Saturday, November 21, 2009

Calvin is McKnighted
November 17, 2009

The Frank and Sara McKnight Awards in Molecular Sciences typically go to undergraduate students at large research institutions. Not anymore.

A kiva for Calvin
November 17, 2009

Two Calvin seniors are inviting the Calvin community to make a difference by funding micro-loans for entrepreneurs in developing nations.

Paintings along the way
November 13, 2009

Art professor Frank Speyers paints the extraordinary in the ordinary in his new exhibit at the Center Art Gallery.

What's the big idea?
November 13, 2009

A new contest sponsored by Calvin's Enterprise Center aims to turn on the lightbulbs over students' heads.

Women's, men's soccer, cross country advance in NCAAs
Updated November 16, 2009

Watch highlights from recent men's and women's soccer games.

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Calvin professor emeritus wins top geology prize

Calvin professor of geology emeritus Davis Young won this year's Mary C. Rabbit Award from the Geological Society of America (GSA) for work on the history of geology—particularly his 2003 book Mind over Magma. Young was presented the award, given annually to an individual for "exceptional scholarly contributions of fundamental importance to our understanding of the history of the geological sciences," at the 2009 GSA annual meeting in Portland. The GSA citation noted that Young, as both a conservative evangelical Christian and a geologist, is a spokesman for our science with a unique authority."
~ posted 11/20/2009

Top 10 in study abroad, international students

Calvin College is in the top 10 in the country in two categories according to the 2009 Open Doors report, a survey of both U.S. students who study abroad and international students who study in the U.S. Calvin, which offers numerous off-campus programs, was third in the country in its category for the 2007-2008 school year with 606 students studying abroad, down slightly from the year prior when it was first overall. Calvin was seventh in the nation in its category with 357 international students on campus.
~ posted 11/16/2009

National Computer Science Education Week

A Calvin computer science professor has paired with a Calvin graduate serving in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate the week of December 7, 2009, as National Computer Science Education Week. House Resolution 558 was introduced by former Calvin physics professor Vern Ehlers, a long-serving member of Congress, because of concerns, raised to him by Calvin professor Joel Adams, about the small numbers of computer scientists that U.S. colleges are graduating. Ehlers' resolution, which passed 405-0, encourages greater exposure of students to computer science concepts and more opportunities for females and underrepresented minorities in computer science.
~ posted 11/10/2009

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