Congratulations on your 40-year reunion! We found some great photos of your time on campus. Do you have photos and memories to share? Email alumni@hope.edu and we’ll add to this gallery. Hope HighlightsThe class of 1980 won The Pull as freshmen. However, as sophomores, there was a draw between the class in 1980 and 1981. …
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Celebrating the Classes of 1975 and 1976
Congratulations on your 45-year reunion! We found some great photos of your time on campus. Do you have photos and memories to share? Email alumni@hope.edu and we’ll add to this gallery. Highlights: The classes of ’75 and ’76 took victory in the Pull as sophomores.Hope College gives Governor William Milliken an honorary degree.In 1976 Dr. …
Celebrating the Classes of 1970 and 1971
Congratulations on your 50-year reunion! We found some great photos of your time on campus. Do you have photos and memories to share? Email alumni@hope.edu and we’ll add to this gallery. Highlights:In September of 1967, Dykstra Hall was completed.Gordon J. Van Wylen was elected ninth president of Hope College; inaugurated, October 13, 1972.Hope College hosted …
Class of 2020 Celebration
Check out the photo gallery from this event! We would like to personally invite the Class of 2020 to an elegant evening in the Pine Grove on May 22, 2021. We are so excited to celebrate your achievements in-person and share in your time together as a class. On May 22, 2021, we will give …
Honoring a Hero: Gordon Van Wylen
Like most economists, I do not have many heroes. If asked, my colleagues might ascribe heroic stature to Adam Smith, the father of modern economics. Some would consider Milton Friedman or John Maynard Keynes as heroes worthy of appearing on an economics Mount Rushmore. But a hero of mine once lived in Holland, Michigan and …
The 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Webinars
The Hope College Alumni Association is proud to announce Lara Plewka ’98 MacGregor and Dr. Deborah Heydenburg ’87 Fuller have been selected to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for 2021. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the accomplishments of alumni who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their chosen profession and have made a positive impact on …
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Thank You! 2021 Day of Giving Success
Thank you to all our alumni, families and friends who helped make this year’s Day of Giving a success! Over the course of 36 hours (February 25-26), Hope received $514,198 from 1,883 gifts . . . and we couldn’t have done it without you! What if somebody missed Day of Giving and they still want …
Alumni Weekend Activity Booklet
While we can’t be together on campus this year, we have an abundance of virtual events for alumni! In addition, we’ve put together some Hope-themed activities that everyone can enjoy. Check out our custom coloring pages, crossword, sudoku, word search and word scramble. Download the entire PDF and print as many as you need. (Answers …
#TheRivalry
It’s time. Saturday, February 20, 2021, at 3 p.m EST, the Flying Dutch will play the Knights for the 127th game, hosted by Calvin University. You can watch with us at athletics.hope.edu/live. (Note: the men’s game has been postponed). It started in 1965, even though women’s basketball didn’t officially become a sport in the MIAA …
COVID-19 and Wastewater: Implications at Hope and Beyond
Among all the firsts that 2020 brought, here’s something no one saw coming: Hope College staffers parked in campus intersections, opening maintenance holes to get to the sewage below. Six mornings a week, rain or shine. It is part of Hope’s multi-pronged approach to keeping the campus safe during the pandemic, and came together thanks …
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