Hope College News

Dr. Cara Rogers of the Ashland University history faculty will present the lecture “Jefferson’s Hopeful Moment: The Problem of Freedom in an Age of Slavery” on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.

A virtual presentation by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo on Monday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. will formally launch a month’s worth of online and in-person events scheduled for this year’s NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Little Read Lakeshore as the programs provide a community-wide opportunity to explore Native American history and culture.

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.

The Saint Benedict Institute will host authors Eleanor Bourg Nicholson and Rhonda Ortiz for a talk titled “Werewolves and Fainting Damsels: The Genius and Challenges of Genre Fiction” on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium in Graves Hall.

Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren of the Hope College psychology faculty has been named the recipient of two national early-career awards.

China’s one-child policy and its human cost will be the focus of a documentary screening and follow-up discussion at Hope College on Monday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.

Research scientist Dr. Sherri “Sam” Mason, who is sustainability coordinator at Penn State Behrend, will present “The Perils of Plastic Pollution” on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Hope College in the classroom of the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals (HASP) on the main floor of the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center.

Hope College senior Mary Kamara-Hagemeyer of Holland is among a select number of students attending the Athens Democracy Forum, an international event whose participants include multiple current and former senior government officials from around the world, NGO (non-governmental organization) and business executives, and leading journalists with the New York Times.

Theologian Dr. Sarah Coakley, who is retired from the Cambridge University faculty and currently holds appointments with St Andrews University and Australian Catholic University, will present the address “Sin, Racism and Perception: Is There a Cure for Spiritual Blindness in a Racist Environment?” as the 2021-22 Danforth Lecture at Hope College on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

Attorney Jaimie Cavanaugh of the Institute for Justice will present the lecture “Political Obstacles & Legal Barriers to Increasing Mental Health Services” on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 1:30 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium.

Hope College’s Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series will feature a reading by Hope graduates Shea Tuttle and Kristin Brace on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.

The Saint Benedict Institute will host Dr. Abigail Favale of George Fox University to deliver the address “The Genesis of Gender: Christian and Feminist Perspectives on Sex and Gender” on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium in Graves Hall.

A new multidisciplinary global health program at Hope College is building on extensive experience to help students prepare to meet an enduring and universal need.

Dr. Ernest Cole of the Hope College English faculty will present the lecture “Negotiating the In-Between: Colonial Education, Spatial Geographies, and the Postcolonial Body in Transition” on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m. in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.

Political theorist Dr. Brianne Wolf of the Michigan State University faculty will consider how to create a less fragmented and more civil society through the lecture “Can Your Interests Combat Self-Interest? Adam Smith on Good Taste, Moral Judgment, and Interpersonal Connection” on Monday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.