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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin’s “Go Beyond” campaign launched last month.

To tell a better story: Calvin’s branding efforts up against negative internal culture

Abigail Ham and Grace Buller
March 12, 2023

A brand by definition is an abstract idea created by tangible elements. When Calvin rebranded as a university in 2019, the most obvious change was the tangible one: 82 signs around campus on which the...

Calvin's student body holds a range of views on how the university should respond to LGBTQ+ issues.

Student Senate survey highlights points of difference and consensus

Abigail Ham, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2023

Student Senate’s annual survey this year highlighted points of division and agreement in the student body. Despite starkly different views on some issues, with divides along party lines as well as fields...

Tabling events are one way students can use to promote different political and religious viewpoints on campus.

Learning in the messy middle: Student experiences of Calvin’s political climate

Adelaide Mei and Hadassa Ribeiro
December 4, 2022

For political science professor Micah Watson, civil discourse is “real engagement that tries to respect where someone else is coming from and understand.” It is predicated on a willingness to engage...

Students gathered outside the Prince Conference Center, where the Board of Trustees approved retaining all faculty with confessional difficulties last Friday.

Board of trustees retains faculty who disagree with CRCNA on LGBTQ+ relationships

Calvin’s board of trustees decided last Friday to approve the Professional Status Committee (PSC)'s recommendation to retain all faculty in the "pioneer cohort" — a group of faculty who were the first...

The data reflect the university’s ongoing efforts to rely on a wider range of student types; more than 14% of the current total student body is made up of nontraditional students.

The changing composition of Calvin’s student body

Census data shows undergraduate and Reformed populations still shrinking, graduate programs growing
Abigail Ham, Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2022

This year’s first-year undergraduate class is about 14% smaller than last year’s, according to new data released by the university last week, but enrollment in graduate programs grew by about 43%....

Calvin’s current campus design, with two pods of buildings arranged around common spaces, won out over alternative options, pictured here.

Calvin’s architecture and identity have evolved, and continue to evolve, side by side

Katie Rosendale and Abigail Ham, General Assignment Reporter and Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2022

Calvin’s student body is becoming more diverse, less Reformed and representative of a wider range of types of learners, but Calvin’s historical student base also remains significant on campus and to...

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