Hope College News

Hope College’s new dean of students will arrive later this summer equipped with two decades of leadership experience in higher education and a deep appreciation of the impact of a liberal arts education in the context of the Christian faith.

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.

More than 710 graduating seniors participated in the ceremony, held on Sunday, May 8, at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium.

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.

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.

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.

“Play the Long Game”

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.”

Hope College presented honorary degrees during its Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, to Dr. Robert Donia and Dr. Richard Frost.

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.

For the 17th consecutive year, Hope College has been named one of West Michigan’s “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®.”

Photos from the Center for Diversity and Inclusion’s 2022 Diversity Awards at Hope College.

Hope College’s Baccalaureate and Commencement for the Class of 2022 are scheduled for Sunday, May 8.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.