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Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Streetfest was one of the programs run by the SLC. The center is now under the direction of the Global Campus.

Service-Learning Center moves into time of transition

Grace Buller, Campus Reporter
January 22, 2023

The Service-Learning Center (SLC) moved into a period of transition early this semester after former Director Andrew Haggerty stepped down. The center is now under the direction of the Global Campus. Students...

Students now have an opportunity to work more in depth with organizations.

Service Learning Center kicks back into gear with new partnership system

Lauren Vanden Bosch, Staff Writer
October 23, 2021

This year, the Service Learning Center has decided to change the way local organizations partner with them in order to build more intentional relationships with specific organizations. The Service Learning...

Service-learning center takes students on a ‘GR Walk’

Emily Cole
April 30, 2015

“You need to know the history of a city to understand why it is the way it is today,” said Josh Leo, a 2005 Calvin graduate and founder of GR Walks, an app that provides guided audio tours that dig...

Photo courtesy GR Walks' facebook page

Service-Learning Center hosts ReVision event with new app

Makenzie Vos
April 20, 2015

Every year, the Service Learning Center (S-LC) organizes a ReVision event, but this year, they decided to spice it up. These ReVision events are hosted by Community Partnership Coordinators of each residence...

Service-Learning Center day of service focuses on writing letters

Maddie Hughey
January 22, 2015

This Monday, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. day, students gathered in the service-learning center to write letters to Pearson Education, a British publishing company, protesting a textbook...

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Special Olympics to be held at Calvin

Emily Cole
May 1, 2014

This Saturday, hundreds of athletes and participants will be running, jumping, and swimming across Calvin’s campus as part of this year’s Special Olympics. Starting at 8:00 a.m. with a parade of athletes...

Photo courtesy service-learning center

Service-learning trip to Louisiana experiences servanthood

Jennifer Hartstein
April 3, 2014

This past week, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a service-learning trip to Chauvin, La. While there, I was struck by the resilient and selfless attitudes of a community that has been...

Photo courtesy Service-Learning Center

Calvin’s Perkins Fellows meet John Perkins over spring break

Sarah Stripp
April 3, 2014

While most Service-Learning spring break trips send off a group of students that can fit in a 15 passenger van, this past week, 28 students and two faculty members loaded up a charter bus and travelled...

Service Learning Center celebrates 50th anniversary

Service Learning Center celebrates 50th anniversary

Lydia Beukelman
February 12, 2014

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Calvin organization now known as the Service Learning Center (SLC). While every incoming Calvin student has at least experienced their work through StreetFest,...

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