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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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

A little over three years after announcing the decision to outsource, Calvin is bringing back in-house facilities management.

Calvin to bring facilities back in-house

Ian Tjoelker, General Assignment Reporter
September 23, 2024

In a major shift, the management of Calvin’s facilities will return in-house as of Oct. 1, 2024.  The decision, announced on Sept. 13 by Dirk Pruis, the vice president for Finance, marks a return...

Facilities is experience staff and cleaning shortages this winter.

COVID compounds labor shortage facing facilities contractor

Timothy Lin, Staff Reporter
January 25, 2022

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...

COVID concerns make recycling difficult.

Recycling to return to campus by early December

Abigail Ham, Managing Editor
October 23, 2021

Recycling bins will once again be dispersed across campus by early December. COVID-19 restrictions, not staffing reductions, have been the main source of delays in reintroduction of campus-wide recycling,...

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