Quality Initiative (HLC)

Hope College is accredited by the HLC. The Quality Initiative is a project that Hope undertakes between years five and nine of our 10-year accreditation cycle.

Beginning in fall 2020, academic and administrative units identified two or three CIDEA goals they undertook in that year.

The 1.C. Working Group serves as the advisory group for the Quality Initiative. They provide feedback and support throughout the year and share unit successes with the broader campus community.

Department/Program Culture and Inclusion Champions

• Academic Success Center – Janet Pinkham
• Admissions Office – Megan Marthens
• Administrative Council – Matt Scogin
• Alumni and Family Engagement – Scott Travis
• Art & Art History Department – Katherine Sullivan & Steve Nelson
• Biology Department – Philip Rivera
• Board of Trustees – Protecting the Mission Committee
• Boerigter Center for Calling and Career – Amy Freehafer
• Business Services – Holli Overbeek
• Campus Ministries – Trygve Johnson
• Campus Safety Department – Jeffrey Hertel
• Chemistry Department – Mike Pikaart
• Communication Department – Choonghee Han
• Computer Science Department – Charles Cusack
• Computing & Information Technology – Deb DuMez
• Counseling and Psychological Services – Bonnie VanderWal
• Creative Dining – Diana Kaeding
• Dance Department – Kara Brems
• DAR– Jeanne Lindell
• Dean's Council – Gerald Griffin
• Development – Scott Travis
• Economics and Business – Marcus Fila, Matthew Adkins and Mary Templeton
• Education Department – Susan Brondyk
• Engineering Department – Courtney Peckens
• English Department – Ernest Cole
• Events and Conferences – Odille Parker
• Financial Aid – Dawn Rentfrow
• Frost Research Center – Laurie Smith
• Geological & Environmental Science – Michael Philben
• History Department – Lauren Janes
• Hope-Geneva Bookstore – Mandy Zawila
• Kinesiology Department – Caroline Dykstra, Becky Schmidt, Stein Slette and Peter Stuursma 
• Kruizenga Art Museum – Charles Mason
• Mathematics & Statistics Department – Brian Yurk  & Charles Cusack
• Music Department – Jordan VanHemert
• Neuroscience – Leah Chase
• Nursing Department – Janet Weeda
• Philosophy Department – Kate Finley
• Physical Plant – Jeff Hertel
• Physics Department– Jennifer Hampton and Zach Williams
• Provost Office  – Gerald Griffin
• Psychology Department – Sonja Trent-Brown
• Registrar and Advising – Rowene Beals
• Religion Department – Wayne Brouwer
• Sociology & Social Work Department – Liz Sharda
• Theatre Department – Michelle Bombe
• Transportation Services – Sean Reilly
• Upward Bound – Andrea Mireles
• Van Wylen Library – Kelly Jacobsma and Michael DeNotto