Dining

Commencement Day Brunch

Served 10:45 a.m.–1 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at Phelps Hall.

Brunch tickets can be purchased in advance starting early April 2025, by calling the Ticket Office at 616.395.7890. Ticket Office hours are Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Graduates and two family members eat for free. We recommended that you get your tickets in advance.

There is no ticket limit in Phelps, and cash sales will be available the day of Commencement.

Please pick up your tickets at Senior Days in mid-April. Tickets not picked up by May 3 will be held at the door of the appropriate dining hall.

Additional guest rates

• Family and friends: $12
• Children ages 5–10: $6
• Children ages 4 and under: Free

Commencement Day dinner

Seating at 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Haworth Hotel.

Skip the headache of trying to find dinner reservations after the commencement ceremony and celebrate your new Hope graduate at the Haworth Hotel’s Commencement Dinner!

The Haworth Hotel’s executive chef has crafted a celebratory menu featuring red wine braised beef, lemon cream chicken, veggie lasagna, mash potatoes, lemon herb rice pilaf, fresh vegetable medley and a robust salad bar featuring the popular Michigan harvest salad. Finish the evening with New York cheesecake, fudge brownies, and gourmet cookies. A cash(less) bar will be available.

No tickets will be sold at the door.

RATES

• Adults: $30
• Children ages 5–11: $15
• Children ages 4 and under: Free