Hope College News
2019 Mar
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Academics Speaker to Discuss “Inclusive Design, Ethical Tech and All of Us”
Sara Wachter-Boettcher, who is author of the acclaimed book “Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms and Other Threats of Toxic Tech,” will present the address “Inclusive Design, Ethical Tech and All of Us” on Tuesday, April 2, at 4 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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Academics Hope College French Film Series to Run March 28-30
The Hope College French Film Festival, sponsored by the college’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages, will show three films from Thursday, March 28, through Saturday, March 30, in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
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Academics Sociology and Social Work Being Honored by Chicago Semester Program
The Department of Sociology and Social Work at Hope College is receiving the inaugural Excellence in Collaboration Award from the Chicago Semester off-campus-study program.
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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).
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Campus Life December Graduation Honors
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.
2019 Feb
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Thank you @AJGallPhD from @HopeCollege for coming to @HarborLightsMS with a very cerebral and engaging neuroscience… https://t.co/1Wkb8c7jR0
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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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Arts Authors Chen Chen and Hilary Plum to Read from Their Work on March 7
The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series at Hope College will feature Chen Chen and Hilary Plum on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the John and Dede Howard Recital Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
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academics A Major Addition
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The neuroscience program at Hope has grown from one course offering to a minor and now a new major starting in the 2019-20 academic year.
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Academics Speaker to Present “Did America Have a Christian Founding?”
Dr. Mark David Hall of the George Fox University faculty will present the address “Did America Have a Christian Founding?” on Wednesday, March 6, at 4 p.m. at Hope College in the Fried-Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication.
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Academics Lecture and Children’s Activities Precede National Brain Awareness Week
A keynote address by an artist who finds inspiration in brain science and a morning filled with activities for families of all ages headline Hope College’s commemoration of this year’s National Brain Awareness Week.
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Academics Gentile Lectureship Series to Feature High-Performance Computing
Dr. Valerie Taylor of Argonne National Laboratory will deliver two addresses about high-performance computing while at Hope College on Wednesday and Thursday, March 6 and 7, through the college’s Gentile Interdisciplinary Lecture series in the natural and applied sciences.
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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 Hope College hosts fourth annual 'Fall in Love with STEM'
13 on your sideEmbracing science, technology, engineering and math is important for all young students. College students at Hope are making learning fun, too.
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I am very pleased to announce that I have accepted a faculty position at @HopeCollege in the Department of Kinesiol… https://t.co/9asAkRzzdL
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academics Still Unsure, But Well Guided Maddy Shupe ’19
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Story Written By Guest Blogger: Maddy Shupe ’19 There is only so much to be learned in a classroom. Throughout my Hope experience the most fulfilling and guiding moments have been outside of the classroom and in internships within my area of interest. In the spring of 2018, I participated in the Washington Honors Semester … Continue reading Still Unsure, But Well Guided Maddy Shupe ’19
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Academics Three ways Facebook has affected your romantic relationships (and what to do about it)
Fox NewsOn the 15th anniversary of Facebook, Dr. Jayson Dibble, associate professor of communication, considers the enormous impact of the social media platform on romantic relationships.
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Academics One Year Later: Coping on the Anniversary of a Tragedy
Psychology TodayLast month marked the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren, associate professor of psychology, offers his perspective on finding meaning and purpose in struggle.
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Academics Hope Grad to Discuss Career Using Research Skills from Psych Course
Dr. Kari Nysse Carris, a 1996 Hope College graduate who is vice president of health sciences at NORC (formerly known as the National Opinion Research Center) at the University of Chicago will present “Research Methods: The Tie That Binds” on Monday, Feb. 18, at 3:30 p.m. at Hope in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall through the college’s annual John Shaughnessy Psychology Lecture Series.
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New student teacher Mary Carpenter from @hopecollege is making connections and having an impact already! She is stu… https://t.co/SRuVVRXRzX
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Academics World War II Tuskegee Airman Franklin J. Macon to Speak at Hope
Franklin J. Macon, who as a Documented Original Tuskegee Airman during World War II was among the first African American military aviators in the U.S., will speak at Hope College on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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academics A Vital Partnership Becomes Vitalis
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Purchasing a nursing textbook with required, additional materials can be costly at times. Realizing that students might be hard pressed to afford the extras that come with certain books and existing programs on the market, the Hope College nursing department decided to look for a cheaper way to provide a more basic but meaningful version … Continue reading A Vital Partnership Becomes Vitalis
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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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Academics One Way to Make College Meaningful
New York TimesThere is a growing movement among private colleges and universities to focus on vocation as it evolves from the Christian tradition, in the sense of a “calling.” Consider what happened when the Hope College chapter of Engineers Without Borders embarked on a project to bring water filtration systems to the community of Nkuv in Cameroon.