Author: News from Hope College

Quote, Unquote: Civil Rights Lecture

This year’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Lecture marked three anniversaries. First, held on national Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, the occasion celebrated the late civil rights leader’s birth and his legacy. Second, it reflected on the 50th anniversary of his assassination on April 4, 1968, at the… Continue Reading →

Campus Scene

Graduation Will be May 6 The college’s 153rd Commencement, celebrating the graduating Class of 2018, will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 3 p.m. at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium. Baccalaureate will be held earlier in the day, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. The Commencement speaker will be Dr.… Continue Reading →

Hope to the Nth Degree

Creating a Bridge Ismael ByersA Journey of Democratic Proportions Irene GerrishReturn of the Renaissance Woman Taylor MillsResearcher, Dancer, Scholar, Niece Nia Stringfellow Creating a Bridge By Josh Bishop Trying to separate Ismael Byers’ story into distinct threads — language goes over here, identity is over there; this one is medicine, that one is public health… Continue Reading →

Women’s Basketball: 824 and Counting

The Flying Dutch have become just the seventh NCAA Division III women’s basketball team to reach 800 all-time wins (824 through the end of the season). Although outside competition in women’s basketball at Hope began during 1904-05, the NCAA tally starts with the team’s varsity debut during 1972-73. The achievement includes 1,132 games, two national… Continue Reading →

Honors Aplenty

Dr. David S. Cunningham, as the director of the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education and professor of religion, edited the book At This Time and in This Place: Vocation and Higher Education, which earned recognition as one of three finalists for the 2017 Lilly Fellows Program Book Award sponsored by the Lilly Fellows Program… Continue Reading →

Distinguished Alumni Awards

The Hope College Alumni Association will honor two alumnae during the annual Alumni Banquet on Saturday, April 28. The association will present Distinguished Alumni Awards to Meredith Arwady ’00 Kahrl, an acclaimed contralto based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, who has performed with opera companies and symphonies around the world, and award-winning author Lynn Davis ’71 Austin… Continue Reading →

Window to Hope’s History: Through these Doors

The Class of 1970 pours from Dimnent Memorial Chapel following Baccalaureate. Through the years some particulars have changed — Baccalaureate and Commencement were on consecutive days instead of the same day until 1974, and larger classes prompted Hope to begin holding two Baccalaureates in 1993 — but the essence has not. In 2018 as in… Continue Reading →

Closing Look: A Gallery of Artists

The nationally acclaimed Department of Dance provides students with numerous opportunities across the year to take the stage. For the program’s major March concert, Dance 44 (as in, the 44th year), seven guest and faculty choreographers were challenged with this specific charge: Research a visual artist, select a work or series of works, and from… Continue Reading →

Distinctive Hope: Teamwork

Build a car from the ground up, adhere to a manual filled with exacting technical specifications, put the vehicle through a series of grueling road tests and present a business plan for putting the car into production (hypothetically). The international Formula SAE Lincoln 2018 competition in Nebraska hosted 80 entries from throughout the United States,… Continue Reading →

Quote, Unquote: Commencement 2018

As she delivered her Commencement address to the graduating Class of 2018 on May 6, Dr. Temple Smith, assistant professor of sociology, explained that she had considered a variety of approaches for framing her remarks. Front-running possibilities had included exploring The Game of Life board game, the words of Oprah Winfrey and the collected wisdom… Continue Reading →

Campus Scene

NEW TRUSTEES NAMED The Hope College Board of Trustees appointed two new members during its May meeting. Dr. Virginia Beard Rev. Grace Olson ’10 Claus Newly elected to serve four-year terms on the board are Dr. Virginia Beard of Holland, Michigan, and the Rev. Grace Olson ’10 Claus of Lake Forest Park, Washington. Trustees concluding… Continue Reading →

A Journey through Hope

It could be the way that the light plays across a glass façade or an unexpected perspective on a staircase, but it is distinctly Bruce McCombs’ style and subject matter. Mesmerizing movement of light, reflections and shadows created on surfaces continue to capture his imagination. Cities, small or large, and diverse architectural elements within have… Continue Reading →

Breadth of Excellence: Honors for Faculty and Staff

Dr. Llena Durante ’00 Chavis, assistant professor of social work, received the Grand Valley State University School of Social Work’s MSW Distinguished Alumni Award for 2017-18. She completed her MSW at GVSU in 2002. Nicole Flinn ’97, associate professor of dance, won the 2018 Touchstone Award for Dance Teacher of the Year from the Michigan… Continue Reading →

A Call to Duty

“Where were you, what were you doing on 9/11?” That question, now asked annually every September since 2001, leads to an answer that has two-sided significance: It reminds us of our nation’s history and makes us recall our own. “Where exactly were you, what exactly were you doing when planes crashed in New York City,… Continue Reading →

Window to Hope’s History: But Not Forgotten

Home is not only a place to live but of belonging. For the past 38 years, Delta Phi Cottage at 118 E. 12th St. provided space for both, not only for the sorority actives in residence but the entire sisterhood. Its tenure has now ended, the building razed this summer to make way for the… Continue Reading →

Closing Look: In Memory

The late Billy Mayer of the art and art history faculty was a passionate advocate for the creation of the Kruizenga Art Museum, so what could be more appropriate than for the museum to host a retrospective of his work? The mixed-media piece shown here, “Wall of Sound,” will travel to another venue and reach… Continue Reading →

Distinctive Hope: Rivalry Renewed x 200

The story never grows old because it never has the same script twice. Over a span of 198 games since 1920, Hope College and Calvin College have played men’s basketball games to one-of-a-kind conclusions in front of rivalrous crowds resulting in tight records and stats. Hope leads the series, 103-95, by only 89 points. That’s… Continue Reading →

Quote, Unquote: Convocation 2018

As Hope began its 157th academic year with its Opening Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 26, featured speaker Dr. Fred L. Johnson III encouraged the members of the incoming Class of 2022 to be confident that their years at the college would prepare them not only for careers but to better meet the needs of their… Continue Reading →

Campus Scene

TREES HELP EARN LEED GOLD Organizations seeking LEED certification for their construction projects have many ways to earn it, including by using regional materials. In developing the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center, which recently received LEED Gold certification, Hope integrated a meaningful resource from mere yards away: wood saved from venerable campus elms felled… Continue Reading →