Hope College isn’t just a place; it’s a community. A regular feature within “Stories of Hope,” People of Hope explores what that means by highlighting some of the students, faculty and staff who help make the campus family what it is. Owen Harries Sophomore, Lexington, South Carolina As a sophomore at Hope College Owen Harries reflects on …
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A Message from the Shoah by a Daughter of Auschwitz
By Greg Olgers ’87 The Hope Academy of Senior Professionals gave a gift to the entire community in October, extending an open invitation to the group’s monthly meeting, which was featuring a presentation by Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman. The result was a full house in the 800-seat Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center …
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Celebrating Together
Organized by the Asian Student Union in collaboration with the Kruizenga Art Museum, the campus commemoration of the historic Mid-Autumn Festival linked programs and people in celebrating the diverse traditions represented by the members of the Hope community of Asian heritage. As a metaphor for connection, the moon was an apt symbol during the Mid-Autumn …
People of Hope: Marcus Fila
Hope College isn’t just a place; it’s a community. A regular feature within “Stories of Hope,” People of Hope explores what that means by highlighting some of the students, faculty and staff who help make the campus family what it is. Marcus Fila Associate Professor of Management The first thing that Dr. Marcus Fila — …
People of Hope: Michelle Bombe
Hope College isn’t just a place; it’s a community. A regular feature within “Stories of Hope,” People of Hope explores what that means by highlighting some of the students, faculty and staff who help make the campus family what it is. Michelle Bombe Professor of Theatre For Michelle Bombe, the connection with Hope College was …
People of Hope: Clara Voskuil & Elsie Craig
Hope College isn’t just a place; it’s a community. A regular feature within “Stories of Hope,” People of Hope explores what that means by highlighting some of the students, faculty and staff who help make the campus family what it is. Clara Voskuil Senior, Bloomington, IndianaCo-Director, 2023 New Student Orientation Elsie Craig Junior, Minneapolis, MinnesotaCo-Director, …
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Calling and Chemistry
A Graduating Senior’s Journey Includes Three National Awards and Discovering a New Destination When Claire Benedict ’23 of Ada, Michigan, was a student at Forest Hills Eastern High School engaged in the college search, it didn’t take long for Hope to make the top of the list. “I wanted a really strong science program where …
Three Generations of Full Professors at Hope College
On February 3, 2023, when Provost Gerald Griffin announced promotions approved by the Board of Trustees, one of the faculty members promoted to the rank of professor, Dr. Chad Carlson ’03 (kinesiology, since 2014), was the third generation in his family to achieve this distinction. His family’s legacy on the Hope College faculty spans 95 …
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Ethnobotany Provides Hands-On Lesson in Culture, History and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Students in the ethnobotany class taught by Dr. Jennifer Blake-Mahmud received a hands-on lesson in culture and history during their exploration of traditional ecological knowledge earlier this semester. Guest speaker Kelly Church of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe), whose family has practiced the art of black-ash basket weaving for generations, taught …
Hope Without Borders
Even at a college like Hope, which has a mission of preparing students for “lives of leadership and service in a global society” and which provides numerous opportunities for international and experiential learning, the Engineers Without Borders – USA Hope College Chapter (EWB-Hope) stands out as a stellar contribution to both of those elements — …