Calvin University Chimes

Documentary in honor of Michelle Loyd-Paige to premiere this month
April 18, 2023
Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Reporter
Calvin is honoring Executive Associate to the President for Diversity and Inclusion Michelle Loyd-Paige for her retirement after 38.5 years at Calvin with...
Administrators seek to send message of consistency, clarity to denomination as Synod approaches
April 15, 2023
Abigail Ham and Katie Rosendale
Late last month, Calvin President Wiebe Boer, Provost Noah Toly, Vice President for Advancement Gregory Elzinga and University Pastor Mary Hulst met with...
Calvin football plans remain in flux due to unexpected challenges
April 15, 2023
Lauren Nyong, Sports Reporter
Calvin Athletics stadium construction update As the semester comes to a close, the timeline for Calvin Athletics’ outdoor infrastructure investments...
A collision of faith, history and education: Calvin connections and the CRC in Rehoboth, NM
April 15, 2023
Adelaide Mei, General Assignment Editor
For a small town in New Mexico, Rehoboth has a surprising number of connections to Calvin University and the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), beginning...
Arts Collective and Student Senate collaborate on Johnny’s Cave update
March 28, 2023
Grace Buller, Campus Reporter
Members of the Arts Collective (AC) began work on a mural — designed by senior Avery Andersen and funded by Student Senate — in Johnny’s Cave last...

“Lots of screaming, lots of excitement”: Calvin students attend, anticipate Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

Katie Rosendale, General Assignment Reporter

Stephanie Oosterhouse battled to procure Taylor Swift tickets last November. “It was awful,” said Oosterhouse, a graduate...

Student workers balance work and play

Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Reporter

While many students traveled home for spring break early this month or went on vacation away from the Michigan winter, some remained on campus, paying for the extra time in the dorms in order to work or because home was too far away. Break is a big example, but for some students daily life includes similar choices on a smaller...

History, faith and gender collide in controversy around article on sex, salvation

Katie Rosendale, General Assignment Reporter

What does sex have to do with the church? When it comes to religious metaphors, how far is too far? How does power, especially gendered power, shape interpretation of Biblical ideas today? When The Gospel Coalition — a group of Reformed and evangelical churches, founded by pastor Tim Keller and theologian D.A. Carson —...