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 →