Restoration efforts by Plaster Creek Stewards recognized on global scale
The Calvin College-based group Plaster Creek Stewards received global recognition and a top award last week at a conference in Okayama, Japan. At the Global Conference on Education for Sustainable...
View ArticleWYCE Jammie Awards celebrate diverse music styles
WYCE-FM, a Grand Rapids-based independent community radio station, hosted its 16th annual Jammie Awards last Friday, honoring local bands and West Michigan musicians with awards for best album and...
View ArticlePrison ministry degree program reflects restorative justice
At Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, MI, select inmates will have the opportunity to earn an AA or BA degree in Ministry Leadership through Calvin College this fall. The Ministry Leadership...
View ArticleProspective John M. Perkins Fellow students to visit this weekend
In addition to the regularly scheduled Fridays At Calvin visitors this weekend, Calvin will be hosting a group of about 40 prospective students aiming to learn more about and apply for the John M....
View ArticleStudent org hosts annual Spring Missions Fair
For the third year in a row, the student organization Voice for Missions has successfully implemented the Spring Missions Fair. The fair is an expression of the student org’s overall mission to raise...
View ArticleCIT student worker named Employee of the Year
Last Monday in the Chapel Undercroft, a board of 11 faculty and staff members awarded David Dick, a senior, the Calvin Student Employee Of The Year Award. This was Dick’s third nomination for the...
View ArticleFrom virtual reality to wrongful conviction: a look into Calvin’s psychology...
Inside your brain right now is a web of about 100 billion nerve cells, each one connected to 10,000 others, constantly firing chemical signals back and forth on microscopic nerve pathways to...
View ArticleUnique Dance Guild performance celebrates all dancers
Students in Dance Guild, Calvin’s largest student organization, performed a pair of nearly sold-out shows last Friday and Saturday in the CFAC Auditorium. This spring, over 300 student dancers jumped,...
View ArticleStudents learn about food systems at Mad Farmer Food Fest
Last Saturday, sustainability coordinators, members of the Environmental Stewardship Coalition (ESC) and the Social Justice Coalition, and various residents of the Grand Rapids area gathered at the KE...
View ArticleLeadercast visits Calvin for fifth consecutive year
Last Friday in the CFAC auditorium, Calvin College hosted a live streaming of Leadercast, an annual event broadcast from Atlanta, Ga., that features speakers from around the world. The all-day event...
View ArticleCalvin College new logo receives mixed reactions
Last August, Calvin College’s office of communications and marketing released its new logo as part of its ongoing rebranding process, which has been in action for over a year. The updated logo, which...
View ArticleCommunity Garden increases produce in dining hall
After a recent expansion two years ago, the Calvin College community garden has begun to increase its produce offered in the dining halls. The one acre garden, located adjacent to the Spoelhof...
View ArticleArt collection at Calvin exhibited for the first time
Last Wednesday, the CFAC’s Center Art Gallery released its newest exhibition, “Light: An Eternal Presence — The Donna Spaan Contemporary Collection of Art.” The collection, made possible by a generous...
View ArticleCalvin to remember Haitian Massacre
Next Wednesday, Calvin will host a lecture remembering the 1937 Haitian Parsley massacre, in which Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina ordered the murder of thousands of Haitians. This...
View ArticleBusiness department celebrates local partnerships
Last Tuesday, the business department hosted its annual Calvin Business Partners Award Luncheon, an event honoring businesses and individuals in the Grand Rapids area that have partnered with Calvin’s...
View ArticleSPAUD clinic opens, Lake and East Beltline
Four years ago, faculty and staff of the speech pathology and audiology department (SPAUD) began dreaming of a larger facility in which they could expand their growing program. On September 8, that...
View ArticleLate Night with Capella showcases student talent
Last Friday night, at 9 p.m. the CFAC Auditorium was completely sold out. Why? It was Late Night with Capella, of course, an annual event that showcases some of the top vocal talent Calvin has to...
View ArticleStudent study questions international accessibility of core literature classes
Do international students have a disproportionate amount of work to do with core literature classes when it comes to reading assignments? Senior English major Claire Lambert is currently exploring this...
View ArticleRecord Dialogue submissions this year
Dialogue has re-established itself as an extremely popular creative outlet for Calvin students following an explosion of submissions for their fall 2015 issue. In fall 2013, Dialogue had 166 total...
View ArticleCalvin supports Mizzou students with candlelight vigil
Calvin students, faculty, staff, families and others within the Grand Rapids community gathered on Commons Lawn Wednesday night to stand in solidarity with students at the University of Missouri....
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