On Friday, Jan. 24, Greg Elzinga was officially inaugurated as Calvin’s 13th president, in a ceremony that emphasized the importance of prayer and of reconciliation.
Elzinga, who graduated from...
After student feedback, dining services has decided to bring back the Knollcrest weekend breakfast. Knollcrest will serve continental breakfast from 8-11 a.m., brunch from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and dinner from...
Graham Kort, General Assignment Editor January 27, 2025
For the first time since the COVID pandemic, Calvin has welcomed students back to a campus without any major active construction projects.
Recent successes
Fall 2024 brought with it several newly...
Sarah Sparling, General Assignment Reporter January 27, 2025
As of Jan. 22, most dorm receptionists — popularly known as deskies — have been reassigned from their dormitories to new duties sorting packages at Rooks-Van Dellen Hall (RVD). This shift comes as...
Anna Caruso, General Assignment Reporter November 4, 2024
This fall, Josh Samarco stepped into a new role as director of the Center for Intercultural Student Development (CISD). Samarco, who previously worked in admissions helping with DEI strategy, first heard...
Calvin’s Board of Trustees and the Presidential Search Committee (PSC) announced Greg Elzinga as Calvin University’s 13th president on Monday, October 21. Perrin Rynders, chair of the Committee, sent...
The annual Media Showcase — a chance for film production students to showcase the projects they have spent the semester working on — will take place April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Covenant Fine Arts...
“We’ve talked with a significant number of current and prospective students who are really excited about football,” Vice President for Enrollment Strategy Lauren Jensen told Chimes in an email. “Students...
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Chimes: I'm hoping we could start by thinking back to your time at Calvin.
DeVos: I never considered going anywhere else besides Calvin....
Calvin accepted the first cohort of students into its new online MA in speech pathology program last January.
The flexibility of the online program — which is designed to be completed in two or...
Calvin climbed the charts in Best Undergraduate Teaching, Most Innovative and Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings. On the overall ranking of Regional...
On March 28th and April 4th, the Calvin community lost two professors who left a lifelong mark upon their students and colleagues—Professor Bert de Vries and Professor Wally Bratt. Chimes spoke with...
