Students Engineer New Solar-Powered EV Charging System at Hope

The students in Hope’s introductory engineering course have helped shape the campus through an applied-learning class project that will have a lasting impact. They developed a system for collecting solar energy to power four charging stations for students who have electric vehicles. It was installed this summer and went live earlier this month. Although the …

Project Engages Faculty and Staff in Helping Hope Be Its Best Self

“Reframing the Hope College Saga” seeks to invigorate discussion of Hope’s identity while demonstrating that topics like religion, race and human sexuality can be explored constructively. The project is addressing how Hope can best live its institutional vocation in light of two key phrases in the college’s mission statement — “to educate students for lives …