In October 2024, Calvin received a federal grant to replace the “blue pole” emergency phones intended to offer students a way to contact emergency services.  Much of Calvin’s network of blue...

Following the tragedy at Michigan State University on February 13, 2023, Calvin has taken steps to protect students. The biggest change immediately following the aftermath of the shooting was to lock academic...

While walking around Calvin’s campus, it’s hard to miss the posters that say #StopSextortion. On the poster is information about sextortion and contact information for Campus Safety. These posters...

The Center For Counseling and Wellness have expanded their staff and resource offerings by hiring additional counselors and students, as well as purchasing new wellness equipment and upgrading the CCW’s...

The weekly Campus Safety reports are a staple in every issue of Chimes. Usually, the reports are minor alcohol offenses, and students read and laugh at the Beets-Veenstra (or any dorm for that matter)...

Lee Swafford, a former Calvin campus safety officer, was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm on Wednesday after an incident on Calvin’s campus last November. On the morning of Nov....

Officials at Wheaton College in Illinois are looking to Calvin College as they consider arming their campus safety officers with firearms. Calvin officers have been armed since 2008, and there are currently...

On Tuesday afternoon, William Corner, director of campus safety, gave a presentation in the Commons Annex Lecture Hall called “Shots Fired on Campus: What to do in the event of an active shooter.” Last...

A threatening letter containing an unidentified powdery substance, which the letter claimed to be anthrax, prompted the evacuation of the Mail and Printing Services building Wednesday morning. When notified,...

Campus safety patrol officers are wearing chest cameras on call as of this month. The cabinet approved the policy in August for full-time adult campus safety staff to be equipped with small cameras when...

Intro: Every year, the Calvin dorms seem to add a new leadership position. At this rate, some fear that students not in leadership will soon become the minority in the dorms. So what’s with all the...

On Jan. 6, Calvin’s campus safety welcomed its new assistant director, Jim Potter. Potter comes to Calvin with 28 years of experience in the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD), where he was in a variety...