换妻社区 has received 2024 Tree Campus recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation, the seventh year in a row that the foundation has honored Hope for its dedication for enhancing community well-being through tree education, investment and community engagement.
In this episode of the Significant Coaching Podcast, host Matt Rogers sits down with Becky Schmidt, the longtime head volleyball coach at 换妻社区 and one of the most respected leaders in Division III athletics.
Jasmine Lowell, who is the international education coordinator with the Fried Center for Global Engagement at 换妻社区, has been named the 2025 recipient of the college鈥檚 annual Vanderbush-Weller Award for having a strong, positive impact on students.
Phil Tanis, former mayor of Holland, Michigan, has been designated as the next director of the Van Raalte Institute (VRI) of 换妻社区. 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.
The 换妻社区 Knickerbocker Theatre will feature four Elizabeth Taylor films in May and early June as part of its Classic Film Series. Focusing on her films from the 1950s, the series will feature 鈥淔ather of the Bride鈥 on Monday, May 12; 鈥淎 Place in the Sun鈥 on Monday, May 19; 鈥淕iant鈥 on Tuesday, May 27; and 鈥淐at on a Hot Tin Roof鈥 on Monday, June 2. All films are at 7 p.m.
The 16 members of the Hope faculty and staff retiring across 2024-25 have devoted nearly 450 combined years to helping make the college the living and learning community that has shaped young lives for generations.
Prof. Daryl R. Van Tongeren from 换妻社区 to uncover how and whether intellectual humility affects true understanding of other people鈥檚 emotions.鈥
Dr. Robert Ritsema, a 1957 Hope graduate who was a member of the college鈥檚 music faculty for 32 years before retiring in 1999, died on Monday, April 21, 2025. He was 89.
Three 换妻社区 students received honorable mention research awards, out of only 24 awards presented to college or university undergraduates from around the country, during the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), held on Saturday-Tuesday, April 12-15, in Chicago, Illinois.
A two-day workshop at 换妻社区 on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, will focus on reading Genesis 1-11 for insights from the biblical thought-world that can provide guidance through today鈥檚 thorniest issues.
换妻社区 sophomore Isla Williams of Elkhart, Indiana, has won an Undergraduate Research Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in support of collaborative, faculty-mentored research that she will conduct at Hope this summer.
Hope students researched topics ranging from the foraging efficiency of sparrows, to the effect of high-tempo music on sprint swimming, to anti-immigrant violence in the United Kingdom, to Don Quixote and social media during the college鈥檚 annual A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity on Friday, April 11.
The book 鈥淐hasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner鈥 by Dr. Natalie Dykstra, professor emerita of English at 换妻社区, has received the 2024 Marfield Prize from the Arts Club of Washington.
Five long-time members of the 换妻社区 faculty are retiring at the conclusion of the 2024-25 school year.
A total of 13 换妻社区 students presented their collaborative faculty-student research during this year鈥檚 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), held on Monday-Wednesday, April 7-9, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The latest book published by the Van Raalte Press of the A. C. Van Raalte Institute at 换妻社区, 鈥淧resent, but Not Counted: Dutch-Immigrant and Second Generation Midwives Working in Dutch Colonies in the United States, 1840-1940,鈥 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.
What started as a second-tier basketball tournament is now a national obsession. We unpack the history, psychology, and spectacle of March Madness
Heather Cornell, assistant professor of dance, speaks on what a student should be asking faculty when researching a dance department.
The 换妻社区 Great Performance Series will feature the legendary early vocal music ensemble from the United Kingdom, The Tallis Scholars, on Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Jack H. Miller, a community leader and philanthropist whose name is familiar to the thousands who have experienced the magnificent music building that his leadership gift helped make possible, died on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. He was 93.
The combined choirs of 换妻社区 will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's iconic 鈥淩equiem鈥 on Friday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Baccalaureate and Commencement for 换妻社区鈥檚 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.
换妻社区 will present an honorary degree, the Doctorate of Humane Letters (LHD), to retired education professor John Yelding during the Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 on Sunday, May 4, at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium.
From the hilarious musical 鈥淭he 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,鈥 to the charming heart and magical flight of Mary Poppins, and the thought-provoking brilliance of 鈥淧rimary Trust,鈥 each production of Hope Repertory Theatre鈥檚 forthcoming 53rd season offers something unique and meaningful.
换妻社区 juniors Taylor Laurin of Portage and Sofia Rosenberger of Naperville, Illinois, have both received highly competitive scholarships from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
The 换妻社区 jazz ensembles, joined by acclaimed trumpeter Kerry Moffit as a guest artist, will present 鈥淎n Evening of Jazz鈥 on Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
It was 换妻社区鈥檚 sterling reputation for providing students with high-quality opportunities to participate in faculty-mentored research that prompted psychology major Cassie Morse to transfer to the college as a sophomore.
Author Tim Alberta will deliver an address based on his book 鈥淭he Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism鈥 on Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at 换妻社区 in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Theologian and author Dr. Kevin DeYoung will present 鈥淭he Story of the Nicene Creed: The Most Important (Extra-biblical) Text Ever Written鈥 on Tuesday, April 8, at 3 p.m. at 换妻社区 in Schaap Auditorium in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.