Hope College News
2023 Dec
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Academics Federal Pell Grants for prison inmates return, opening new possibilities for prison education programs
One Detroit"Across the country, we could see three-quarters of a million people go back to college who are incarcerated, and those people are very unlikely to return to prison once they’re released,” aid Dr. Richard Ray, professor of kinesiology and co-director of the Hope-Western Prison Education Program
2023 Nov
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Academics Hope Students Win Multiple Awards During Collegiate Model UN
Hope College students won multiple awards during the 34th annual American Model United Nations International Collegiate Conference, held on Saturday-Tuesday, Nov. 18-21, in Chicago.
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Academics Professor and Students Receive Statewide Health/PE Educator Awards
Recently retired Hope College professor Nancy Kamstra has been named University Educator of the Year by SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) Michigan. She received the recognition at the same time that the statewide organization honored two of her students — seniors Clayton Dykhouse of Zeeland and Emily Dieffenbach of Grand Rapids — with Future Professional of the Year awards.
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Academics Book on Blindness in Early Modern Japan Receives Three Awards
The book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity” by Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty has received two awards for excellence from professional associations.
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Academics Economics and Business Students Finish First and Fourth in Competition
Student teams from Hope College finished first and fourth in the 8th Annual Commercial Lending Competition sponsored by the West Michigan Chapter of the Risk Management Association. The competition was held on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business.
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Academics Screening and Discussion of the Film “Work & Happiness: The Human Cost of Welfare”
The documentary film “Work & Happiness: The Human Cost of Welfare” will be shown, with a panel discussion afterward, on Monday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
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Academics Saint Benedict Institute to Host Talk on the Big Bang and Creation
The Saint Benedict Institute will host physicist Dr. Stephen Barr, who is president of the Society of Catholic Scientists and retired from the University of Delaware faculty, for a talk titled “The Big Bang, the Beginning, and Creation” on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium.
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Academics NEA Big Read Lakeshore Featuring Author Presentations on Nov. 13-15
The community-wide NEA Big Read Lakeshore organized by Hope College is presenting keynote events with authors Yaa Gyasi on Monday, Nov. 13, and Jerry Craft on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 14 and 15.