Category: Summer 2024

Distinctive Hope: A Winning Formula

Hope College Formula Racing roared into the international Formula SAE field with a best-rookie-award debut in 2010 and has never looked back. In the competition held at Michigan International Speedway this past May 8-11, Hope placed 11th overall out of 108 teams from throughout the U.S. and around the world, also receiving the “Everybody In”… Continue Reading →

From the President: Matthew A. Scogin ʼ02

Dear Friends and Family of Hope College, As we approach the start of our 163rd academic year, I am reflecting on the challenges faced by college campuses across the United States. Once characterized by robust discourse, many campuses are witnessing conversations that quickly devolve into protests and shouting matches. At Hope, we believe we can… Continue Reading →

Quote Unquote: It is Finished

With Commencement on May 5 marking both an ending and a beginning for the Class of 2024, the Rev. Shomari Tate reflected on four lessons revealed by Christ’s life, sacrificial death and the transformational beginning that Jesus made possible. Tate, chaplain of discipleship at Hope, titled his address “It is Finished,” Jesus’ final words on… Continue Reading →

Campus Scene

BEGINNING OF SCHOOL Dr. Brooke Odle Beginning this year, Hope is starting fall classes on a Monday instead of a Tuesday, a change that enables the college to extend Thanksgiving Break. Accordingly, the schedules for student arrival and New Student Orientation have also shifted a day earlier. The members of the incoming Class of 2028… Continue Reading →

Hope in Bloom

Cascade Stonecrop Sedum divergens Shiny green rounded mounds of succulent leaves and yellow flowers turn red with the sun. DeWitt Center Brazilian Jasmine Mandevilla sanderi This rapidly growing vine thrives in a spacious climbing environment. Martha Miller Center Tulip Tulipa Originally native to southeast Asia, the brightly colored and showy blooms have become associated with… Continue Reading →

Spring into Success

Three Hope College track and field athletes claimed All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the women’s meet, sophomore Sara Schermerhorn placed fifth in the 400 meters at nationals and 14th in the 200 meters, while senior Rebecca Markham took seventh in the 10,000 meters and 15th in the 5,000 meters. In the men’s… Continue Reading →

Packing for Hope 101

We asked students, “What was your favorite thing you brought to Hope College as a first-year student?” These are the most frequently recommended items! Mattress Topper cjvroom Plants Kate Kalthoff ’24 Larger Trash Can Aleya Bierma ’27 Alarm Clock Alex Goodwin ’25 3-Tier Cart maia._travis Futon Jack Leyden ’27 Tide Stick Emma Low ’25 Fan,… Continue Reading →

Celebrating a Legacy a World Across

When they arrived at Hope from Japan in 1871, Kumaji Kimura and Motoichiro Ohgimi — who became the college’s first international graduates — would have trod the campus near the main entrance of Van Vleck Hall. The commemorative installation completed on the same location this spring celebrates the lasting impact that they and that moment… Continue Reading →

Nathan Hart ’01 Named Dean of the Chapel

Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart ’01 The Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart ’01, an experienced pastoral leader with a deep love for Hope, has returned to his alma mater as the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel following a national search. Hart, who served most recently as senior pastor of Stanwich Congregational Church in Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut,… Continue Reading →

Student Paintings Earn Professional Exhibition

This past school year, Katherine Sullivan of the art faculty was so impressed by the final projects produced by her course’s 10 students that she believed that they merited additional attention, so she contacted the highly respected Lafontsee Gallery of Grand Rapids, Michigan, about exhibiting at least some of the pieces. The result was an… Continue Reading →

From Art 101 to Engineering 100: A Liberal Arts Story of Systems Thinking

The liberal arts are fertile ground for serendipitous connections, for driving research across fields and spurring new ways of thinking within them. Dr. John Krupczak Jr., professor of engineering, has another term for it: systems thinking. It’s the sort of thinking that sparked the mechanical engineer’s desire to publish an engineering book that non-scientists can… Continue Reading →

What hath Tacitus to do with Ukraine?

When his teaching touches on contemporary issues like the war between Russia and Ukraine, Dr. Bram ten Berge prefers to take a long view. Almost 2,000 years long. The classics professor’s scholarly analysis and writing focus on Tacitus (c. 55–120 A.D., and that c is soft, like an s). Tacitus was a senator who is… Continue Reading →

Window to Hope’s History: London May Term

Hope’s long tradition of engaging students with the world — and the world with Hope — includes the London May Term, which celebrated its milestone golden anniversary this year. Offered through the Department of Economics and Business, the interdisciplinary program explores the economy, culture and management practices of the British along with their values and… Continue Reading →