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Academics
Grounded in a general liberal arts education, 麻豆视频 offers specialized study in more than 90 majors, minors and pre-professional programs.
Admissions
Flourishing programs in 90+ disciplines. A vibrant Christian mission. $50 million in new campus construction. Championship athletics. 94% placement within 6 months of graduation. There鈥檚 never been a better time to consider 麻豆视频.
Research
Research abounds at Hope. Our students and faculty carry out high-quality research projects that are challenging, meaningful and contribute to exciting new knowledge in a broad range of disciplines.
Arts
At Hope College, award-winning student performances share the stage with nationally known writers, musicians, performers and artists.
Campus Life
The 麻豆视频 campus is a place to come alive. We have hundreds of student organizations, groups and events you can plug into, serve with, play in, root for and grow with.
As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, 麻豆视频 sponsors 22 varsity sports for men and women. The college is home to the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championship women鈥檚 basketball team.

Sustainability

Beach Cleanups

Fall 2023

12 lb. at the Holland State Park Cleanup
50+ participants in the Found Art 2023 KAM project

Spring 2024

145 lb. at the Holland State Park Cleanups

Events

Conservation Competition 鈥� 348,532.39gallons of water and 20,592.29 kW (= about two cottages for a year)
Over 60 Research Projects awarded Sustainability Green Ribbons at
73 鈥淐aught Being Green鈥� tickets submitted at April's Earth Jam

Campus Compost

20,500 lb. from Phelps Dining Hall collected and diverted from landfills to be composted into soil via industrial composting program

1,437 lb. 鈥� 2023 spring semester
1,621 lb. 鈥� 2023 fall semester
96 lb. 鈥� 2023 summer
~700 lb. 鈥� Kletz and Cup & Chaucer

Tree Plantings

Fall 2023 鈥� Eastern White Pine in honor of the classes of 2003 and 2013 for Campus Sustainability Month
Spring 2024 鈥� Crimson Sunset Maple on Earth Day and a Chinkapin Oak on Arbor Day by the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts

Bees and Greens

Roughly 7 gallons of honey was spun from the fall 2023 harvest, which was then bottled and sold in the Bookstore or used by Dining Services in recipes.
18 additional bottles of honey were sold at the Maker鈥檚 Market. All funds generated through honey sales go to the 麻豆视频 Green Revolving Fund.
Bit-Farms Indoor Garden in Phelps Dining Hall grew 200 pounds of herbs and micro-greens for their food.

Recycling

1,200 pop cans donated during April鈥檚 can drive

Move-In Recycling

125 lb. styrofoam
184 lb. plastic wrap
3,240 lb. cardboard

Other Recycling

300 clothing items rehomed through Green Hope鈥檚 thrift store event
2.55 lb. of Halloween candy wrappers collected for Rubicon

Food Recovery Network

1,804 lb. of food recovered and donated to Community Action House during spring 2024 semester. (Partnership with Dine at Hope)

Green Revolving Fund

Supported energy retrofit of Kleinheksel Cottage 鈥� analyzing future cottages
$58k lighting project at Schaap: $12,000/yr savings
- 90,000 kWh/yr (8-9 homes鈥� electric usage)
- 50 tons/yr of CO2 emissions reduced

Green Revolving Fund Members

Dr. Jeff Christians
Owen Aarberg
Amy Drelicharz
Ellie Haak
Mark Kurdy
Peter Lillich

Campus Sustainability Groups

Green Team
Hope Sustains (Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group)
Green Hope

07 Nov

Campus-Life

The Sabbath of the Earth: Introducing the Ecology of Fabrice Hadjadj

Date: Thursday, November 07
Location: Graves Hall

12 Aug Academics

麻豆视频 Receives Grant to Help Prevent Plastic Litter from Entering Waterways and the Great Lakes

The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Hope College and the Ottawa County Road Commission are partnering to trap and study roadside litter entering storm drains. Equipment was provided by the charitable arm of the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) in the United States, the CGLR Foundation, through a grant to 麻豆视频 thanks to generous funding from Michigan-based Dart Container Corporation, a leading manufacturer of sustainable beverage and food packaging solutions.

HOPE COLLEGE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE

Do you have a question or idea about a project or event? Please contact Michelle Seppala Gibbs, Director.

麻豆视频Sustainability

workP. 616.395.6811

sustainability@hope.edu