The incoming class of 2022 arrived August 22, 2018, for the new school year. 

Both new construction and a new hub for career development greeted Hope College students as they arrived for the college’s 157th academic year.

  • New female students check into the lobby of Dykstra Hall for keys and directions.
  • Two women participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program spend time guessing what famous person they've been assigned in an ice breaker game.
  • Vice President Richard Frost addresses the new student gathering for an informational session in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • Faculty in academic regalia watch as the new students arrive for Convocation held at the DeVos Fieldhouse.
  • A female student leader addresses the new class of 2022 during opening session held in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • Three women participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program laugh as people try to guess what famous person they have been assigned during an icebreaker game.
  • A group photo featuring most of the students in the Hope College Class of 2022 in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • A group of students participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program spend time at Tunnel Park Beach and are climbing the sand dune steps on their way to see Lake Mihicgan.
  • The Chapel Choir performs during Convocation under the direction of Christopher Dekker.
  • Betty Vosuil and Chris Bohle encourage Orientation Staff prior to the new students moving into their residence halls.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil pray together with two student in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • Several student leaders adderess their peers participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program during an informational session at the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • Provost Cady Short-Thompson and President Dennis Voskuil co-teach a First Year Seminar.
  • Darin Stephenson advises a new student.
  • Step2Success Mentors are ready to help new families move into their residence halls.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Hope's mascot Dutch greets several female students returning to campus.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Families leaving Dimnent Memorial Chapel after the Orientation Worship Service held to Phelps Hall for lunch.
  • Two student Orientation volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • Student volunteers talk with a new student and her parents at the Orientation Station in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • Two female students are ready to check in new students into the residence hall.
  • A family shops for books for class at the Bookstore during Orientation weekend.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil greet generational students and their families during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil greet generational students and their families during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • Generational students and their families interact during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Two student Orientation volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil greet generational students and their families during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • A new student checks into his residence hall.
  • Phelps Scholars take a group photo on the steps of the Kruzienga Art Museum
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • A family buys Hope clothing in the Bookstore during Orientation Weekend.
  • A group photo of students participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program on the the steps of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • Families enjoy the Step2Success Dinner in the Maas Center.
  • Students laugh together as they wait for Convocation to begin.
  • First year students file into Convocation held at DeVos Fieldhouse.
  • Students meet with their First Year Seminar advisers to confirm class schedules.
  • Generational students and their families interact during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Students participate in an icebreaker game as they meet one another during a Step2Success program at Tunnel Park.
  • Two female students talk as they wait in line at the Activities Fair.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • A female student leader addresses the new class of 2022 during opening session held in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Step2Success Mentors are ready to help new families move into their residence halls.
  • Student volunteers are available to answer questions at the Orientation Station in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Cars have been unloaded and volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil welcome new students to campus in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • A group of students participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program enjoy Lake Michigan at Tunnel Park.
  • A new student asks questions at Orientation Station in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • Three female students interact before chapel.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Two female Orientation volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • A group of students participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program ride the bus to Tunnel Park.
  • Two male students greet each other with a hug during the Activities Fair.
  • Staff from the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career answering questions in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
  • Two student Orientation volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • A student moving into her residence hall is hugged by her mother.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • Two female students greet each other with a hug during the Activities Fair.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • A group photo of Orientation Directors and Orientation Assistants as they train for Orientation Weekend.
  • Members of the Orientation Staff get fired up to welcome the class of 2022.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Two student Orientation volunteers help carry belonging into the residence halls.
  • A male student leader addresses the new class of 2022 during opening session held in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
  • New Student complete registration activities at the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.
  • Provost Cady Short-Thompson and President Dennis Voskuil pose together as they begin to co-teach the first class of a First Year Seminar.
  • Two female students are ready to check in new students into the residence hall.
  • Six male students race up the dunes at Tunnel Park.
  • New students check into their residence hall.
  • A group photo of students participating in Step2Success pre-orientation program on the beach at Tunnel Park on Lake Michigan.
  • Ice cream stop at Captain Sundaes for Step2Success student following their evening at Tunnel Park.
  • Orientation Assistants are ready to assist new students in getting their belonging into their new rooms.
  • A student move into her residence hall with the help of her mother.
  • Faculty in academic regalia watch as the new students arrive for Convocation held at the DeVos Fieldhouse.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • First Year Students sing during Convocation held in DeVos Fieldhouse.
  • A new student moves into his residence hall.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • Student participate in an icebreaker game as they meet one another during a Step2Success program at Tunnel Park.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil greet generational students and their families during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • Dr. Fred Johnson speaks during the first Convocation of the new school year.
  • New students line up during the Activities Fair to sign up to participate in clubs and organizations for the upcoming year.
  • President Dennis Voskuil listens at Dr. Fred Johnson speaks during the first Convocation of the new school year.
  • Provost Dr. Cady Short-Thompson speaks during the first Convocation of the new school year.
  • President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil great generational students and their families during a reception held in the lobby of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
  • Students wait for the bus to take them to Tunnel Park for Step2Success activities.
  • Worship Leaders sing songs during the first chapel of the season.
  • Students stand and sing during the first chapel service of the new school year.
  • A man and female student interact before chapel.

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