Katie Rosendale, General Assignment Reporter November 6, 2022
With over 30 advisees, Jaclynn Lubbers, chair of the nursing department, spent 17 hours this semester on advising alone.
“Even two days of advising isn’t sufficient, because you can’t do it...
Calvin’s board of trustees decided last Friday to approve the Professional Status Committee (PSC)'s recommendation to retain all faculty in the "pioneer cohort" — a group of faculty who were the first...
“Is it good that Calvin required Christian schooling? Yes,” chemistry professor Chad Tatko told Chimes. “What a wonderful testament to the role of Christ in every area of our lives. Was it easy?...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Professor You Kyong Ahn, who teaches architecture, will also be leaving. As this position is not full-time, it was not included in the original numbers released from administration.
In...
Last Tuesday, President Le Roy sent out an email that resulted in a flurry of mixed emotions among the history, music and art and art history departments.
Professors from these departments now have...
Calvin currently requires its faculty to send their children to Christian schools. This requirement stems from Calvin’s core affiliation with the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), which values Christian...
This summer Synod 2014 accepted a document called “Confessional Commitment and Academic Freedom at Calvin College,” which affirmed that the college’s academic work is within confessional boundaries.
Professor...
As people age and mature, all come to a point in life where they must confront loss and
grief. Grief is a natural and necessary process birthed from loss — the loss of a dream, the loss of a hope or...
The Office of the Provost has launched a new online faculty comment form — available via Portal — for students to send feedback on courses and professors to academic deans.
Evaluation forms cannot...
Less than fifty percent of faculty members report that they have attended at least one diversity event in the past year, according to the Multicultural Affairs Committee (MAC) report.
The From Every Nation...
Brian Fuller, professor of media production at Calvin College, was placed on leave effective Monday, Nov. 11. The communications arts and sciences (CAS) department notified students via email about the...
What are we here for? This is the question that we are asking at Calvin College this year — as we engage in strategic planning, search for a new provost and reconsider our mission and core curriculum.
It...
