In a near-empty office down the corridor of the history department, James Bratt sits with a library book on abolitionism and grades his class’s reading responses. Bratt is a familiar face in the department....

For most Calvin students, an early rise means getting up for a pesky 8 a.m. class or a morning trip to the gym. Behind the scenes, however, some students make an even earlier rise to ensure campus is ready...

Amidst a tightened national labor market and the current surge in the pandemic, Calvin’s facilities contractor, National Management Resources Corporation, is facing an ongoing labor shortage in some...

In a stroke of what chemistry professor Mark Muyskens described as “serendipity” this summer, he and his summer research group synthesized a brand-new, unique molecule of coumarin, an organic compound...

From Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, world leaders and famous delegates from around the globe gathered in Glasgow for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference, or COP 26. To this global conversation, a Calvin...

More than 200 pieces of paper coated the red brick walls of Hiemenga Hall and greeted students as they walked to class on Thursday morning. The art installation at the building’s main entrance, entitled...

For many, Oct. 31 is when Halloween or All-Hallows-Eve is celebrated. For the Calvin community, Reformation Day has been the focus of the date. Despite this duality - or maybe because of it - Calvin has...

Nearly 100 students participated in funded scientific research last summer, working with 36 professors on a total of 73 projects. Students presented these projects in a poster fair on Oct. 22 in the Science...

Students are returning to in-person church services after a year and a half of majority online attendance. Increased demand for church community calls for navigation of the numerous church options in and...

A “code red” for humanity, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described, was issued on August 9 when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first document of its sixth Assessment...

For the first time in the program’s history, Ready For Life Academy students are joining Calvin’s dorm life. R4L, which provides opportunities for people with disabilities to learn in a college environment,...

There’s a brand-new presence on Calvin’s campus this semester and it isn’t the murder hornets we heard so much about last year.  Approved in December of last year, the new Calvin Core is now...

When Calvin received a National Science Foundation grant in 2019 for “recruiting and retaining students in STEM at Calvin,” part of the funding was used to create two STEM ambassadors positions. Tasked...

The Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies department has recently renovated the artificial on-campus dune known as Perseverance by adding almost 189 tons of sand. This addition created a blowout...

For the first time in 150 years, Greek courses will not be offered at Calvin next year. The temporary pause for the 2021-22 school year includes all Greek courses from 100 to upper level.  The change...

The newly-formed Calvin Interfaith Engagement team hosted an online conversation between three local faith leaders on Mar. 18. Professor Frans van Liere described the team’s mission as promoting interfaith...