Ian Tjoelker, General Assignment Editor November 7, 2025
Vice President for Enrollment Strategy Lauren Jensen will be stepping down from her role at Calvin University at the end of 2025.
Jensen started in the role on March 1, 2019, after previously holding...
Evangeline Anga, General Assignment Reporter November 3, 2025
This fall marks the inaugural semester of Calvin’s Ham Radio Club, connecting Calvin students to ham radio operators across the globe.
Ham radio is a form of communication that works without cell...
Calvin Theological Seminary, a separate entity from Calvin University, will be introducing a new housing complex, named 3300 Apartments, in order to address the growing needs of international students...
As the regular season begins to wind down, Calvin’s men’s soccer team has been through a thrilling stretch of highs and lows, but the team has their heads set high for the postseason. With the Michigan...
In the midst of a shifting landscape of higher education across the nation, Calvin is undergoing a strategic planning process in response, leading to a restructuring in areas of the university.
Dirk...
For those of you who haven’t heard (or haven’t read the first half of this issue, shame on you), last Sunday, a deer broke through the window of the 1st Bennink kitchen, broke his leg, and got stuck....
For over a hundred years, the Calvin community has looked to Chimes during bouts of uncertainty for things like clarity, transparency and justice. And while student journalism is not perfect, Chimes does...
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, Tomato Bliss was in Commons Dining Hall over lunch, sharing fresh tomato soups with students.
Tomato Bliss is a West Michigan-based business focused on “superb flavor,...
I am a computer science student at Calvin who recently wrote a statement about the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in my classes. The companies behind this tech have claimed the more general term “AI”...
Last week, I was pleasantly greeted by a piece in Chimes by my classmate Robert Hine, who responded to one of my previous articles, titled What is church?, with an excellent article of his own, Hope and...
According to Calvin University’s Confessional Commitment and Academic Freedom (CCAF) document, “...the Confessions are as important to Calvin…as the Constitution or Bill of Rights is for jurisprudence...
On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Calvin Theatre Company (CTC) hosted its annual “24-hour theatre.” As the name suggests, participants in the production have 24 hours to write, direct and put on a series...
