Calvin University Chimes

Bring Syrian Migrants to Michigan

Meg Schmidt
April 7, 2016

One million migrants filed asylum claims in Europe in 2015. Michigan has a total population count of one million. These refugees are searching for new homes, new jobs and new beginnings — the old...

January speaker shares her stories of healing, hope and renewal for war’s children victims

Amelia Sterenberg
February 4, 2016

This year, Calvin brought speaker Dr. Bethany Haley Williams to the 2016 January Series to talk about her experience founding a program aimed at therapeutically rehabilitating child survivors of war in...

Grand Rapids resettles first Syrian refugee family

Kate Parsons
February 20, 2015

By late 2014, nearly 9.5 million Syrians, 40 percent of the country’s population, had been displaced from their homes by ongoing violence and conflict in the region. “It’s one of the toughest...

Bosnian-Americans a fixture of Calvin dining halls

Kate Parsons
March 20, 2014

Sebiha has already been up for three hours, but she still greets every student filing into the dining hall with a cheery “Happy Friday!” as she swipes their ID cards. Most smile back. “I don’t...

Refugees in West Michigan

Nathan Slauer
September 26, 2013

Everyday I act based on the assumption that I will be able to return to my home. Every time I drive to Calvin, work or a friend’s house, I do so with the understanding that I will be able to return my...