March 15, 2008: The Calvin Orchestra will be performing at The National Presbyterian Church at 3 p.m.

January 26, 2008: The Calvin/Hope satellite rivalry

January 26, 2008: Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff
"Can Human Rights Survice Secularization?"
Presented by The Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington at the National Presbyterian Church

Did you know there are over 600 Calvin alumni in the Washington DC area? Local chapter volunteers (see the list over on the right...) have been talking with the alumni office about“re-inventing” the DC area alumni chapter. We’ve had great success with the Calvin-Hope satellite basketball game and other occasional events and now we’d like your input on how to build local Calvin alumni networks, support DC area students who want to attend Calvin, and generally raise the Calvin flag a little higher!
We’ll be in the your area on March 24 to have a “Calvin Summit” and invite you to join other Calvin alumni as we dialogue about Calvin's presence in the region. We’ll share Calvin news and stories and brainstorm ways to raise Calvin’s profile.
Please join us:

March 24, 2007 - 10:30 a.m.
Clyde’s Restaurant
707 7th Street NW
Washington, DC

Clyde’s is downtown by the Verizon Center; attendees can metro, park on the street, or park in the 6th St. Garage (between G and H Streets) for $3.50/hour (validated).

Please RSVP to Rebecca Jones Hunt (202.543.1885).

January 13, 2007: The Calvin/Hope Satellite Game

Thanks to your generosity last year, the DC/Baltimore Chapter of the Calvin Alumni Association awarded four scholarships to first-year students, averaging $1,000 per student!
Your generosity has positively impacted the lives of Timothy Bratt, George Vander Tuig and Stacy Van Dyk (all of Silver Spring, Md.), and Jessica Wybenga (Rockville, Md.). Through your support, we helped send these students to Calvin to not only challenge them academically, but also to place them in an environment conducive to becoming faithful followers of Christ.

Our goal for 2006 is to further increase the number of scholarships that we award to outstanding high school seniors from the DC/Baltimore area. As more and more high school seniors express interest in Calvin, we believe that we have an opportunity to send them to a college that will nurture them and reinforce the Christian principles in their lives. Please help us to continue to provide scholarships to young men and women by making your tax-deductible gift to the local chapter now. Also, the Calvin Alumni Association matches up to $2,500 in local contributions, making your gift even more valuable. If you would like to contribute, please make your checks payable to "DC Chapter Calvin Alumni Association" and send to:
Mark Pfundstein, Treasurer
119 8th Street SE #302
Washington, DC 20003

Your support again this year will encourage students in our area to attend Calvin.

Sincerely,

The DC/Baltimore Alumni Chapter Planning Committee

Rebecca Jones Hunt, President Jill Reiffer, Secretary Mark Pfundstein, Treasurer

Glen VanDerWoude

Laurie Overway inspects the "fish man"

January 14, 2006: The Calvin/Hope Satellite game was shown locally via digital satellite feed! You can see pictures from some of this year's locations.

Bailey's Pub & Grille
Arlington, VA

Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille
Laurel, MD

For other locations around North America, see this page.

The Calvin College Washington DC Alumni Chapter invites you to a Washington Nationals’ Baseball Game!

If you haven’t had a chance to see the Nationals during their inaugural season in Washington, or you just want to support them one last time this season, join your fellow Calvin alumni on Saturday, September 24.

Game Time: 7:05 p.m. vs. the New York Mets
Meeting Place: The Nationals’ Store Trailer at 6:45 p.m.
Cost: $10 cash for each individual attending.
Tickets will be purchased as a group at game time.
Note: At this time, only bottled water can be brought into the stadium. Individuals may choose to bring additional cash for refreshments.

Spring Event - Franciscan Monastery Tour
April 9, 2005
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Franciscan Monastery Tour and Catholicism Lecture

The Baltimore/DC Chapter has arranged for History Professor Ron Wells to come for this year's Spring Event. The alumni will meet at the Franciscan Monastery at 2:00 for a tour. Following the tour, the group will go 5 minutes up the road to DC CRC to hear Prof. Wells speak on the topic of Catholicism and Calvinism. Refreshments will be provided.

The Franciscan Monastery in the Brookland neighborhood was built in 1899. The site is made up of replicas of many important places in the Holy Land, including Roman catacombs, the Grotto of Lourdes and the Garden of Gethsemane. The Monastery also has 44 acres of beautiful gardens, many of which should be in full bloom in April.

Prof. Wells will retire from Calvin at the end of this year. His fields of expertise range from the American West to Canada to Northern Ireland. Prof Wells has written widely on the search for peace in Northern Ireland, including a new book to be published this month, Peace and Reconciliation in Belfast: The Friendship of Ken Newell and Gerry Reynolds. The book describes the efforts by Rev. Newell and Father Reynolds to build relationships for peace across the sectarian divide.

The DC Alumni Chapter offers scholarships to incoming first-year or transfer Calvin students in the greater D.C./Baltimore area who will be entering Calvin in fall 2003. Scholarships are awarded based on Christian commitment, scholastic achievement, personal character and professional promise. Scholarship applications can be downloaded as .pdf or Word document! See Alumni Association Chapter Scholarships for more information on these scholarships. Encourage students from the DC/Baltimore area to apply!

CALVIN ALUMNI AND FRIENDS IN THE DC AREA:

The Washington, DC chapter of the Calvin Alumni Association invites you to an afternoon at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington on Sat., October 5, 2002, at 2:30 p.m. Professor Randy Bytwerk, Communication Arts and Sciences, will be joining us to speak on "The Propaganda of the Holocaust." A museum staff member will also be on hand to answer any questions.

Come for an educational experience and in depth tour of the Holocaust Museum. Now is your chance to get in without standing in line for tickets! We will convene on the west side of the museum at 2:20 p.m. and then we will first hear from Dr. Bytwerk once inside. Light refreshments will be served during the lecture. After the tour, anyone who would like to hear more about what is going on at Calvin, including the new, state-of-the-art De Vos Communication Center, will be able to join the Bytwerks for dinner at a near by restaurant. If you aren't able to join the museum tour, please consider just joining us for dinner. Call us for details about dinner and the location.