Student senate announced the newly elected student body president, Edgar Aguilar, and eleven student senators on Friday, April 27. “When I saw the results I was thankful and said a prayer thanking...

One time I was low-key faith-healed. At least, it was attempted. I attended an event on Calvin’s campus hosted by an outside organization. The leaders were intensely spiritual. I don’t think I’ve...

Dr. Jason VanHorn, professor of geology and geography, took a break recently from studying this world to build a world of his own in his new, self-published book “Alabaster Dangermond and the Serpent's...

Updated: 2/28/18, 12:28 a.m. The Michigan Health Endowment fund recently awarded the Calvin College speech pathology department a $433,394 grant to implement a fall prevention program to educate Grand...

Filmmaker, Calvin alumnus and former Chimes editor Paul Schrader returned to his Reformed roots for the subject matter his new film, “First Reformed,” and to his alma mater’s campus to talk about...

Chaplain Mary Hulst announced in LOFT on Sunday, Feb. 4, that students living on campus will be collecting pop cans to support the Community Care Fund. “Usually, the pop cans go through our single...

'Franklin Speyers is a professor of art and art history. The Center Art Gallery is showcasing his show “West of the Imagination” through Dec. 20. Chimes spoke with Speyers in the gallery about his...

Members of Calvin’s chapter of Society of Women Engineers (SWE) traveled to Austin, Texas, to attend the national conference from Oct. 26–28. With over 14,000 attendees at the 2017 conference,...

Denice Fett has taken over for Richard Harms as curator of the archives, located in Heritage Hall inside Hekman Library. She has plans to increase access for students and the broader academic, denominational...

Does Calvin adequately meet the needs of students with physical disabilities and impairments? Is “adequate" enough, considering Calvin markets ideals of “shalom” and restoration? Calvin’s architectural...

Calvin’s marketing and admissions departments launched a redesigned homepage and other landing pages on Thursday, Oct. 18, which aim to make the website more easily accessible and readily informative...

The Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL), an on-campus, continued education program for Calvin alumni and older adults in the Grand Rapids community,  is celebrating higher enrollment numbers than...

Calvin Improv’s first show of the 2017-18 school year introduced two new members to a full house of laughter and applause. On Saturday, Sept. 30, sophomore Emma Crevier and first-year student Will De...

Calvin College is welcoming students with developmental disabilities in a new way: the Ready for Life Academy. Emily Perton, the program's executive director, called it “an inclusive college program...

Beets-Veenstra won the 49th annual Chaos Night by a narrow point margin last Friday, Sept. 8. Chaos Night 2017 featured many memorable moments, from the bagpipe-playing RA that accompanied Kalsbeek-Huizenga-van...

Dance Guild Spring 2017 included everything from a flowing sacred dance number to a dynamic tap dance. Many more traditional forms of dance, such as ballet, ballroom and tap, were paired with pop songs,...

The Meeter Center and Calvin Theological Seminary are marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with lectures by Nicholas Terpstra of Victoria College, University of Toronto, and German Consul-General...

First Heyns in BHT and First Kalsbeek and Huizenga in KHvR will no longer be traditional first-year and sophomore housing floors starting next fall. Jay Wise, director of housing, explained that the...

Recent instances of international and domestic terrorism have led to pervasive fear of Muslim extremist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram. In response to this fear, Professor Edlyne E. Anugwum, a Nigerian...

Instances of religious discrimination appear to be on the rise; yet these instances can prove difficult to identify and even more difficult to rectify. One reason is due to the challenge of qualifying...