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Fiske Guide highlights Calvin University engineering program
Calvin University is one of just 16 colleges and universities to be shortlisted on the Fiske Guide to College’s “Small Colleges and Universities Strong in Engineering” category
News & Stories – July 17, 2024 -
A Summer Full of STEM Research
Every year, dozens of faculty work with nearly 100 students in STEM fields to create new knowledge.
News & Stories – June 26, 2024 -
Doors Open and Opportunities Abound
Jack Klop moved from California to Michigan for Calvin University's great engineering program. He said he stayed at Calvin because of the many opportunities he's had in just his first two years.
News & Stories – April 23, 2024 -
Rerouting and discovering new passions
At Calvin University, Sandra Moeller has discovered new passions and developed her capacity to dream bigger.
News & Stories – March 6, 2024 -
Opportunities illuminated in student's first year at Calvin
As a sophomore, Mariana Dykstra has already co-authored a paper that is published in the Journal for Chemical Education, which is considered the top publication for chemical educators.
News & Stories – February 13, 2024 -
Monthlong program provides invaluable start to college experience
The Entrada Scholars Program was not at the top of Eddie Graves’ wish list for how he wanted to spend a month of the summer following his senior year of high school. After completing the program, his tune significantly changed.
News & Stories – January 9, 2024 -
Students create viable path for Calvin University to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030
Calvin University President Wiebe Boer posed the question: “What earlier year should Calvin University choose for its carbon neutrality date?” to Engineering 333 students. The team discovered a way to move the target date up decades.
News & Stories – December 12, 2023 -
Professor's research impacts coffee roasting on six continents
An engineering professor at Calvin University helped create a patent for the VortX EcoFilter, which is reducing the detrimental effect conventional coffee roasting is having on the environment. The new product has been installed in about 200 locations on six continents.
News & Stories – September 30, 2023 -
U.S. News & World Report ranks Calvin near the top of multiple lists
Calvin University ranks fourth overall among all Midwest regional universities featured in U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Colleges Guidebook. The university also received high marks for undergraduate teaching, merit-based aid awarding, international student enrollment, and first-year retention.
News & Stories – September 18, 2023 -
Committed to excellence on, off, and under the fields
Pending the results of a 500-foot-deep test bore that was done in late August, university leaders are planning to install two small geothermal fields that will heat and cool the new outdoor athletic facilities on the northwest side of campus.
News & Stories – September 12, 2023 -
Removing Parking and Discovering Place
Plaster Creek Stewards have turned a portion of a Calvin University parking lot into a large bioswale. The project, funded by a state grant, aims to limit stormwater runoff and improve water quality downstream.
News & Stories – August 1, 2023 -
Fiske Guide Shortlists Calvin University Engineering Program
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2024 edition applauds Calvin University for the strength of its engineering program and calls out its hallmarks of integrating faith and learning and faculty-student interaction.
News & Stories – July 11, 2023 -
On a Mission to Inspire Students to Dream Bigger
For two decades, Matt Heun, a professor of engineering at Calvin University, has inspired students to go beyond their own expectations of themselves. This spring, he's the recipient of Calvin’s 2023 Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching—the highest honor the university awards for teaching.
News & Stories – April 21, 2023 -
Engineers take Calvin education beyond proof of concept
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, 20 teams of students will showcase the design projects they engineered over the past year. The teams solved real-world problems and are now equipped to not only meet, but exceed their industry's standards for excellence.
News & Stories – April 5, 2023 -
Calvin University Receives STARS Silver Rating for Sustainability Achievements
Calvin University has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. This year's overall score is the highest in the institution's history.
News & Stories – March 29, 2023 -
Building Calvin's Inaugural Robotics Football Team
In its first year of existence, the Calvin Robotics Football team is competing at a high level, with the likes of Notre Dame, Valparaiso, and Navy.
News & Stories – March 3, 2023 -
Calvin in 2022: A Year in Review
From a presidential transition to the first-ever graduation ceremony behind bars to adding new sports, spaces, and academic programming, there was no shortage of exciting happenings at Calvin in 2022.
News & Stories – December 31, 2022 -
Building robots and community
Two students started Combat Robotics at Calvin University, allowing both novices and experts in the robotics field to build robots, test their creations in battle, and experience a fun, supportive community.
News & Stories – December 16, 2022 -
Engineering students shifting carbon into neutral at Calvin University
In a semester-long engineering class project, students developed their communication, math, and problem-solving skills as they discovered a path for Calvin to eliminate its natural-gas related net CO2 emissions from its heating.
News & Stories – December 7, 2022 -
Engineer's watershed moment having ripple effects
When Julie Wildschut '00 was a middle school student she had her watershed moment. Now three decades later, that moment is having a ripple effect on students, communities, and a watershed.
News & Stories – October 21, 2022 -
Alum invention prevents common nursery injury
Nursery glider chairs can cause painful injures. This alumni is on a mission to prevent them.
Spark – October 1, 2021 -
Research leads to Toyota patent
Spark – April 1, 2021 -
Turning sorrow to joy
There are more than 825 awards that are part of Calvin’s Named Scholarship Program.
Spark – April 1, 2021 -
Breaking records
Overcoming language and culture challenges, Julian Iturbe breaks Calvin school records in three freestyle events.
Spark – April 1, 2020 -
Develop the mind—and heart—of an engineer
Josh Wright talks about gaining hands-on experience with chemical engineering in Germany, wrestling with Calvin’s emphasis on following God’s call, and translating his knowledge of chemical engineering to medicine.
News – October 2, 2019 -
Why Calvin engineers land better jobs
Mechanical engineer Jenny Haney talks about how she got a job after college, how ethical conversations were part of her education, and what she recommends to aspiring engineering students.
News – October 2, 2019 -
How engineering can lead to the NFL
Electrical and computer engineer Dan Evans reflects on how his Calvin experience led him to become a business leader and an NFL influencer.
News – October 2, 2019 -
Aerospace in action
Kash Sigdel has been fascinated with aerospace since high school. At Calvin, he was able to deepen his knowledge with two independent studies and apply his learning with his senior design project: a hydrofoil. He got a job as an automation engineer right after graduating.
News – October 2, 2019 -
An engineer with purpose
Graduate Temitope Ogunnoiki, now a project automation engineer at BuhlerPrince, Inc., shares what she learned about her larger purpose as an engineer during her years at Calvin.
News – October 2, 2019 -
How to build a quadcopter in 4 steps
Engineering students at Calvin have the chance to design and build a quadcopter during interim. The process involves understanding the constraints of the project, making a prototype, and testing your quadcopter until it’s ready to fly.
News – October 2, 2019 -
Beyond Stewardship
Calvin professors David Warners and Matthew Heun are co-editors of Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care.
Spark – September 1, 2019 -
Expanding opportunities for women in engineering
Fewer than 20 percent of all bachelor's degrees in engineering were awarded to women in the United States in 2015. Calvin College students are taking action to see that statistic change.
News – February 21, 2019 -
Following go
From Burma to Michigan and on to Calvin, this alumna is thankful for her engineering degree—and God's faithfulness.
Spark – September 1, 2017 -
Achieving Zero
Calvin engineering majors work with local company under Department of Energy grant on energy-saving window project.
Spark – December 1, 2016 -
Twister teachings
Fred Haan's research seeks to obtain more exact wind-speed data from vehicle motion.
Spark – June 15, 2016
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