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Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

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Calvin to rejuvenate humanities through $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities

Jocelyn Nuñez-Colón, C&C Editor
January 16, 2022

Calvin is one step closer to revitalizing the humanities on campus by considering how the humanities can impact core, thanks to funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Calvin was one of...

Faculty Assembly fails to pass core model by four votes

Josh Parks
May 7, 2016

At Monday’s full faculty assembly, the proposal for a revised core curriculum structure failed to receive the required 60 percent supermajority needed for approval. Out of 227 faculty votes cast, there...

Faculty senate approves new core curriculum proposal

Josh Parks
April 29, 2016

At their final meeting of the year on April 25, faculty senate approved the structure for the new curriculum. The model was brought to faculty senate by the core curriculum committee (CCC) and the educational...

Don’t collapse the arts

Josh Parks
December 13, 2015

At last week’s faculty senate meeting, the core curriculum committee (CCC) presented a “draft working model” of a new core to the senators for feedback. Provost Brandsen stressed that it was tentative...

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Low student turnout at core town hall

Kate Parsons
February 20, 2015

This past Wednesday, student senate hosted a town hall for students to ask questions about potential changes to core. Around two dozen students showed up to listen to a presentation given by members of...

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Faculty prepare to vote on new models for core

Kate Parsons
February 12, 2015

After 15 years of the current core and nearly two years of discussions around core revision, three new core proposals, one of which is to retain the current core, will be brought to the faculty this May....

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