"Beauty of the Spirit" reception & book signing
with artist and illustrator Kadir Nelson
Friday, April 18, 6:30-8 p.m.
Center Art Gallery
Refreshments available

Post-reception gathering for black alumni
8 p.m., Dogwood Room, Prince Center
Details TBA

“Beauty of the Spirit” is an exhibition of the work of renowned African-American artist and illustrator Kadir Nelson. Nelson is the illustrator of children's books such as the Caldecott Honor Award-winning Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom and Henry's Freedom Box. More >>

Criteria: current Calvin College black students who:
(1) will have completed two semesters by June 2008;
(2) are in academically good standing at the college; and
(3) will be enrolled as a full-time student for the 2008-2009 school year

Contact: Direct questions to Jacque Rhodes (jrhodes@calvin.edu) or the Alumni Office (alumni@calvin.edu).

Application form:
Please read the instructions before completing the application. The application form has two sections: a 1-page form plus a list a questions to answer. Please type the answers to the questions.

Book grant application INSTRUCTIONS (Word doc)

Book grant application FORM (Word doc)

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Application deadline:
Applications are due by Tuesday, April 15. In addition, students must be available for an interview with chapter leaders on Saturday, April 19.

Awards: Book Grants within a range of $200 to $400 to be used at the Calvin Campus Store for books and materials that are academically required. The number of awards depends on available funds; at least 5 grants of $200 each will be awarded.

Black Knights Formal
"Creating & Defining Community"

Saturday, February 10, 2007
Commons Dining Hall
6 p.m. punch bowl
6:30 p.m. dinner

Joe Ritchie ’70, Knight Professor of Journalism at Florida A&M University and former national and foreign editor at the Detroit Free Press, will be the featured speaker and members of the Class of 2007 will share their reflections.

Cost to alumni: $10 per person
Alumni tickets can be ordered at www.calvin.edu/homecoming

Dress: This is a formal dinner, so the student planning committee requests that guests dress-up

For more information, contact Qumisha Goss or alumni@calvin.edu

Purpose:
The Black Knights Formal is a dinner/social hosted by African and African American Calvin students. It began in 2004 as an opportunity for African and African American students to build relationships and strengthen the African and African American community on campus.

In the past few years, alumni have been invited to this event which also notes the achievements of graduating seniors. Calvin black alumni are invited to the dinner and encouraged to take this opportunity to meet with Calvin's current black students. Don't miss this year's edition of this exciting gathering!

The goals for this event:

1. To build a sense of connectedness among African and African Americans
2. To appreciate the uniqueness of both cultures
3. To begin to break down myths about each other through relationship building
4. To appreciate each other as African and African American sisters and brothers
5. To create an opportunity to meet other African and African Americans.

Sponsors: Multicultural Student Development, Multicultural Affairs, Student Academic Services and the Black Alumni Chapter

Calvin AHANA Cookout 2006
You're invited to join the fun!
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2006
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Johnny's Café Patio (just outside Commons)
Cost: Free
We'd like to invite you to come back to Calvin to help us build memories for 2006. Come meet and welcome our students, staff and faculty of color, and hear about our plans in this informal picnic setting.

Please contact Valencia Flowers (616-526-8465) in Calvin's Student Development Office with questions and to RSVP.

Congratulations to Professor Randal Jelks whose new book, African Americans in the Furniture City, was just published by the University of Illinois Press.

Comedian Rodney Johnson
Saturday, February 18, 2006
8 p.m.
Gezon Auditorium

Rodney Johnson, a mature and talented comedian, knows where he is in his comedic capabilities, and is focusing on where they can take him. Gifted in the art of producing laughter, Johnson has worked hard to polish his craft. With his quick-witted improvisations, he has tickled the funny bone of all kinds of audiences. Johnson has strong ties to the church. Currently he is a deacon at his church in California and his father and brother are both ministers. He is a gifted comedian whose goal is to unite diverse people of vast cultures and backgrounds by revealing that their common bond is laughter.

This Homecoming event is sponsored by the Multicultural Student Development Office and the Black Alumni Chapter