Hope College News
2019 Mar
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AcademicsHope People: Yoli Vega, Director of the Phelps Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of Education
“Being a teacher doesn’t have to happen in a classroom setting. It can happen in a conversation, on a field trip or in a variety of different ways.”
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Academics Psychologist Katelyn Poelker Receives Cross-Cultural Research Honor
Dr. Katelyn Poelker of the Hope College psychology faculty has been honored as an outstanding young researcher with a promising future by the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR).
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Academics Benjamin Krause of Music Faculty to Receive National Composition Award
Dr. Benjamin Krause of the Hope College music faculty has been named the 2018 Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).
2019 Feb
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Academics Christopher Fashun Named Conductor of Holland Area Youth Orchestra
Dr. Christopher Fashun of the Hope College music faculty will soon be taking on an additional role as the newly hired music director of the Holland Area Youth Orchestra, the Holland Symphony Orchestra has announced.
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Academics Address to Explore Research on Black Female Vampires in Literature
Dr. Kendra R. Parker of the Hope College English faculty will present “She Bites Back: Black Women as Predators in Life and Lit” on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 p.m. at Hope in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication through the Department of English Colloquium Series.
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Academics Retired Professor Charles Huttar Delivers Invited Lectures in Europe
Dr. Charles Huttar, who is a retired member of the Hope College English faculty, recently delivered invited lectures in both the Netherlands and Lithuania on C.S. Lewis.
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Academics Ingrid Dykeman of Music Faculty Named State’s Top Orchestra Teacher
Ingrid Dykeman of the Hope College music faculty has been named the MSBOA Orchestra Teacher of the Year 2018 by the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, which also recently presented her with an Emeritus award.
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Campus Life Retired Education Professor Dr. Lamont Dirkse Dies
Dr. Lamont Dirkse, a retired member of the education faculty whose 28 years at the college included three years as dean of students, died on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. He was 92.