Chapter 1: Organization

1.2 Articles of Incorporation

The name of the corporation is Calvin College.

The purpose or purposes, for which the corporation is organized, either directly or indirectly, are as follows:

To provide students courses in the liberal arts including, but not limited to, the sciences, history, philosophy, professional, and pre-professional disciplines, and in theology, which are of a positively Reformed character entirely in accord with the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church in North America;
To enrich the education experiences of its students by offering exposure to a variety of disciplines, all from a distinctly Reformed perspective;
To grant to students Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, Bachelor of Science in Recreation, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Master in Education, Bachelor of Social Work, and cooperative Bachelor of Science Degrees based upon completion of the requirements as shall be determined by the Board of Trustees;
To grant such other certificates or diplomas for less than four years training as are appropriate to like instruction;
To do all things necessary or incidental to or usually done by similar types of institutions;
The corporation shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, or disability.