Grant Personnel

The Hope Character Hub was established in 2024 when Hope College was awarded a Character Forward Grant, which is a three-year Institutional Impact Grant from the Wake Forest Educating Character Initiative.

It is designed to catalyze character development efforts across the college and to establish infrastructure that will support this work long after the life of the grant.

The Hope Forward Initiative and programming provides a unique framework for further development of campus-wide engagement with several core virtues. Specifically, we will be focusing on the character development of generosity and gratitude in courses, research and scholarship, and co-curricular activities and programming across the entire college.

Hope Character Hub Director

Steering Committee Members

  • A photo of Dr. Ellen Awad
    Dr. Ellen Awad Student DevelopmentStaff Liaison

    Work616.395.7934

    awad@hope.edu

    Bultman Student Center Suite 107 272 Columbia Avenue Holland, MI 49423

  • A photo of Krista Carter
    Krista Carter Boerigter Center for Calling and CareerStaff Liaison

    Work616.395.7950

    carter@hope.edu

    DeWitt Student Cultural Center Suite 136 141 East 12th Street Suite 136 Holland, MI 49423

Character hub

Dr. Chad Carlson, Director
DeVos Fieldhouse
222 Fairbanks Avenue
Holland, MI 49423
P. 616.395.7057

ccarlson@hope.edu