Class Year: 2000

Alex Behm ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Paul Carollo ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Tommy Gordon ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Joel Evenhouse ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Andrew Hickock ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Matt McCabe ’08

Eight friends from Hope College, many of whom lived together in Denver, Colorado, reunited to run the 2021 Ragnar Trail Relay near Grayling, Michigan. Alex Behm ’08, David Boersma ’06, Paul Carollo ’08, Tommy Gordon ’08, Joel Evenhouse ’08, Andrew Hickock ’08, Matt McCabe ’08 and Christian Piers ’07 finished the course with a time… Continue Reading →

Ryan Johnson ’09

Ryan Johnson ’09 was promoted to associate professor of mathematics as well as the director of general education at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. He reports that he more fully appreciates the essay he had to write about the Christian liberal arts when he was a freshman at Hope. Continue Reading →

Eric Zondervan ’00

Team “12 Cents,” consisting of 12 alumni of the Centurian Fraternity, won the Masters division of Ragnar Michigan on September 25. Ragnar Michigan is a 200-mile running relay race from Muskegon to Traverse City. Each of the 12 team members runs three legs varying from three to nine miles each. The team members were: Jeff… Continue Reading →

Sara Sanderson ’03

Sara Sanderson ’03 and Sean Doyle announce the birth of Jack Murphy on Nov. 10, 2021. They will travel to Stockholm in August for their second tour in the United States Foreign Service. Continue Reading →

McKenna Reitz ’04

McKenna Reitz ’04 received the Toledo 2021 “20 under 40 Leadership Recognition Award” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the 26th annual 20 under 40 ceremony. She was among the 20 selected from a field of 209 nominated candidates. She is a teacher of AP psychology and a varsity volleyball coach at Springfield High School. She… Continue Reading →

Sarah Wilkinson ’04 Mathews

Sarah Wilkinson ’04 Mathews was appointed the next Cass County Circuit/Probate/Family Court administrator and Friend of the Court director on Dec. 9, 2021, by Chief Judge Susan L. Dobrich. As the Circuit/Probate/Family Court Administrator, she will work closely with the Chief Judge on policy issues, budgets, and administrative issues for all three courts. As the… Continue Reading →

Eric De Boer ’05

Eric De Boer ’05 and his school robotics team from Saint Bridge Middle School, Richmond, Virginia, won first place at the Virginia State Robotics Championship in just the school’s third year of having a robotics team. Close to 70 schools participated. They will head to the World Robotics Competition in Houston in April where corporations… Continue Reading →

Krista Hughes ’05

Krista Hughes ’05 completed a 1,160 mile hike around the shoreline/perimeter of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula on Oct. 23, 2021. Beginning in the summer of 2015, Krista hiked 100-200 miles per year over seven summers. Along her route, she hiked the sandy/rocky beaches of three Great Lakes, hiked through and camped in many state parks, visited… Continue Reading →

Laura Rippberger ’06 Westover

Laura Rippberger ’06 Westover was among this year’s Incisal Edge magazine “40 under 40” honorees, who include 46 women and 40 men from 30 states. She works for Polar Pediatric Dental Care in Mentor, Ohio. Continue Reading →