News

Prof nominated for National Online Teacher of the Year
Part-time physics professor Andrew Vanden Heuvel '06 is one of five nominees for the National Online Teacher of the Year Award. March 10,2011

Online Teacher of the Year
"I believe I was selected as a finalist not because I am the best online teacher, but because of my enthusiasm for online education and its power to transform how we approach teaching and learning in our nation." March 9,2011

First female faculty member: Johanna Timmer
Johanna Timmer taught English and German and served as Calvin's first dean of women. March 9,2011

Women in Calvin History
Read about Calvin's longest-working woman as we continue our celebration of Women's History Month. March 4,2011

Peru and other Open Doors
The new semester in Peru is one reason Calvin is ranked high for semester-abroad opportunities. March 2,2011

Profs named APS Fellows
Calvin physics professors Stan Haan and David Van Baak were recently named Fellows of the American Physical Society. Previous professors Vernon Ehlers and John Van Zytveld have also received this honor. February 23,2011

Open for business!
"We determined that if we were going to become what we wanted to become — that is, the best Christian college to study business at, anywhere — we would have to raise the bar on a couple things." February 15,2011

Q&A on Egypt
Two Calvin staffers raised in Egypt reflect on the current political situation in that country. February 15,2011

Q&A: African Americans in the Reformed tradition
Eric Washington has made a specialty of studying African-American thought within the Reformed tradition of Christianity. February 11,2011

Calvin premieres "A Shared Space"
A documentary about the Mustard Seed School by CAS prof Brian Fuller is premiering at Calvin on Friday, February 10. February 10,2011

Students earn EPA fellowships
Two Calvin senior civil and environmental engineering students earned prestigious fellowships from the US Environmental Protection Agency. February 9,2011

Celebrating Black History Month
Calvin's administrative and academic departments are teaming up on a roster of Black History Month events. February 4,2011

Amazing race: the finale
Students on the Amazing Race interim dug for cows, went "cliff-diving" into the pool and made a mad dash for the finish. February 1,2011

Amazing Race: Calvin style
Re-live the final leg of the Amazing Race Interim as five teams of two compete for the top prize. February 1,2011

Naked Trees and Winter Twigs
Families and students learn how trees survive the winter at the Bunker Interpretive Center. January 28,2011

Interim: Global Crisis?
This DCM spotlights climate change, water and food scarcity, mineral depletion, pollution, habitat loss and overpopulation. January 25,2011

Interim: The Geography of Terrorism
In this class, students put terrorism on the map. January 19,2011

Little acorn to great oak
Speech pathology and audiology program to offer master's degree. January 17,2011

Interim: Sight, Sound and Smell
Students are chopping cabbage, sniffing beakers and missing the gorilla in an interim titled "Sight, Sound and Smell." January 14,2011

Amazing Race: Calvin-style
Re-live the Amazing Race interim through photos, videos and commentary. January 12,2011

Interim: Crime and Detective Fiction
Students are meeting everybody from Miss Marple to Sam Spade in an interim class on detective fiction. January 11,2011

Students reflect on the January Series
An interim class is giving their insights on the many speakers and topics covered in the January Series. January 7,2011

Interim: Sports in Film and Fiction
Students are evaluating—and voting on—the best in sports film and fiction. January 7,2011

Mustard Seed School
Emmy award-winning filmmaker and CAS prof Brian Fuller will be offering an exclusive screening of a documentary he worked on with some of his students during 2010 interim. On Friday, February 11, 2011, “A Shared Space: Learning from the Mustard Seed School,” will be screened at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Covenant Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. January 7,2011

A chorus of old men
A Calvin professor of classical languages has written a new book about the role of old male choruses in Greek drama. January 6,2011

Q&A: Wikileaks
Two professors—one of computer science and one of political science—discuss Wikileaks. December 13,2010

Book on Chinese grammar
Qin and Larry Herzberg, professors of Asian Studies, recently co-authored "Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar: A Student's Guide to Correct Structures and Common Errors." The book serves as a quick-reference supplement to any course of Mandarin Chinese language study. The text helps learners avoid the most common errors non-native speakers make when translating from English into Chinese. Stone Bridge Press published the book earlier this month. December 10,2010

Always a phenomenon: a new book on "Messiah"
A new book from a Calvin music professor emeritus traces the history and impact of Handel's masterpiece. December 9,2010

Media Showcase: superheroes on deck
The annual Media Showcase has gotten so big, it's shifting venues. December 8,2010

Shakespeare on the move
A Calvin theater class is staging Shakespeare all over campus: in a classroom, in a tunnel, on the climbing wall. December 2,2010

GEO duo wins award
Senior geography majors Seth Kenbeek and Abbie Belford were awarded the best student presentation award for a regional academic conference of the Association of American Geographers (East Lakes Division of the AAG) last month. The students presented their summer research, which is funded by ISRI, on geospatial techniques for dune analysis. November 19,2010

Students win Innovation Encounter
Six Calvin students from several disciplines bested the tech schools at this year's Innovation Encounter. November 18,2010

Remembering Johan Westra
On Sunday, November 7, 2010, Johan Westra, age 88, passed away peacefully at his home. Westra ’52 taught at Calvin College for 27 years. He was the college's first full-time political science professor. November 12,2010

Elevator Pitch
Ten students representing four academic majors pitched their bright ideas in Calvin's first-annual Elevator Pitch Competition. November 11,2010

The Wednesday Wars comes to life
A 1995 Calvin alum is adapting English professor Gary Schmidt's Newbery Honor-winning book as a play. November 11,2010

Doug Koopman - previewing the midterm elections
"You really have to be a consensus builder and move forward ... " November 11,2010

Founders Award
Corwin Smidt, director of the Paul Henry Institute and professor of political science at Calvin, was awarded the “Founders Award” at the 42nd-annual meeting of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists held October 21-22. November 11,2010

Art Partners
Two Calvin departments are teaming up to launch a new giving circle for lovers of art. November 9,2010

Letters to a Young Calvinist
Philosopher James K.A. Smith has written a "less grumpy," more "winsome" portrait of Calvinism. November 9,2010

Innovation Encounter
A team of six Calvin business, engineering and computer science majors took first place in the 2010 “Innovation Encounter”—an inventive problem solving competition hosted by Lawrence Tech University. Calvin competed with five other colleges and universities in developing a new idea for a smart phone application to interface with vehicle systems. November 5,2010

Chimes wins nine MCPA awards
Last year's Chimes crew garnered nine MCPA College Newspaper Contest awards from the Michigan Collegiate Press Association. November 5,2010

An award-winning design
Calvin senior interdisciplinary major Joe Salowitz placed second in "The Yardsticks," a design competition open to local college students majoring in advertising and design. October 29,2010

A gift to the Meeter Center
A Reformation scholar donated his entire research collection—more than 2,500 volumes—to the Meeter Center. October 27,2010

Climate change lecture series
On Thursday, October 28 and Thursday, November 18, Calvin College will be hosting a pair of lectures on climate change. October 26,2010

Sins, virtues and big fish at gallery debut
Sins and virtues hang side-by-side at the opening exhibition of the New Center Art Gallery. October 19,2010

A new front door: CFAC opens
The pianos have moved in. The art has arrived. The Covenant Fine Arts Center, under renovation since May of 2009, is set to open. October 18,2010

Two Shoes
It all started one summer afternoon when Calvin juniors Ahna Terpstra and Kayla Rosendale were comparing their shoes. October 13,2010

Marketing the Browns
Calvin Junior Sarah Orndorff spent the summer learning about "fan avidity" while working for the Cleveland Browns. October 8,2010

Composing for ArtPrize
When Fuentes, a Calvin professor of music, heard about the gold fingers that were coming to Grand Rapids for ArtPrize, he saw his second chance. September 23,2010

Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike
Henk Aay plans to see the moving elephants and the birds' nests while pedaling. September 21,2010