Hope College News
2025 Jul
2025 Spring Graduation Honors Announced
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.
Student-Research Poster Exhibit Among Highlights of Schaap Chemistry Symposium on July 11
The fourth biennial Schaap Chemistry Symposium at Hope College will feature a poster session on Friday, July 11, highlighting original research by 50 Hope students and representatives from research universities and chemistry, biochemistry and medical and device-related industries from around the country.
'Pioneers’: Nine inmates become first graduates of groundbreaking program from Hope, WTS
Holland SentinelFrom joining a non-credit pilot program in 2019 to officially starting their degrees in 2021 to completing the program this year, the first cohort of students in the Hope-Western Prison Education Program have come far.
2025 Jun
36 Higher Education Leaders to Convene in the Nation’s Capital for the Executive Leadership Academy
The Council of Independent CollegesProvost Gerald Griffin was one of the 36 higher education leaders that took part in the program that prepares experienced provosts and vice presidents as the next generation of college and university presidents.
First Students Graduating from Hope-Western Prison Education Program
The Hope-Western Prison Education Program will hold its first Commencement on Wednesday, June 25, celebrating the graduation of nine men who have earned degrees while incarcerated at Muskegon Correctional Facility.
Carrie Bredow Participates in NetVUE Teaching Vocational Exploration Seminar
Dr. Carrie Bredow, associate professor of psychology, was selected to participate in the 2025 Teaching Vocational Exploration Seminar offered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) through its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). The seminar took place on Monday-Friday, June 2–6, at The Alexander in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hope Hosts NetVUE Conference on “Integrating Vocation in the Academic Disciplines”
College leaders from around the country, and one from England, gathered at Hope College for a conference on a topic central to the Hope way of preparing students for life and career: “Integrating Vocation in the Academic Disciplines.”