Hope Summer Repertory Theatre receives a Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs grant

The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) received a $21,000 grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) to support the 2023 season!  Funding will support the six production, three venue season with productions of “Mary Poppins,” “Red Velvet,” “Rock of Ages,” “Constellations,” “Temporary,” and “Freaky Friday.” Each year, HSRT employs approximately 100 …

Daryl Van Tongeren receives new John Templeton Foundation award

Daryl Van Tongeren, Associate Professor of Psychology, recently received a John Templeton Foundation award via Georgia State University for $212,364. The project is titled Applied Research on Intellectual Humility: A Request for Proposals. In celebration of this achievement, Hope College’s Public Affairs and Marketing team featured Dr. Van Tongeren in a recent press release. Congratulations, …

Lindsey Root Luna and Isabel Santos receives new Psi Chi award

Lindsey Root Luna, Associate Professor and Department of Psychology, and Isabel Santos, undergraduate student, recently received a Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant for $3,500. The project is titled Value and Virtue Alignment Predict Well-Being and Physiology. The purpose of this project is to examine relationships between virtues, values, and well-being in an effort to better …

Deborah Van Duinen receives new Michigan Humanities Council award

Deborah Van Duinen, the Arnold and Esther Sonneveldt Associate Professor of Education, recently received a Michigan Humanities Council Bridge Award for $2,500. This award recognizes Hope College’s Big Read and Little Read as the Michigan Humanities Council’s 2022 Community Impact Partner of the Year. These funds will be used to support the Little Read’s Young …

Kelly Ronald and Natalia Gonzalez-Pech receive new National Science Foundation award

Kelly Ronald, Assistant Professor Biology, and Natalia Gonzalez-Pech, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, recently received a National Science Foundation Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) award for $502,043. The project is titled BRC-BIO: The effects of nanoparticle matter in air pollution on a sentinel species: House sparrows as the new Canary in the …

Deborah Van Duinen receives new Michigan Humanities Council award

Deborah Van Duinen, the Arnold and Esther Sonneveldt Associate Professor of Education, recently received a Michigan Humanities Council Humanities Grant award for $15.000. The project is titled Little Read Lakeshore 2022: A Hero’s Journey. This project will support Little Read activities and expansion into Muskegon, specifically adding Muskegon Area Libraries and Muskegon Area School Districts. …

Brooke Odle receives new Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network grant award

Brooke Odle, Assistant Professor of Engineering, recently received a Social Science Research Council (SSRC)/Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network Grant award for $10,000. The project is titled Wearable Sensor-based Approaches to Predict and Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury Risk during Manual Patient-Handling Tasks. This project will quantify the performance of manual patient-handling tasks through the use of wireless sensors …

Deborah Van Duinen receives new National Endowment for the Arts/Arts Midwest award

Deborah Van Duinen, the Arnold and Esther Sonneveldt Associate Professor of Education, recently received a National Endowment for the Arts/Arts Midwest The Big Read award for $19,000.  For 2022, The Big Read Lakeshore will feature Circe by Madeline Miller. More information about this year’s award can be found at the Holland Sentinel: https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/local/2022/06/15/hope-colleges-big-read-lakeshore-announces-2022-books/7621150001/ Congratulations on …

Annie Dandavati receives new Great Lakes Colleges Association award

Annie Dandavati, Professor of Political Science, recently received a $3,400 award from the Great Lakes Colleges Association Global Crossroads Initiative. This project will bring Dr. Poonam Gandhi from FLAME University to talk on the topic of diversity and global learning in today’s higher education landscape and to meet with students and faculty during the Fall …

Kate Finley receives new award from the John Templeton Foundation

Kate Finley, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, recently received a $26,209 award from the John Templeton Foundation via the University of St. Andrews. The project is titled Mental Disorder, Religious Engagement, and Emotional Stability. This project is part of Professor Finley’s larger research project on the intersections and interactions between mental disorders (e.g., depression, bipolar disorder, …