Late last month, Calvin President Wiebe Boer, Provost Noah Toly, Vice President for Advancement Gregory Elzinga and University Pastor Mary Hulst met with Abide Project, an affinity group for members of...

Stephanie Oosterhouse battled to procure Taylor Swift tickets last November. “It was awful,” said Oosterhouse, a graduate student in Calvin’s master's in geographic information science program....

In the garden, the breeze is tinged with the scent of hibiscus. Birds perch on nearby trees, which burst with cashews, grapefruit, oranges and mangoes. In the distance, mountains emerge from the earth,...

“Men at Calvin be having some mad commitment issues fr fr.” “I’m so feral for the guys that sit behind me in my stats class.” “To the person who’s pants I spilled bbq sauce on at Johnny’s....

During the pandemic, then-sophomore Trace Rutman found himself playing a lot of video games in quarantine. “I was like, ‘Why not make this a campus-wide thing?’” Rutman said. So he founded an...

It’s February in Grand Rapids, Michigan –– a city that’s not known for balmy temperatures at any time of year. Piles of slush surround you and catching even the smallest glimpse of sun is cause...

Calvin will welcome the inaugural class of the Common Good Coalition (CGC), a learning community anchored in exploring and promoting the common good next fall. Cohorts are a part of Calvin’s admissions...

In the late 1940s, a resident of New Jersey wrote to Calvin’s then-president, Henry Schultze, with a grave concern: students traveling to and from Calvin on Sundays over holiday breaks. Traveling on...

Last fall, 12 Calvin students and one faculty member spent a semester studying in Arequipa, Peru –– which was an amazing experience, according to senior Sadie Kornoelje. But in the face of political...

On Nov. 8, Michigan voters elected candidates across all levels of government –– from local to federal. Several of the winners have close ties to the Calvin community, including the new U.S. Rep. Hillary...

The past year has been tumultuous for students in Calvin’s social work program. With the loss of three of four social work professors, on top of the university’s split with the former Center for Social...

Despite bringing big-name acts like Bleachers, Julia Jacklin, Bad Bad Hats and Dante Elephante to campus, Calvin’s Student Activities Office has faced low ticket sales all semester. According to SAO...

With over 30 advisees, Jaclynn Lubbers, chair of the nursing department, spent 17 hours this semester on advising alone.  “Even two days of advising isn’t sufficient, because you can’t do it...

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...

Student organizations can now apply to increase their budgets, courtesy of university President Wiebe Boer, Student Senate President Nain Miranda announced via Yammer on Oct. 19. The measure is a temporary...

For some people, home is a simple thing. But for Calvin University President Wiebe Boer, it’s complicated. “If you ask me, ‘Where are you from?’ [my answer] depends on how long I have to...

After unexpected staffing shortages, Dining Services decided to close Knollcrest for lunch, which produced long lines at Commons. In response to complaints, Dining Services and Student Senate are working...

“Recovering.”  That’s how Stacia Hoeksema described Calvin’s social work program.  After most of the program’s full-time faculty exited Calvin last semester in the wake of a university-wide...

Craig Mattson spent more than two decades teaching at Trinity Christian College in Chicago. But two weeks ago, he started at Calvin as a professor of communication and the DeKruyter Chair in Faith and...

Sunlight streams through the windows. You can see cars whizzing down the Beltline, but all you can hear is the hum and chatter of students taking advantage of collaborative study spaces. Overhead, a massive...

You’ve seen hats. You’ve seen bad hats. But have you seen Bad Bad Hats? Bad Bad Hats aren’t, as you might imagine, a collection of garish accessories. Rather, they’re a female-led trio from...

Few people would call the pandemic a good thing. “It was a recipe for disaster,” said junior Timothy Stephens, describing a brutal combination of isolation, declining mental health and professors...

It’s the middle of July. The sun is warm, the days are long and the draw of a beach trip is practically irresistible.  But at Calvin, business carries on as usual. Each day, campus swarms with dozens...

From June to December 2021, eleven Calvin students will work with Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) to improve vaccine trust and accessibility in Kent County, where 61 percent of residents have received at...

“When our planet’s under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!”  These chants echoed through campus as Calvin students marched in support of the international climate strike on Friday....