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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

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Things to ask before you go, A short guide to preparing for off campus study programs

Andrew Pruim
April 18, 2016

One of the great things about Calvin College is all the opportunities students have to learn in a variety of environments through studies off campus. According to a recent report by US News and World Report,...

Calvin ranked second in number of students studying abroad

Alicia DeJong
December 3, 2015

According to the Institute of International Education (IIE), 10 percent of undergraduate students in the United States will study abroad by time they graduate. According to Tom Van Eck, associate director...

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Off-Campus Programs Holds Prayer Vigil For World Events

Nathaniel Ross
October 9, 2014

Last Thursday, over 100 students, faculty and staff gathered throughout the day to pray for the troubling events occurring throughout the world, the Calvin students and alumni in the troubled areas and...

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Reflecting on the Justice Studies in Honduras semester

Kate Parsons
March 12, 2014

Deep in the mountains of rural Honduras, where there were more coffee plants and wandering cows than people, our bus sputtered and stopped. Its wheels spun helplessly, burying us deeper into the muddy...

A Hungarian Holocaust memorial. Photo courtesy WIkimedia Commons user Ian Pitchford.

Students in Hungary report Anti-Semitism on the rise in Eastern Europe

Rachel Hekman
October 10, 2013

Seventy years ago, Eastern Europe hosted the most concentrated form of anti-Semitism (discrimination against Jews) the world has seen in hundreds of years. A full generation after the liberation of Nazi...

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Calvin service-learning opportunities plentiful

Grace Ruiter
February 1, 2013

As you’re poring over your syllabi and mapping out your spring semester accordingly, Jeff Bouman, director of the service-learning center, hopes you will consider taking some time out of it to participate...

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ReGathering service to kick off second semester by focusing on Le Roy’s travels

Ryan Struyk
January 28, 2013

A campus-wide worship service is set to mark the beginning of second semester Wednesday, where chaplain Mary Hulst will interview President Michael Le Roy on how his global travels have affected his Christian...

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Students prepare for next semester’s study abroad programs

Kyle Rodriguez
January 3, 2013

After countless papers, projects and exams, most students breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the semester. They prepared for travel home and a refreshing break from academics. But there is one...

Off-campus groups continue relationships at Calvin

Catherine Kramer
December 17, 2012

Calvin College boasts 14 off-campus semesters and roughly 40 off-campus interims every year. Students regularly sign up for the programs without knowing many of the people going, but over the course of...

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Calvin cuts Netherlands semester program

Justin Vanden Ende
December 7, 2012

After a three-year trial period, Calvin’s planning and priorities committee (PPC) discontinued the Netherlands semester program, an off-campus semester designed to facilitate the demanding core requirements...

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