Hope College News
2025 Oct
City of Holland launches new adaptive sports program
Wood TV8In collaboration with Hope College and Special Olympics Michigan, Holland is launching a new adaptive sports program for kids with disabilities.
New adaptive sports program in Holland helps kids with disabilities make 'lasting memories'
13 On Your SideThe program is a partnership between the City of Holland, Hope College and Special Olympics Michigan to help kids with disabilities participate in sports.
After years of planning, Hope College breaks ground on 'gateway' building in Holland
Holland SentinelHope College has long discussed plans for a new building intended to be a “gateway” between campus and downtown. The school celebrated the beginnings of action toward that goal during a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 17.
Hope College Breaks Ground on New Economics and Business Building
Hope College is breaking ground on a spacious new home for the college’s thriving Department of Economics and Business, helping transform the program and countless young lives, while complementing the east entrance of downtown Holland.
2025 Apr
Former Mayor Phil Tanis to Direct the Van Raalte Institute of Hope College
Phil Tanis, former mayor of Holland, Michigan, has been designated as the next director of the Van Raalte Institute (VRI) of Hope College. His term will begin July 1. In the interim, Tanis is serving as a senior research fellow at the institute. Tanis will replace current director Donald A. Luidens who will continue as the editor-in-chief of the Van Raalte Press and as a senior research fellow.
Book Chronicles Untold History of Dutch American Midwives
The latest book published by the Van Raalte Press of the A. C. Van Raalte Institute at Hope College, “Present, but Not Counted: Dutch-Immigrant and Second Generation Midwives Working in Dutch Colonies in the United States, 1840-1940,” spotlights a group of women that author Janet Sjaarda Sheeres discovered were rendered all but invisible by their times even as they played an invaluable role during them.
Hope College Choirs and Orchestra to Perform Mozart’s “Requiem” on April 11
The combined choirs of Hope College will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's iconic “Requiem” on Friday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.