Hope College News
2022 May
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Arts Exhibition of Dutch Delftware to Open at the Kruizenga Art Museum
A new exhibition, “The Golden Age of Dutch Delftware: Selections from the Jack E. Lapp Collection,” will open at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, June 3, and run through Saturday, Aug. 6. The museum will host a preview reception the evening before the exhibition opens, on Thursday, June 2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Athletics Runner Nick Hoffman Named Otto van der Velde Award Honoree
Runner Nick Hoffman has been chosen as recipient of Hope College’s Otto van der Velde Award for the 2021-22 school year.
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Athletics Volleyball’s McKenna Otto and Women’s Basketball’s Olivia Voskuil Are Co-Recipients of John Schouten Award
Volleyball’s McKenna Otto and women’s basketball’s Olivia Voskuil are co-recipients of Hope College’s John Schouten Award for the 2021-22 school year.
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Campus Life Graduating Seniors and Recent Graduates Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
A total of 54 of Hope College’s graduating seniors and recent graduates have been initiated into the college’s Zeta of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest scholastic honorary society.
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Academics Hope Career-Search Interface Designed by Students Wins National Award
A touch-screen application designed by a team of Hope College computer science students for the college’s Boerigter Center for Calling and Career has received national recognition for excellence.
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Academics Big Read/Little Read Named Statewide Community Impact Partner of the Year
The NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Little Read Lakeshore organized by Hope College have been named the Statewide Community Impact Partner of the Year for 2021 by Michigan Humanities.
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Academics Student Films Win Awards in Statewide and National Competitions
Two films by Hope College students have won awards this spring in statewide and national collegiate competitions.
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Athletics Baseball Lands Three on CoSIDA Academic All-District® Baseball Teams
Three Hope College baseball teammates have received College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District® Baseball honors for the 2022 season.
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Athletics Kaelin Callow Voted to CoSIDA Academic All-District® Softball Team at First Base
Hope College’s Kaelin Callow has been voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District® Softball Teams for the 2022 season.
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Athletics Arinn King Earns NFCA All-Region Honors at Second Base
Hope College second baseman Arinn King has received all-region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
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Campus Life Commencement 2022 Photo Gallery
More than 710 graduating seniors participated in the ceremony, held on Sunday, May 8, at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium.
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Campus Life Marcus Fila Receives Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award
Dr. Marcus Fila, associate professor of management at Hope, has received this year’s Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award from the graduating Class of 2022.
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Campus Life Text Of 2022 Baccalaureate Address
Do you know what a proverb is? A proverb is a saying or a phrase that challenges you to do something or to live a certain way. In the Bible, there is an entire book comprised of just proverbs which, is appropriately entitled, The Book of Proverbs. It is located in a section of the Bible known as The Writings or The Wisdom Literature. And it consists of 31 chapters, 915 verses containing more than 500 proverbs.
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Campus Life Kristyn Bochniak and Jeffrey Johnson Receive Vanderbush-Weller Awards
Hope College has presented Vanderbush-Weller Awards for going above and beyond in their commitment to students to Kristyn Bochniak, who is associate dean for residential life and education, and Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, who is a professor of chemistry and department chair.
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Campus Life Hope College Commencement Address
“Play the Long Game”
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Campus Life Hope Graduates Encouraged to Live with a Long View of Life
As the members of Hope College’s graduating Class of 2022 prepared to receive their diplomas and cross the stage into the future, Commencement speaker Dr. Marcus Fila of the management faculty shared one last lesson before they became alumni instead of students: “Play the Long Game.”
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Campus Life Hope College Presents Two Honorary Degrees During Commencement
Hope College presented honorary degrees during its Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, to Dr. Robert Donia and Dr. Richard Frost.
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Campus Life Commissioned Work Honoring Gordon Van Wylen to Be Performed During Tulip Time
A work for organ and trumpet commissioned as a tribute to former Hope College President Dr. Gordon Van Wylen will be performed on Sunday, May 8, during a concert that is part of Holland’s May 7-15 Tulip Time Festival.
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Athletics David Blahnik Named Men’s Soccer Head Coach
David Blahnik is bringing a winning collegiate pedigree to the Hope College men’s soccer team.
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Admissions Hope College sets record for incoming student deposits
WoodTV8Hope College is setting new enrollment records for next year with the fall semester still months away.
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Campus Life Hope Named an Outstanding Employer for the 17th Consecutive Year
For the 17th 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 2022 Diversity Awards Photos
Photos from the Center for Diversity and Inclusion’s 2022 Diversity Awards at Hope College.
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Admissions Hope Receives Record Number of New-Student Deposits
Hope College has received a record number of deposits from incoming freshmen for the fall of 2022.
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Athletics New book on Hope College athletics loaded with 50 years of memories
MLiveTom Renner has spent nearly a decade since retiring from Hope College in 2013 pouring time and effort into his recently published book.
2022 Apr
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Academics Students Honored At Annual Ceremony
Awards and recognitions were presented to Hope College students during the annual Honors Convocation at Dimnent Memorial Chapel on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
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Athletics How Women’s Sports Teams Got Their Start
New York TimesChad Carlson, associate professor of kinesiology, shares his thoughts on integrating more professional sports?
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Campus Life Hope College Baccalaureate and Commencement Will Be May 8
Hope College’s Baccalaureate and Commencement for the Class of 2022 are scheduled for Sunday, May 8.
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Academics Graduating Seniors Receive Fulbright Awards
Three graduating Hope College seniors have received awards to go abroad to pursue graduate study, teach or conduct research through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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Academics Ten Members of Hope Faculty Retiring
A total of 10 members of the faculty are retiring this year, two this past December and eight this spring. They have served the college for a combined 267 years.
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AthleticsEva Dean Folkert Receives Meritorious Service Award from Hope College Alumni Association
The Hope College Alumni Association has presented a Meritorious Service Award to Eva Dean Folkert, who retired earlier this spring as interim director of public affairs and marketing after serving in multiple capacities at Hope since 1985.
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Campus Life Retired Registrar Jon Huisken Dies
Jon Huisken, who retired from Hope in 2011 after more than 40 years as the college’s registrar, died on Thursday, April 21, 2022. He was 79.
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Athletics Comprehensive History Celebrates Hope Athletics from 1970 to 2020
The newly published history “In Pursuit of Excellence” by Tom Renner provides a comprehensive, carefully researched chronicle of Hope College sport from 1970 to 2020.
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Campus Life Richard Frost to Present “Lessons That I Have Learned” on April 21
Dr. Richard Frost, who is vice president for student development and dean of students at Hope, will present “Lessons That I Have Learned” on Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall through the Last Lecture Series presented by the college’s chapter of the national Mortar Board honorary society in collaboration with Student Congress.
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Campus Life Multicultural Student Organizations to Honor Graduating Seniors April 27
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Hope College is hosting the Multicultural Student Organization Stole Ceremony on Wednesday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m.
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Campus Life Hope College President Matt Scogin: A “Pay-It-Forward” Model for Funding Higher Education
ATI conducted an interview with Hope President Matt Scogin about Hope Forward for its Presidential Perspective series.
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Campus Life Award-Winning Author Leif Enger to Speak on April 26
The NEA Big Read Lakeshore, organized by Hope College, and the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination, a program of Western Theological Seminary, are collaborating to bring award-winning fiction author Leif Enger to Holland.
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Academics Student and Graduates Honored in NSF Research Fellowship Program
A current Hope College student and two recent graduates have received recognition through the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) this year.
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Arts Hope Department of Dance to Host Student Dance Showcase on April 30
The Department of Dance at Hope College will host its Spring 2022 Student Dance Showcase on Saturday, April 30, at both 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
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Campus Life Downtown Holland explores DEI with Hope College's Center For Leadership
The LakeshoreStudents from Hope College’s Center for Leadership will present the “business case” for diversity, equity, and inclusion at a downtown Holland event this month.
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Campus Life Hope College students take on Downtown Holland as a DEI project
Grand Rapids MagazineStudents from the Hope College Center for Leadership are partnering with a pair of experts to help Downtown Holland with its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
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Academics Hope grads helping address teacher shortage
Holland SentinelEven prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts often had a hard time filling open teacher positions as fewer and fewer new teachers entered the profession.
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Campus Life Hope to Honor Two with Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Hope College Alumni Association will present Distinguished Alumni Awards to Jalaa’ Abdelwahab, who is a 1997 graduate, and the Rev. Dr. Timothy L. Brown, who is a 1973 graduate, on Saturday, April 30, during the college’s annual Alumni Weekend.
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Academics McKenna Otto and Tracy Westra Named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars
Hope College’s outstanding student-athletes continue to earn national recognition.
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Academics Anne Heath of Art and Art History Faculty Receives NEH Summer Stipend
Dr. Anne Heath of the Hope College art and art history faculty has received a Summer Stipend for research from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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Arts Hope College Orchestra to Present a Family Concert on April 24
The Hope College Orchestra invites families and listeners of all ages to a family concert on Sunday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
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Arts Hope College Wind Ensemble Concert to Focus on Greek Myths
The Hope College Wind Ensemble will perform “Greek Music and Myths!” on Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
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Campus Life Address to Explore Generosity of Spirit as Crucial for Society
Generosity of spirit as a crucial virtue for a successful society will be the focus of an address by Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment magazine, at Hope College on Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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Arts De Pree Gallery to Feature “4 Years Later,” the 2022 Senior Exhibition
The De Pree Art Center and Gallery at Hope College will host its annual exhibition of work by graduating art majors from Friday, April 22, through Sunday, May 8.
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Arts Hope College Theatre to Present “Bright Star” Beginning April 22
The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present Steve Martin’s and Edie Brickell’s musical “Bright Star” on Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, and Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30, in the main theatre in the DeWitt Student and Cultural Center.
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Research Students to Present Creative and Research Projects on April 22
Original research by students on topics ranging from the effect of urbanization on birds, to the relationship between spirituality and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, to the connection between geography and democracy will be highlighted during the annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at Hope College on Friday, April 22, from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse.
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Research Michigan Space Grant Consortium Supports Several Research Projects
Several Hope College research projects have received grants from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.
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Research Virologist Benjamin Kopek of Hope Faculty Receives Fulbright Award
Virologist Dr. Benjamin Kopek of the Hope College biology faculty has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award that will take him to Paris, France, to participate in the international effort to head off future global pandemics.
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Research Nursing Research on Motivating Adolescent Girls to Exercise Wins Award
A nursing research project at Hope College led by faculty member Dr. Vicki Voskuil seeking to help adolescent girls improve their health by becoming more physically active has won a Distinguished Abstract award from the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS).
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Arts Hope College Music Ensembles to Present Three World Premieres
The world premieres of three new works commissioned by the Hope College Patrons for the Arts will be performed by multiple Hope College music ensembles on Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.