Calvin College News

Claire Fox Hillard and Marcia Mitchell Hood will perform Thursday, Dec. 3 for the St.

A couple of beauty pageants were held over the weekend. Kayla VanderPloeg was crowned Miss Baroda 2010.

An October 28 Christianity Today article began: The homosexuality debate that has torn apart mainline denominations is fanning faculty and student protests at Calvin College, and highlights a growing issue facing evangelical schools.

Three female ROTC members who attend Calvin College attracted unwanted attention when they arrived in their army-issue fatigues.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans lined up Wednesday at a Michigan book store to get the chance to meet the former Alaska governor as she kicked off a national tour for her book "Going Rogue." Some supporters camped out overnight to be among the first to get wristbands from the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Woodland Mall in ...

An African economist, a current member of Egypt's parliament and a past pastor of a multi-cultural church in Chicago all are coming to Calvin College in January.

Darlington School choral director Erin Westmaas will perform with a Philadelphia-based, professional chamber choir called The Crossing on Jan.

Posted 6 hours, 52 minutes ago at 9:47 am. ALBION - The Britons wrapped up their 2009 campaign recently and under the direction of Coach Jerry Block, Albion won eight matches, including a 3-2 victory over Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion Calvin College on Oct.

1 rated ERP software for manufacturers today announced that Andrew Flint, Plex Systems director of Infrastructure, will be a featured presenter during the Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference at the Prince Conference Center at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A Jade Waters-Burch, daughter of Gary and Bonnie Burch of Bexley, appeared in Otterbein College's production of "Babes in Arms." Waters-Burch is a graduate of Bishop Hartley High School.

Professors and students at Calvin College are reaching out to the victims of the war on terror.

A bakery on Isla Tigre in Panama is back in operation, thanks to help from 11 Calvin College students.

Ecumenical Body Sends Letter to South African Churches Nov. 6, 2009 -- The Executive Committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Council has sent a letter to the South African members of the REC and of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches concerning and clarifying the status of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa related to the union of the REC ...

Kurt Ver Beek, a professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI., and advocate for peace and justice in Honduras, is hopeful that true democracy can finally come to Honduras following a military coup and political developments in June that forced the country's president Manuel Zelaya to leave by plane to Costa Rica, Ver Beek said in a press ...

A new organization to help children who are the victims of wars involving the U.S. has been formed in metro Grand Rapids.

For many Americans, the damages of war remain unreal, involving anonymous victims in distant lands, said Bert de Vries, a Calvin College professor who helped start Healing Children of Conflict.

If you want to stimulate passionate conversation on Christian college campuses these days, just drop the H word: homosexuality.

Trustee ban on "advocacy of homosexual practice and same-sex marriage" stirs up Calvin faculty.

Calvin College leaders say they will take more time to study how its policy on homosexuality relates to academic freedom.

Hope College in Holland, Michigan has barred Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black from speaking at a forum on sexuality, according to the school paper, The Anchor : "Hope College's Sexuality Roundtable's request to host Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black as a speaker on campus has been denied by the college administration.