Lauren DeVries is excited to use the things she’s learned in marketing classes and internships as she takes on the position of Multimedia & Layout Editor this year. This is her third year on Chimes. She is currently in her senior year at Calvin, studying marketing and finance.

Harm Venhuizen is the editor-in-chief of Chimes for the 2021-22 school year. He has previously worked as a staff reporter, religion editor, and managing editor at Chimes, interned at Military Times, and is involved in a variety of extracurricular activities outside of the paper. For tips, feedback, comments and concerns, email him at hav9@students....

Katherine Benedict is the Chimes science and technology (sci-tech) editor. She is a sophomore double-majoring in international relations and environmental science with a biology focus. Katherine is also minoring in Writing. Katherine has lived in Seattle, San Diego, and the Ann Arbor area, but now calls Grand Rapids home. Besides writing, some of h...

Lauren Cole serves as Chimes head copy editor, which makes sense given her plans to go into publishing as an editor and her love for reading, writing, grammar and the Oxford comma. She is a senior majoring in writing and French and minoring in psychology. Lauren is also a student fellow for the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing. During her free time s...

McKinley Anderson serves as one of the campus and community editors at Chimes She is excited to connect students to the happenings around campus and Grand Rapids. McKinley is a senior at Calvin studying sociology and psychology. She has always enjoyed writing and storytelling, and she is particularly excited about telling the story of Calvin Universit...

Garrett Strpko will act as the arts and entertainment editor for this Chimes this year. He is a senior studying film and philosophy. When not watching a movie in the Bytwerk or rambling about Kierkegaard in the Jellema Room, Garrett can also be found working at the Rhetoric Center. Most of all, though, Garrett likes to share his passion for music, whe...

Religion section editor Sophia Morgan is a junior double-majoring in history and environmental studies. Her academic areas of interest include indigenous people’s history, the trench poets of WWI, and policy surrounding sustainability and reef preservation. While in Michigan, she juggles classes, writing and editing for Chimes, and working as a co...

Ellington Smith is the sports editor for Chimes. He is from Detroit, Michigan and is majoring in film and media with minors in journalism and religion. He has always had a passion for sports and believes that they can become an integral part of campus and community life at Calvin. ...

Sam Ballast is the layout editor for the Chimes. She is a junior from Grand Rapids majoring in graphic design and minoring in business. Along with writing and design, she enjoys photography and dance. Using her slight caffeine addiction, passion for design and business and writing/editing skills, Sam hopes to get into the marketing field after graduati...

Joshua Polanski is a senior studying religion and strategic communication with plans to study at the intersection of religion and culture at the graduate level. In addition to working for Chimes, Joshua also works for the Rhetoric Center. In his rare free time, he reads everything from comics to Marxist literary theory and loves to watch all sorts of mo...

Opinions editor Liv Deliyannides is in pursuit of a social work masters and spends her free time writing concrete poetry. She grew up in South Bend, Indiana, a place that is now on the map because its Mayor Pete is running for president. As opinions editor, Liv believes that life would be boring and unchallenging without diversity of opinions, and she ...

Ethan Stafford will serve as one of the campus and community editors. He is a senior from Pinckney, Michigan, a small town north of Ann Arbor most famous for being the neighbor of Hell, Michigan. He moved to Austria where he lived for three years and then spent two more years in Italy before returning to Pinckney at age nine. Ethan is double-majoring ...

Juliana Knot is the editor-in-chief of the 2019-2020 Chimes. She has formerly worked as the managing editor and the religion editor of Chimes and is excited for the year ahead with such a talented team. Hailing from the south suburbs of Chicago, she misses the pizza but appreciates the easy access to Wilhelmina mints in West Michigan. You can find ...

Grace Swanson is the Chimes multimedia editor. She is a senior from Ypsilanti, Michigan studying strategic communications and sociology. She is experienced in event planning and social media but has professional interests in audience analysis, persona work and design thinking. She is also involved with the Artist Collaborative and new student orien...