Hope College News
2017 Sep
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Are you asking these 6 questions on your college tours?
Posted by Admissions OfficeBy Kristin Diekevers ’07, Associate Director of Admissions Ahhhh, the changing of the seasons. We are about two weeks shy of the official start of fall (it’s September 22 if you were wondering), and colleges are back in session. That means many of you are doing yourself the awesome favor of scheduling college visits — … Continue reading Are you asking these 6 questions on your college tours?
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U.S. News and World Report Continues to Rank Hope as National Liberal Arts College
Hope College continues to be listed among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges according to the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges guide.
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Sophie Hackett
Volleyball
Volleyball’s Sophie Hackett: A Big, Fair Servant’s HeartVolleyball’s Sophie Hackett: A Big, Fair Servant’s Heart
The Uno card game extravaganza was approaching its third hour and still Sophie Hackett slammed down a draw-four wild card with the same good-natured competitiveness she had in hour one. Her opponent for marathon Uno — a 13-year-old boy who was receiving treatment on the hematology and oncology floor of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids — seemed unperturbed. That’s all part of the game, he knows, a move from his opponent both expected and necessary, just like the chemotherapy he must undergo. Expected and necessary. For now.
2017 Aug
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NSF Grant Supports Development of Bio-Inspired Approach to Reduce the Effects of Earthquakes
The human central nervous system is pretty efficient in how it performs complex tasks — enough so that Dr. Courtney Peckens of the Hope College faculty is using it as a model for helping structural engineering deal with earthquakes.
NSF Grant Supports Development of Bio-Inspired Approach to Reduce the Effects of Earthquakes