Dr. Allen Brady of Holland, Michigan, who retired as a professor emeritus of biology in 2000 after more than three decades on the Hope faculty, died on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. He was 91.

The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series at Hope College will feature the program’s founder and one of his former students on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

The documentary “Things Hidden: The Life and Legacy of René Girard,” about the French thinker who developed the “mimetic desire” theory of conflict, will be screened at Hope College on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre.

A lecture and documentary screening at Hope College on Thursday, Nov. 14, will explore the portrayal of religion and prayer across the history of film.

Author Yuyi Morales, whose New York Times-bestseller picture-book memoir “Dreamers” is the focus of this year’s Little Read Lakeshore organized by Hope College, will discuss her career in writing and illustrating children’s books, her heritage, and the importance of fostering bilingual children during keynote presentations in both Holland and Muskegon on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 13 and 14.

Hope College senior history majors Ingrid Oslund and Carolyn Thornbury will present “Race, Religion, and the USO During WWII,” sharing insights from their original archival research, on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Holland Museum.

Dr. Susan Brondyk, who is the Irwin B. and Margie E. Floyd Associate Professor of Education and department chair at Hope College, has been named to the Advisory Board of Project IMPACT, which is slated to create curricular, professional development and standards to be used by mentors to support new administrators, counselors and teachers in Michigan’s schools.

Dr. Joshua Kraut of the Hope College faculty will deliver the address “The Sabbath of the Earth: Introducing the Ecology of Fabrice Hadjadj” on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.

Below is a list of recent Hope College graduates who have been awarded graduation honors for outstanding academic accomplishment during their four years of study.

The new book “Invoking the Fathers: Dangerous Metaphors and Founding Myths in Congressional Politics” by Dr. Sarah Kornfield of the Hope College communication faculty, published this month by Johns Hopkins University Press, examines the impact of the phrase “Founding Fathers” as code for a particular political outlook.

The Saint Benedict Institute will host John Bursch and Megan DeFranza for a conversation titled “A Civil Dialogue on Sex and Gender” on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium.

This year’s Affirming LGBTQ+ Students Lecture at Hope College will present a panel discussion on “Seeking LGBTQ Justice: A Story of Friendship, Courage, and Change” with current and retired Hope faculty and staff members on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.

The film “Freedom Hair,” based on the true story of Melony Armstrong, a working mother whose decision to create her own business transformed a profession, will be shown at Hope College on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.

Dr. Matthew Kuiper of the Hope College religion faculty has been appointed to the college’s Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professorship.

The Hope College student chapter of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellows Program will host a bipartisan look “Behind the Scenes with Election Officials” on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.