Hope College News
2021 Jul
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Academics More Mellon Foundation Community-Based Partnerships Established Between Hope College and Holland
A second round of funding to support and link community organizations with Hope College faculty and students, who together address pressing social needs in the Holland area, has recently been awarded.
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Athletics Austin Hunt Selected as Men’s and Women’s Tennis Head Coach
Austin Hunt has been chosen to lead the Hope College men’s and women’s tennis program.
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Athletics Hope College Places 270 Student-Athletes On MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Hope College has 270 student-athletes who made the 2020-21 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll.
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Athletics Thirteen Hope Teams Earn MIAA Team GPA Award
Thirteen Hope College teams have claimed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Team GPA Award for the 2020-21 school year.
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Campus Life Emeritus Mathematics Professor Dr. Elliot A. Tanis Dies
Dr. Elliot A. Tanis, who retired from the Hope mathematics faculty in 2000 after teaching at the college for 35 years, died on Thursday, July 22, 2021. He was 87.
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Campus Life Hope College and Western Theological Seminary Partner to Provide Prison Education Program
A pilot program by Hope College and Western Theological Seminary (WTS) to provide a Christian liberal arts education to incarcerated men at Muskegon Correctional Facility in Muskegon, MI has shown such initial success that the college is now pursuing accreditation for a full Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Campus Life 2021 Spring Graduation Honors Announced
Below is a list of recent Hope College graduates who have been awarded graduation honors for outstanding academic accomplishment during their four years of study.
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Athletics Three from Men's Tennis Claim ITA Scholar-Athlete Honors
Three members of the Hope College men’s tennis team have earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete distinction for the 2020-21 school year: Cameron Coates, Justin Fay, and Tyler Koran.
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Athletics Women's Tennis Earns ITA All-Academic Team Distinction, Has Five ITA Scholar-Athletes
Five members of the Hope College women’s tennis team have claimed Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2020-21 school year: Bailey Chorney, Brigid DeVries, Leah Newhof, Mackenzie Rhode, and Annika Weeber.
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Athletics Runners Hannah Kenny and Nick Hoffman Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District® Teams
Two Hope College runners have been selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Women’s and Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-District® Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Arts Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre Announces Summer Movies
The Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre film series returns after over a one-year absence with a summer “One Night Only” series, featuring four films every Monday from July 26 to August 16 at 7:30 p.m. The series will feature “Gidget,” “American Graffiti,” “Dirty Dancing” and “The Sandlot.”
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Athletics Volleyball Earns the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award
The Hope College volleyball team has claimed the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2020-21 school year.
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Athletics Women's Lacrosse's Molly Greenfield '15 Skawski Chosen as Hope 10 Under 10 Award Honoree
Former Hope College women’s lacrosse standout Molly Greenfield ‘15 Skawski is a member of the 2021 class for the Hope College 10 Under 10 Awards.
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Giving Hope College Launches “Hope Forward” Strategy to Fully Fund Tuition
A new financial model to fund a Hope College education. That is the goal of a vision that Hope College recently launched, built on the long-range commitment to ensure access for every student who is admitted to Hope.
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Athletics Two Volleyball Student-Athletes Selected to CoSIDA Academic All-America® Volleyball Teams for NCAA Division III
Adair Cutler and McKenna Otto, Hope College volleyball teammates, both have been selected to the 2020-21 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America® Volleyball Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Campus Life Hope Team Finishes 9th Overall in Formula SAE Competition
Hope College Formula Racing earned a top-10 finish in the Formula SAE competition held at Michigan International Speedway earlier this month.
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Athletics Women’s Basketball makes WBCA Academic Top 25
The No. 1-ranked Hope College women’s basketball team stands with the nation’s elite in the classroom as well.
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Academics Catholic options at traditionally Protestant colleges and universities
The Catholic World ReportHope College has a statement of “Christian Aspirations” that are intended to be ecumenical and even invoke the Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox traditions approvingly as branches of the “historic Christian faith.
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Athletics Five Hope College Women’s Golfers named WGCA Scholar All-Americans
Five Hope College women’s golfers have been named Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars for the 2020-21 school year: seniors Abigail Meder and Jordyn Rioux, sophomores Rita Cheney and Grace VanDellen, and freshman Emlin Munch.
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Athletics Three Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® At-Large Teams for NCAA Division III
Three Hope College student-athletes have been voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America Men’s and Women’s Academic All-District® At-Large Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Athletics Four Swimmers, One Diver Named CSCAA Scholar All-Americans
Five members of the Hope College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams have been named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America Team for the 2020-21 season.
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Campus Life New Trustees Elected to Hope Board
The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed two new members.
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Academics Retired Economics Professor Dr. Robert Gentenaar Dies
Dr. Robert Gentenaar, who retired as an associate professor of economics emeritus in 2000 after 23 years at the college, died on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. He was 82.
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Academics “Inventing America” Trilogy Made Available to PBS Stations Nationwide; WGVU Will Show First Episode “Making a Nation” on July 4 at 3 P.M.
The “Inventing America: Conversations with the Founders” trilogy filmed at Hope College has been made available to PBS stations nationwide for broadcast on the Fourth of July by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).
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Arts HSRT Features “The Mountaintop” July 1-10
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre at Hope College is featuring “The Mountaintop” from Thursday, July 1, through Saturday, July 10.
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Academics State Grant Expands Hope COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring Program
Hope College will expand its role providing wastewater monitoring as an early-warning system for the presence of COVID-19 not only locally but across southwest Michigan for the next two years through a $7.5 million grant from the State of Michigan
2021 Jun
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Athletics Kenedy Schoonveld Named MIAA Sheila Kovalchik Scholar-Athlete Award Honoree
Hope College’s Kenedy Schoonveld is the 2021 recipient of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Sheila Wallace Kovalchik Female Scholar-Athlete Award.
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Athletics Men’s Lacrosse Chosen as USILA Team Academic Award Recipient
The Hope College men’s lacrosse team has received the 2021 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Team Academic Award.
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Campus Life Hope College Dining Services Wins First Place National Award
Hope College Dining Services has won a gold award in the 2020 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards program of the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS).
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Campus Life Holland’s Haworth Hotel reopens after $7.5M makeover from top international designer
M-LiveThe Haworth family and their namesake Holland-based furniture company have been involved in the Hope College property since it opened more than 20 years ago.
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Athletics Men's Lacrosse's Luke Elder Selected as an USILA Scholar All-American
Hope College’s Luke Elder has been chosen to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Scholar All-America Team for the 2021 season.
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Athletics Men’s Golfer Will Robson claims PING All-Region Accolades
Hope College’s Will Robson has been selected to the 2021 NCAA Division III PING All-Region Men’s Golf Teams, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced.
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Academics New funding announced for continued COVID-19 wastewater monitoring
Michigan.govThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently announced nearly $49 million in grant funding to support 19 local projects that will continue conducting COVID-19 wastewater surveillance and implement COVID-19 variant strain testing of wastewater.
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Arts HSRT Features “Every Brilliant Thing” June 24 – July 30
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre at Hope College is featuring “Every Brilliant Thing” from Thursday, June 24, through Friday, July 30.
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Athletics Evan Maday and Kenedy Schoonveld Receive Top Senior Student-Athlete Honors
Evan Maday and Kenedy Schoonveld have been awarded the Hope College awards for senior student-athletes for the 2020-21 school year.
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Athletics Hope College hosts USTA wheelchair tennis camp
Holland SentinelThe USTA/Midwest Section, with the help of volunteers and coaches, hosted its third annual wheelchair tennis camp for junior athletes this past weekend at the DeWitt Tennis Center in Holland.
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Athletics Men's Lacrosse Pair Honored by Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Hope College’s Brayden Blackburn and Jack Radzville have been chosen as second-team selections on the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association All-Region Teams for the 2021 season.
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Athletics Hope’s Second Softball Coach, Barbara Basnett ‘74 Inman, Passes Away
Barbara Basnett ‘74 Inman, Hope College’s second softball coach, passed away on June 16 at the age of 68.
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Athletics Women’s and Men’s Swim/Dive Earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors
The Hope College women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams both have claimed Scholar All-America honors from the College Swim and Dive Coaches Association of America.
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Academics The Power Of Mercy
HiddenBrainCharlotte Witvliet talked about the benefits of forgiveness, for both the mind and the body with hiddenbrain.org.
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Academics Spring 2021 Dean's List Announced
The Registrar’s Office is pleased to announce Dean’s List recipients for the spring semester. The Dean’s List is awarded to full-time, degree-seeking students who have received grades for all courses in a given semester (no incompletes) and have a semester GPA of 3.50 or above. Hope College Registrar’s Office considers this a significant achievement.
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Arts HSRT Features “A Year with Frog and Toad” June 11 – Aug. 5
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre at Hope College is featuring “A Year with Frog and Toad” from Friday, June 11, through Thursday, Aug. 5.
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Athletics Football’s Brady Eding Claims CoSIDA Academic All-District® Honors
Hope College offensive tackle Brady Eding has been voted to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District® Football Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Athletics Volleyball’s Adair Cutler and McKenna Otto Make CoSIDA Academic All-District® Teams
Hope College setter Adair Cutler and middle hitter McKenna Otto have made the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District® Volleyball Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Academics NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Little Read Lakeshore receive NEA and Michigan Humanities grants
The NEA Big Read Lakeshore, organized by Hope College, is the recipient of an eighth consecutive grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. The program will highlight poetry and Native American History this November.
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Academics Recent Grads Receive Recognition through Fulbright Program
Three recent Hope College graduates have received recognition through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
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Athletics Ryan Flynn Voted to CoSIDA Men’s Soccer Academic All-District Teams
Hope College junior Ryan Flynn has been voted to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Men’s Soccer Teams for NCAA Division III.
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Athletics Eight Swimmers and Two Divers Earn CSCAA All-America Honors
Eight Hope College swimmers and two divers have received All-America honors from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association for the 2020-21 school year.
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Athletics Baseball's Evan Maday Claims All-Region Honor from American Baseball Coaches Association
Hope College center fielder Evan Maday has received all-region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.