Calvin University Chimes

When cherished beliefs are challenged: Calvin students wrestle with hard questions

Nolan Cowan and Ethan Meyers
December 4, 2023

Grace Driggers remembers feeling uncomfortable throughout REL-121, a course she took to fulfill the core religion requirement. For three years, Calvin had been a place that had built her up in song, in...

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...

B.S./B.S.C. core exemption proposal fails

Josh Parks
April 28, 2017

The proposal to grant an exemption from the Persons in Community (PIC) core category and the second year of foreign language to students in Bachelor of Science (BS) and Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS)...

Faculty senate considers B.S./B.S.C core exemption

Maddie Hughey
April 21, 2017

Faculty senate is in the throes of debating a new core proposal. This proposal would allow students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S) degree to be exempt from...

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...

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...

Bias of Art Core

Kelsey Powers
September 11, 2015

When I filled my core requirement for the arts, I took Classic Mythology. At the time, I was just relieved I didn’t have to take a genuine art class – that is, something involving drawing, painting,...

Lecture discusses core classes and critical thinking skills

Joanna Bascom
April 23, 2015

“Does Calvin’s liberal arts curriculum foster critical thinking skills?” Jim Jadrich, science education and physics professor, addressed this question last Friday in an informative presentation...

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...

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....

President Le Roy addresses student questions on core, prioritization

Kate Parsons
April 3, 2014

Students asked hard-hitting questions about Calvin’s future at Wednesday night’s town hall meeting with President Michael Le Roy. Taking questions from both Twitter and the audience, President Le Roy...

‘Zero’ chance of passing new core by May, leaders say

Ruthy Berends
November 20, 2013

A disagreement between academic departments over the need to revise the current core curriculum has delayed plans for a new core, according to professor Bruce Berglund, chair of the core curriculum committee. Earlier...