Considered by many to be the Father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard presented on Monday in the chapel as the culminating speaker of the Just Citizenship series with a talk focused on climate change...
A year and a half ago, the first cohort of twenty students began the process of earning a bachelor’s degree in ministry leadership through Calvin College from the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia,...
Board members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists met recently to make a prediction. Their subject? The end of the world.
The board — comprised of renowned physicists, environmental scientists...
Students’ votes are in. As of Friday, April 29, the student senate team for next year has been confirmed. Even after a difficult year with unexpected circumstances within student senate, 1,638 students...
This April, students, faculty and staff of the Sexual Assault Prevention Team (SAPT) have worked to raise awareness of both the destructive results and surprisingly high frequency of sexual assault cases,...
This summer, the student mailing system will switch from Google Gmail to Microsoft Outlook, following a decision made after substantial research and reasoning.
Along with Microsoft Outlook, students...
Since 2011, Calvin has hosted the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, one of the world’s largest film festivals. Last Monday, Calvin—one of four venues in Michigan that held a viewing of the festival’s...
As election season quickly approaches, the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin has organized the Challenges for the Next President series, a set of panels intended to offer...
Voice for Missions is a student organization that creates a space for fellowship, prayer and information for those seeking to pursue global missions. They have weekly meetings at which they facilitate...
At a christian college, it can be all too easy for discussions of sexuality and orientation to change from calm conversations to overly politicized and aggressive debates. Even so, Calvin students and...
Last week, Kevin Lim, a junior engineering major currently serving in the South Korean marines, was severely injured in a vehicle accident during a training exercise. In compliance with the South Korean...
Calvin students, faculty, staff, families and others within the Grand Rapids community gathered on Commons Lawn Wednesday night to stand in solidarity with students at the University of Missouri. Brianna...
Four years ago, faculty and staff of the speech pathology and audiology department (SPAUD) began dreaming of a larger facility in which they could expand their growing program. On September 8, that dream...
Last Tuesday, the business department hosted its annual Calvin Business Partners Award Luncheon, an event honoring businesses and individuals in the Grand Rapids area that have partnered with Calvin’s...
Next Wednesday, Calvin will host a lecture remembering the 1937 Haitian Parsley massacre, in which Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina ordered the murder of thousands of Haitians. This lecture...
Last Wednesday, the CFAC’s Center Art Gallery released its newest exhibition, “Light: An Eternal Presence — The Donna Spaan Contemporary Collection of Art.” The collection, made possible by a generous...
After a recent expansion two years ago, the Calvin College community garden has begun to increase its produce offered in the dining halls. The one acre garden, located adjacent to the Spoelhof Fieldhouse...
Last August, Calvin College’s office of communications and marketing released its new logo as part of its ongoing rebranding process, which has been in action for over a year. The updated logo, which...
Last Friday in the CFAC auditorium, Calvin College hosted a live streaming of Leadercast, an annual event broadcast from Atlanta, Ga., that features speakers from around the world.
The all-day event...
Last Saturday, sustainability coordinators, members of the Environmental Stewardship Coalition (ESC) and the Social Justice Coalition, and various residents of the Grand Rapids area gathered at the KE...
Students in Dance Guild, Calvin’s largest student organization, performed a pair of nearly sold-out shows last Friday and Saturday in the CFAC Auditorium.
This spring, over 300 student dancers jumped,...
Inside your brain right now is a web of about 100 billion nerve cells, each one connected to 10,000 others, constantly firing chemical signals back and forth on microscopic nerve pathways to simultaneously...
Last Monday in the Chapel Undercroft, a board of 11 faculty and staff members awarded David Dick, a senior, the Calvin Student Employee Of The Year Award. This was Dick’s third nomination for the honor,...
For the third year in a row, the student organization Voice for Missions has successfully implemented the Spring Missions Fair.
The fair is an expression of the student org’s overall mission to raise...
In addition to the regularly scheduled Fridays At Calvin visitors this weekend, Calvin will be hosting a group of about 40 prospective students aiming to learn more about and apply for the John M. Perkins...
At Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, MI, select inmates will have the opportunity to earn an AA or BA degree in Ministry Leadership through Calvin College this fall.
The Ministry Leadership...
WYCE-FM, a Grand Rapids-based independent community radio station, hosted its 16th annual Jammie Awards last Friday, honoring local bands and West Michigan musicians with awards for best album and ‘best...
The Calvin College-based group Plaster Creek Stewards received global recognition and a top award last week at a conference in Okayama, Japan. At the Global Conference on Education for Sustainable Development,...
Doors at the Wealthy Street Theater opened wide last Monday as members of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) welcomed the public to a candid, unpolitical conversation on climate change.
A diverse and...
Plaster Creek Stewards, a collaboration of Calvin faculty, staff, and students, recently received a $1.1 million grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). This grant will fund...
