Nykerk Cup Competition Photo Gallery
鶹Ƶ hosted the 90th annual Nykerk Cup competition on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Holland Civic Center in conjunction with the college’s One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend) celebration.
鶹Ƶ hosted the 90th annual Nykerk Cup competition on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Holland Civic Center in conjunction with the college’s One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend) celebration.
鶹Ƶ celebrated “One Big Weekend: Homecoming and Family Weekend” on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26, with highlights that included multiple events that were open to the public in addition to activities for alumni and the families of current students.
鶹Ƶ senior history majors Ingrid Oslund and Carolyn Thornbury will present “Race, Religion, and the USO During WWII,” sharing insights from their original archival research, on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Holland Museum.
Dr. Susan Brondyk, who is the Irwin B. and Margie E. Floyd Associate Professor of Education and department chair at Hope College, has been named to the Advisory Board of Project IMPACT, which is slated to create curricular, professional development and standards to be used by mentors to support new administrators, counselors and teachers in Michigan’s schools.
Dr. Joshua Kraut of the 鶹Ƶ faculty will deliver the address “The Sabbath of the Earth: Introducing the Ecology of Fabrice Hadjadj” on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
鶹Ƶ celebrated the completion of the Jim and Eileen Heeringa Dance Wing addition to the DeWitt Center on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour.
The 鶹Ƶ Orchestra will present “The Symphonic Story of Home,” a hymn-sing program with the members of the audience encouraged to participate as vocalists, on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The H2 Dance Company of 鶹Ƶ will present its fall concert on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, and Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The 鶹Ƶ Many Voices Project will present a staged reading of “The Body Play” by Madison Wetzell on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10 a.m. in Schaap Auditorium in the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
In a show of political unity, several groups from 鶹Ƶ invited officials from Ottawa County to teach students and the public about how elections work.
Below is a list of recent Hope College graduates who have been awarded graduation honors for outstanding academic accomplishment during their four years of study.
The Princeton Review®, known for its many education services and resources for college-bound students, features Hope in the new 2025 edition of its online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges (October 15, 2024).
鶹Ƶ will host its 90th annual Nykerk Cup competition on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Holland Civic Center in conjunction with the college’s One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend) celebration. The doors will open at 6 p.m.
鶹Ƶ will honor 10 young alumni with its annual “10 Under 10 Awards” on Friday, Oct. 25, during the college’s “One Big Weekend (Homecoming + Family Weekend)” celebration.
The new book “Invoking the Fathers: Dangerous Metaphors and Founding Myths in Congressional Politics” by Dr. Sarah Kornfield of the 鶹Ƶ communication faculty, published this month by Johns Hopkins University Press, examines the impact of the phrase “Founding Fathers” as code for a particular political outlook.
鶹Ƶ will celebrate the completion of the Jim and Eileen Heeringa Dance Wing addition to the DeWitt Center on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 10:30 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour.
鶹Ƶ will celebrate “One Big Weekend: Homecoming and Family Weekend” on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26, with highlights including multiple events open to the public in addition to activities for alumni and the families of current students.
A kick-off celebration at Hope College and author visits on Oct. 28-30 are among the more than 150 events in Ottawa, Allegan and Muskegon counties during this year’s Big Read Lakeshore and accompanying programs for younger readers.
The 鶹Ƶ Department of Music will present its annual “Homecoming Concert” featuring all of the college’s major performing ensembles on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at Hope College will feature the address “White Christian Nationalism vs. the Gospel of Jesus” by Jim Wallis on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
The Saint Benedict Institute will host John Bursch and Megan DeFranza for a conversation titled “A Civil Dialogue on Sex and Gender” on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium.
This year’s Affirming LGBTQ+ Students Lecture at Hope College will present a panel discussion on “Seeking LGBTQ Justice: A Story of Friendship, Courage, and Change” with current and retired Hope faculty and staff members on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
The film “Freedom Hair,” based on the true story of Melony Armstrong, a working mother whose decision to create her own business transformed a profession, will be shown at Hope College on Monday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The Holland Area Arts Council will feature the collaborative student-faculty exhibition “Standing Upright and Hanging by a Thread” by 鶹Ƶ senior studio art major Sophia Funston and Lisa Walcott, who is an associate professor of art at the college, from Friday, Oct. 11, through Friday, Nov. 1.
鶹Ƶ has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the third year in a row from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Carrie Dattels, who is the director of disability and accessibility resources at Hope College, will present the college’s 2024 Disability Inclusion Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
Dr. Matthew Kuiper of the 鶹Ƶ religion faculty has been appointed to the college’s Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professorship.
The 鶹Ƶ Great Performance Series will feature Le Consort, a baroque chamber ensemble from France, on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The 鶹Ƶ student chapter of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellows Program will host a bipartisan look “Behind the Scenes with Election Officials” on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The 鶹Ƶ Department of Theatre will present Rohina Malik’s “The Hijabis” on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19, and Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 24-26, at 7:30 p.m., along with a free 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Oct. 20. All performances will be in the DeWitt Center main theatre.
An artist talk and live dance performance on Thursday, Oct. 10, will open the next exhibition in the De Pree Art Center and Gallery at Hope College.
In 'Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion,' 鶹Ƶ psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the grief, loss and longing that often accompany religious transitions and points to signs of hope.