, training room, concession stand and terrace areas for picnics and tailgating. The playing surface is an artificial turf, and the stadium has lights to allow for night games.
Van Andel Soccer Stadium Project Information
 Enjoy Photos of the Boeve Baseball Stadium Boeve Baseball StadiumA renovation of the baseball field at the Buys Athletics Complex on the campus of Hope College was completed in 2008. The Stadium has permanent stands for fans, a press box and dugouts. Fans have an unobstructed view of the playing field. The seating accommodates approximately 300 fans. The area has a patio suitable for tailgating.
Wolters Softball Stadium
One of the finest softball stadiums in all of NCAA Division III, the facility features permanent stands for fans, a press box, spacious dugouts and public restrooms. The seating accommodates approximately 250 fans and fans have an unobstructed view of the playing field. . The area has a patio suitable for tailgating.
The Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse The Richard and Helen DeVos FieldhouseThe Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse houses the offices for the department of kinesiology and the college’s athletic training program, and is the home court for the volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball programs. The 102,000 square foot building is located at Fairbanks Avenue south of Ninth Street. The fieldhouse is named for Richard and Helen DeVos in honor of their foundation’s leadership gift. The total project cost was $22 million. learn more about this project.
Most Recent Restoration and Renovation Projects
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The
Boeve Baseball Stadium at the Buys Athletics Complex gives Hope College
one of the finest baseball facilities in NCAA Division III. The field is named
in honor of Ronald Boeve, Hope College class of 1953 and an assistant baseball
coach for nearly a quarter of century, and his wife Sonja (Sunny). 
The
opening of Wolters Softball Stadium at the Buys Athletics Complex in 2008
gave Hope College one of the finest softball facilities in NCAA Division
III. The stadium is named in honor longtime Hope softball coach Karla Hoesch
Wolters and her husband Tom. Both are graduates of the Hope College class
of 1973. 
