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De Vries Postdoctoral Fellow Tackles the Politics of Water

• Professor Dirksen is a de Vries Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, part of a cohort that spends two years at Calvin University developing their teaching and shaping their work as Christian scholars. His time at Calvin has also included a partnership with the Clean Water Institute and the City of Grand Rapids to research the state-mandated process of removing all lead service lines.

New Scholarship Announced

• The Joseph and Sang Jin Kim scholarship is now available to help prospective students consider how they might get involved with the Clean Water Institute! Any prospective Calvin students are welcome to apply. Watch for it through your financial aid application in your list of apply-to scholarships.

Clean Water Institute of Calvin introduces new directors

• The Clean Water Institute of Calvin introduced two new co-directors: hydrogeologist Stuart Dykestra and chemistry professor Douglas Vander Griend.

Forging Relationships Between Faith-based and Secular Organizations to Address the Global Water Crisis: A Case Study from Liberia

• This case study reviews the benefits and challenges of multisectoral partnerships between faith-based and secular organizations using the example of a multi-year water filter distribution project in Liberia.

Archaeology and Water at Umm el-Jimal Archaeology Site in Jordan

• On March 28, 2019, Calvin professors David Wunder and Robert Hoeksema, and the director of the Umm el-Jimal Archaeological Project, Bert de Vries, presented on the necessity and ways of developing a functional water system for the modern community at the Umm el-Jimal Archaeological Site.

Friends in search of water across the globe

• How a passion for travel and clean water brought two engineering majors together

Calvin College students play role in clean water project in Liberia

• Five students from Calvin College are part of a project aiming to eventually provide clean water filter systems to countries in need.

Calvin College students help with clean water project in Liberia

• Students are using what they learn in class for a research project to help bring safe, clean water to people in Liberia.

Calvin College students help with clean water project in Liberia

• Calvin College partnered with Phillips' organization, and students are using what they learn in class for a research project to help bring safe, clean water to people in Liberia.

Calvin College Study Plays Key Role in Clean Water Project

• Students from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. played an integral role in a research project this summer that could lead to profound public health advancements on a global scale.

Calvin College study plays key role in clean water project

• College’s students and faculty work with Sawyer International to help bring clean water to Liberia

Reactivating a 2,000-year-old water system in Jordan

• In the Jordanian village of Umm el-Jimal, Calvin senior Sarah Cok participated in a millennium-old engineering project.

The Clean Water Institute of Calvin College

• "It is important to understand that The Clean Water Institute of Calvin College promotes sustainability."

Jordan seeks to become an oasis of water-saving technology

• As strains on the desert nation’s supply increase, scientists collaborate on projects to keep water flowing.

Brand design class welcomes Clean Water Institute of Calvin College as its next client

• Art Professor Frank Speyers’ Brand Design class has tackled a number of real-world projects since its inception, including the Clean Water Institute.

Calvin tests ‘service learning’ with Clean Water Institute

• One of the programs offered through the Clean Water Institute will be a course during the January 2016 Interim semester that takes place in Ethiopia.

Clean Water Institute Opens at Calvin College

• It was the spring of 2012 and Calvin College professor of engineering David Wunder was more than 1,000 miles away from Calvin when he received the call.

A Wave of Hope: College launches interdisciplinary Clean Water Institute to aid developing countries

• "All he knew was that it seemed to be an idea he couldn’t shake—and didn’t want to."

Faculty senate approves Clean Water Institute of Calvin College

• On Monday night, faculty senate approved the establishment of the Clean Water Institute of Calvin College (CWICC), a research institute that will work towards global access to clean water.