Hope College celebrated its new Boerigter Center for Calling and Career with a ribbon cutting and open house on Friday, Sept. 28.

The Boerigter Center for Calling and Career, which opened shortly after the start of the school year, is a college-wide initiative that seeks to inspire students to engage in lifelong practices of career development by emphasizing discernment, preparation and pursuit.  Programming for the Boerigter Center is designed to enable all Hope students, beginning in their first semester, to understand their strengths, engage in experiences that directly connect to career preparation, discern vocational and life goals, and ascertain clear next steps toward their future.  Integrated into the academic program of the college, it includes and expands on the work of Hope’s Career Development Center in combination with staff from the college’s academic advising and alumni and family engagement programs.