Home
News and Stories
View All by Phil de Haan

View All by Phil de Haan

Professor teaches the mechanics and miracle of hearing
Calvin's new audiologist, Brian Kreisman,will serve the community through a new audiology lab. October 05, 2012 | Phil de Haan

Checking in on Jubilee
Fourteen Calvin students are testing their calls to ministry at sites all around the U.S. and Canada. July 17, 2012 | Phil de Haan

Bykers share Spoelhof Award
Gaylen and Susan Byker were named the 2012 winners of the Spoelhof Lifetime Achievement Award. June 01, 2012 | Phil de Haan

Integrating faith, learning and Westerns
Professor Carl Plantinga explores films such as True Grit from a philosophical perspective. May 23, 2012 | Phil de Haan

Raising awareness of North Korea's refugees
Students from the organization Liberty in North Korea plan a multi-part event to spotlight the situation in North Korea. April 10, 2012 | Phil de Haan

A major role
A Calvin senior will take on the role of Rodolpho in the Opera Grand Rapids performance of La Boheme. March 06, 2012 | Phil de Haan

Interim: Food as fuel and more
Students in a Calvin kinesiology class are learning not only about how food operates as fuel, but also how it can function in deeper, spiritual ways. January 18, 2012 | Phil de Haan

25 years: Symposium on Worship
Calvin's marquee worship event has grown from a tiny gathering to a multinational, multi-generational, three-day celebration. January 11, 2012 | Phil de Haan

International home for the holidays
International students who can't go home for the holidays find a Christmas atmosphere at Knollcrest East. December 14, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Reclaiming Dutch films
Calvin GEO professor Henk Aay spent his sabbatical studying and restoring promotional films about the Netherlands. October 27, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Q&A with Amy Patterson: researching in Africa
Amy Patterson talks about researching HIV support groups in Zambia as a Fulbright Scholar. September 08, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Researching how berberine works on diabetes
Larry Louters and four student researchers are studying how berberine works on diabetes. June 30, 2011 | Phil de Haan

From HPERDS to kinesiology
The HPERDS department is changing its name to reflect its direction. May 16, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Festival of Faith and Music
The Festival of Faith and Music continues its musical/intellectual tradition. April 01, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Q&A: African Americans in the Reformed tradition
Eric Washington has made a specialty of studying African-American thought within the Reformed tradition of Christianity. February 11, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Interim: Sight, Sound and Smell
Students are chopping cabbage, sniffing beakers and missing the gorilla in an interim titled "Sight, Sound and Smell." January 14, 2011 | Phil de Haan

Symposium embraces many forms of worship
The annual Symposium on Worship has a global audience and a broad view of worship. December 16, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Poetic Justice: an honor's thesis
For her senior honors thesis, one student has fused slam poetry and social justice. November 17, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Letters to a Young Calvinist
Philosopher James K.A. Smith has written a "less grumpy," more "winsome" portrait of Calvinism. November 09, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Researching the Hunger Winter
A Calvin College psychology professor’s professional participation in an international study on the Dutch hunger winter—known in the Netherlands as the Hongerwinter—was motivated by her mother's experience. October 20, 2010 | Phil de Haan

All-campus Philippians
The department of campus ministries will be sponsoring a campus-wide Philippians Bible study all over. September 10, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Interning at Airbus
Traveling abroad was never something Steven Brink found particularly appealing. August 09, 2010 | Phil de Haan

CERF's up!
When students return to Calvin's campus this fall they may notice a change in the way computers in the college labs behave. May 28, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Examining extremism
Professor Katerberg shares his thought on extremism in America. April 30, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Calvin students create national atlases
Students in a Calvin geography class have created online national atlases for Eritrea, Thailand and Nepal with more on the way. March 26, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Calvin names asteroid for Benjamin Banneker
Calvin names asteroid for Benjamin Banneker. February 19, 2010 | Phil de Haan

Responding to Haiti
Economics professor Roland Hoksbergen, veteran of earthquake reconstruction in Guatemala in 1976, speaks about the challenges ahead for Haiti. January 21, 2010 | Phil de Haan

ROTC students gain in number at Calvin
Pursifull is one of 15 Calvin students this year who are enrolled in the college’s ROTC program. He and his fellow cadets are well aware that with the U.S. engaged in wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, active duty likely is in their future. December 04, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Elections and the God gap
Corwin Smidt, professor of political science and director of Calvin's Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, has a new book coming out in January 2010 titled “The Disappearing God Gap? Religion in the 2008 Presidential Election.” October 02, 2009 | Phil de Haan

A gathering of firsts
It was a year of firsts for Convocation 2009 at Calvin College September 11, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Campaign for Calvin exceeds $150 million goal
Calvin College concluded the second major fundraising campaign in its 133-year history on June 30, 2009, raising $155 million. The total bested the original $150 million goal announced in September 2007. July 31, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Fulbright times four for Calvin
Professors Janel Curry and David Hoekema, and a Calvin senior Eric Bratt all have been named 2009-2010 Fulbright Scholar selectees. May 14, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Herbarium celebrates open house
Tucked into a corner of DeVries Hall on Calvin's campus is an oddly shaped room containing a trove of biological treasures. April 03, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Calvin rugby: scrumming and serving
Calvin rugby team does more than just rugby. April 03, 2009 | Phil de Haan

From the archives: Heffner wants students to enjoy music
Heffner and his SAO colleagues are currently researching acts for 2009-2010, but students are already excited about the possibilities for next year. April 01, 2009 | Phil de Haan

FEN Symposium on Race this week
The third annual FEN Symposium on Race will take place at Calvin with two speakers: one, Victor Hinojosa, an expert on Latin America, and the other, Kimberly Huyser, an expert on American Indians. March 07, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Calvin hockey: taking orders
The Calvin hockey team spends one night a year taking orders and serving food at Russ’ Restaurant on 28th Street to support their program. February 26, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Interim 2009: Handling disaster
CAS professor Patric Spence teaching the class titled “Handling Disaster.” Topics for the 15 days included everything from crisis management planning to emergency communication. January 21, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex opens doors
On January 7, 2009, another milestone in Calvin athletics was marked as the men’s and women’s basketball teams returned to campus for their first games in the new Van Noord Arena. January 13, 2009 | Phil de Haan

Mourning the loss of Ricky Mosher
Calvin mourns the loss of Ricky Mosher. November 24, 2008 | Phil de Haan

Modern-day slavery
When Adel Abadeer saw an ABC News special on a young boy named Iqbal Masih back in 1994, he couldn't get it out of his head or his heart. November 21, 2008 | Phil de Haan

Turning tightropes into bridges
Two geology professors collaborate on a book about Christianity and the age of the earth. October 10, 2008 | Phil de Haan

Keeping Asia at the forefront
When Calvin College established an Asian Studies minor in 2001, professor of history Dan Bays, an Asia specialist, said simply: “Ignorance of Asia is not an option for the 21st century." August 15, 2008 | Phil DeHaan

Christian art beyond the borders
Two Calvin professors joined colleagues from other Christian universities for a two-week trip to Indonesia that both said will impact their teaching and their scholarship for years to come. July 18, 2008 | Phil de Haan

Calvin named to 2009 Princeton Review guide
Calvin was included in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review annual college guide Best 368 Colleges. July 15, 2008 | Phil de Haan

Ron Blankespoor receives Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching
A look back at Professor Ron Blankespoor's 1995-96 Calvin College Presidential Award for Examplary Teaching. September 28, 2006 | Phil de Haan

Home In A Wilderness Fort: Copper Harbor
Charlotte Otten has penned a variety of books, including everything from traditional children's books to an examination of werewolves! July 19, 2006 | Phil de Haan

Dean of Chapel writes On unrequited love
Unrequited love is a universal theme says Calvin College professor and dean of the chapel Laura Smit. January 09, 2006 | Phil de Haan

Calvin Holds Spot in US News College Guide
For the second year in a row Calvin College is ranked number two in its category in the annual U.S. News & World Report college guide. August 19, 2005 | Phil de Haan

Rangeela 2004
At the core of Calvin's annual multicultural variety show is one of the largest contingents of international students in West Michigan. February 03, 2004 | Phil de Haan

Calvin Granted $2 Million for Vocation
Through the new Lilly Endowment grant Calvin faculty will be able to do research and scholarship on questions connected to the idea of lifelong service in God's kingdom. November 21, 2002 | Phil de Haan

A world-class scholar
Calvin College professor of history emeritus Ed VanKley has passed away at the age of 72 from complications related to pneumonia. October 10, 2002 | Phil de Haan

NSF Grant for New Telescopes
A grant of almost $130,000 to Calvin from the National Science Foundation will help pay for two new 16-inch telescopes for the school's astronomy program. August 01, 2002 | Phil de Haan

Calvin's Inner Compass
At the beginning of its 10th year on TV, a weekly show produced at Calvin College, has a face-lift, a name-change and a new TV home. October 10, 2000 | Phil de Haan

The Unknown Flower
Dr. Charsie Sawyer, a professor of music at Calvin College, has a deep personal connection to her new album, “The Unknown Flower.” December 20, 1999 | Phil de Haan