Hope College News
2025 May
Hope College 2025 Commencement Address
“People of Hope” By Dr. Lauren Hearit Assistant Professor of Management Sunday, May 4, 2025 Ray and Sue Smith Stadium Holland, Michigan
Graduates Encouraged to Be “People of Hope”
With the members of Hope College’s graduating Class of 2025 about to leave the familiar routine of the school year on Sunday, May 4, Commencement speaker Dr. Lauren Hearit offered a new way of structuring their lives — one guided by hope, even as their time at Hope was drawing to a close.
Lauren Hearit Receives H.O.P.E. Award from Graduating Senior Class
Dr. Lauren Hearit, assistant professor of management, has received this year’s Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award from the graduating Class of 2025.
2025 Apr
April 16 Lecture: Author Tim Alberta to Discuss American Evangelical Movement and Politics
Author Tim Alberta will deliver an address based on his book “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism” on Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Hope College’s Graduation Activities Will be Sunday, May 4
Baccalaureate and Commencement for Hope College’s Class of 2025 are scheduled for Sunday, May 4. Commencement will take place at 3 p.m. at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium, and Baccalaureate will take place at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.