Skip to Content

Hope College

Site Navigation

Academics
Grounded in a general liberal arts education, Hope College offers specialized study in more than 90 majors, minors and pre-professional programs.
Admissions
Flourishing programs in 90+ disciplines. A vibrant Christian mission. $50 million in new campus construction. Championship athletics. 94% placement within 6 months of graduation. There’s never been a better time to consider Hope College.
Research
Research abounds at Hope. Our students and faculty carry out high-quality research projects that are challenging, meaningful and contribute to exciting new knowledge in a broad range of disciplines.
Arts
At Hope College, award-winning student performances share the stage with nationally known writers, musicians, performers and artists.
Campus Life
The Hope College campus is a place to come alive. We have hundreds of student organizations, groups and events you can plug into, serve with, play in, root for and grow with.
Athletics
As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, Hope College sponsors 22 varsity sports for men and women. The college is home to the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championship women’s basketball team.

Raymond Rodriguez has been appointed athletic
trainer and assistant professor of kinesiology at Hope College.
He will be responsible for teaching in the college's athletic
training major and will join Dr. Richard Ray, also an athletic
trainer, in providing health care services to injured Hope College
students.
Rodriguez has served as head athletic trainer and adjunct in
physical education at the Florida Institute of Technology since
1989. He was the college's first full time athletic trainer. The
NCAA Division II institution provided 11 intercollegiate sports for
men and women. He previously served as an athletic trainer at the
University of North Carolina-Asheville, New England College and
Columbia University.
He received the bachelor of arts degree from Haverford College
and is a candidate for the master of science degree at Indiana
State University. He is a certified examiner of the National
Athletic Trainers Association.

Raymond Rodriguez has been appointed athletic
trainer and assistant professor of kinesiology at Hope College.
He will be responsible for teaching in the college's athletic
training major and will join Dr. Richard Ray, also an athletic
trainer, in providing health care services to injured Hope College
students.
Rodriguez has served as head athletic trainer and adjunct in
physical education at the Florida Institute of Technology since
1989. He was the college's first full time athletic trainer. The
NCAA Division II institution provided 11 intercollegiate sports for
men and women. He previously served as an athletic trainer at the
University of North Carolina-Asheville, New England College and
Columbia University.
He received the bachelor of arts degree from Haverford College
and is a candidate for the master of science degree at Indiana
State University. He is a certified examiner of the National
Athletic Trainers Association.