Language Arts

Overview

Course Requirements 2012-13

Scholarships

Dollar amounts reflect awards given for the 2012-13 academic year.

Bere' Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $900
• junior or senior
• GPA 2.50+
• planning to attend law school; financial need secondary factor; Christian character, motivation, potential for service as a lawyer
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Ronald Buikema Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $2,200
• senior pursuing a pre-law program or graduate program in politics or government
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need not required; preference to graduates of any Chicago are high schools
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Thomas F. Caldon, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $2,050
• first-year
• HS GPA 3.3+
• financial need required
• automatic consideration

Bruce and Esther (VanManen) Drukker Family Scholarship

• award amont: $2,000
• junior or senior
• GPA 2.5+
• financial need required; preference to those also pursuing a degree in secondary education in addition to a degree in Classical Languages
• automatic consideration

Honorable John Feikens Memorial Pre-Law Scholarship

• award amount: $3,600
• junior or senior
• financial need considered; pursuing a pre-law program or a degree in political science;planning to attend law school
• apply through the Calvin Portal

George G. Harper Scholarship

• award amount: $2,400
• junior or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required; U.S. African American minority student
• automatic consideration

Reverend Bernard Haven Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $3,200
• first-year
• HS GPA 3.0+
• financial need considered; child of missionary
• submit a letter to the Financial Aid Office (finaid@calvin.edu) describing your qualifications by February 1

Winifred Holkeboer Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $2,500
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need not required
• apply through the English department

Kenneth and Lillian Kuiper Scholarship

• award amount: $2,600
• senior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need considered
• apply through the English department

Helen Hoogland Meulink Education Scholarship

• award amount: $1,500
• junior or senior
• financial need required; secondary education; preference to an English major
• apply through the Calvin Portal

William and Matilda Monsma Scholarship

• award amount: $2,500
• sophomore, junior, or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required; preference to students from the South Chicago area
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Kenneth L. Ryskamp Scholarship

• award amount: $4,400
• sophomore, junior or senior
• GPA of 3.3+
• financial need required; demonstrate Christian faith and indicate how their Christian faith will be used in the practice of law and how they plan to use their law degree to benefit the Kingdom
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Schemper-Kamp Family Scholarship

• award amount: $1,000
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need required; demonstrate a Christian perspective in writing
• apply through the English department

Ralph Stob and Boertje Family Scholarship

• award amount: $1,900
• any class level
• GPA 2.5+
• financial need not required; preference given to those interested in teaching Latin as a career
• prospective students submit a letter to the Financial Aid Office (finaid@calvin.edu) describing your qualifications by February 1; returning students are given automatic consideration

Henrietta Ten Harmsel English Scholarship

• award amount: $2,300
• sophomore or junior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need not required; show an enthusiasm and love for reading and writing
• apply through the English department

Richard R. and Kathleen J. Tiemersma Scholarship

• award amount: $2,100
• senior
• GPA of 3.3+
• financial need required
• apply through the English department

Steve J. and Viola Van Der Weele Scholarship

• award amount: $2,000
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need required; interest in English language and literature; demonstrate an ability to integrate faith and learning
• apply through the English department

William E. and Margaret J. Van Wienen Scholarship

• award amount: $2,200
• junior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need required; have an interest and be active in community involvement projects
• apply through the English department

Jacob and Rena Van Dellen Scholarship

• award amount: $2,500
• junior or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Ernest Van Vugt Family Scholarship

• award amount: $2,500
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.3+
• financial need required
• automatic consideration

Wallace (Dutch) and Olive Waalkes Memorial Scholarship

• award amount: $2,800
• junior or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required; preference to seniors
• apply through the Calvin Portal

Clarence and Janice Walhout Scholarship

• apply through the Calvin Portal

Johan and Wilma Westra Scholarship

• award amount: $1,000
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.0+
• financial need required; preference to those who are active in volunteer work and with a career goal in public service
• apply through the political science department

Richard and Sylvia Wevers Scholarship

• award amont: $2,000
• junior or senior
• GPA of 3.3+
• financial need not required; excelling in the study of Greek
• automatic consideration

Martin P. and Florence DeGraaff Wiebenga Scholarship

• award amount: $2,000
• sophomore, junior or senior
• GPA 3.0+
• financial need required
• automatic consideration

Henry and Mildred Zylstra Scholarship

• award amount: $1,600
• senior
• GPA of 3.5+
• financial need considered; planning to attend graduate school in literature or language within five years following graduation
• apply through the English department

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Faculty

Roy Anker Professor of English Department of English CFAC 289 anker@calvin.edu (616) 526-6530 Chad Engbers Associate Professor Department of English CFAC 280 cengbers@calvin.edu (616) 526-8516 Donald Hettinga Professor Department of English CFAC 274 hett@calvin.edu (616) 526-6520 Nancy Hull Assistant Professor Department of English CFAC 286 nhull@calvin.edu (616) 526-6728 Lew Klatt Associate Professor, on leave spring 2013 Department of English CFAC 296 lsk4@calvin.edu (616) 526-7530 Johanna Kuyvenhoven Associate Professor Department of Education SC 391 jck8@calvin.edu (616) 526-7629 Linda Naranjo-Huebl Associate Professor Department of English CFAC 271 ln22@calvin.edu (616) 526-8682

Debra Rienstra Professor Department of English CFAC 270 drienstr@calvin.edu (616) 526-8526 James Rooks Associate Professor of Education, Dean of Teacher Education Department of Education SC 399 jrooks@calvin.edu (616) 526-8694 Gary Schmidt Professor, on leave spring 2013 Department of English CFAC 287 schg@calvin.edu (616) 526-6540 John Timmerman Professor Department of English CFAC 291 timm@calvin.edu (616) 526-6560 William Vande Kopple Professor Department of English CFAC 279 vkop@calvin.edu (616) 526-6465 James Vanden Bosch Professor Department of English CFAC 292 vand@calvin.edu (616) 526-6592 Jane Zwart Assistant Professor Department of English CFAC 290 jcz3@calvin.edu (616) 526-8606