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A final farewell
The Calvin community gathered on Monday, June 25, to express their gratitude to Gaylen and Susan Byker. June 25, 2012 | Myrna Anderson and Matt Kucinski

A Fulbright to teach in Taiwan
This fall, Senior Ryan DeVries will teach English in an ESL classroom in Kaohsiong, Taiwan. May 03, 2012 | Madeline Tracy

A gift to the Meeter Center
A Reformation scholar donated his entire research collection—more than 2,500 volumes—to the Meeter Center. October 27, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

A grant for teaching reading
A $200,000 Teacher Quality Grant allows Calvin's education department to enhance the teaching of reading in local schools. August 29, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

A homegrown Antigone
A Calvin classics professor adapted the classic Greek play Antigone. A Calvin theater professor is directing it. October 19, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

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

A math professor works in digital forensics
Mathematics professor Earl Fife uses digital tools to bust criminals for the Kent County Sheriff's Department. December 03, 2012 | Lynn Rosendale

A new front door: CFAC opens
The pianos have moved in. The art has arrived. The Covenant Fine Arts Center, under renovation since May of 2009, is set to open. October 18, 2010 | Myrna Anderson , Matt Kucinski

A new masters program
"It's quite a growing field ... You can graduate with a master's degree and find work." Jill Bates, the clinical director of Calvin's speech pathology and audiology program, talks with the Grand Rapids Press about the opportunities the new five-year bachelor-to-master's program gives students and the community. September 28, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

A new museum; a world-class mineral collection
A 1948 alum is building a home for his rare mineral collection at Calvin. June 22, 2012 | Lynn Rosendale

A perennial: the Native Plant Sale
Calvin will host its sixth-annual Native Plant Sale at the Bunker Interpretive Center. April 28, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

A premiere business plan
Kelly LeCoy, a 2011 Calvin grad, has now won three business plan competitions in three months. On Tuesday, May 31, she won the 5X5, an initiative launched by ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos. She was awarded $5,000 to put toward her idea, "Uptown Kitchen." June 01, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

A problem-solver and the Putnam
A math and computer science major was a top scorer in a prestigious international math competition. April 21, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

A Q&A on randomness and God's providence
A $1.7 million grant from the Templeton foundation will allow Jim Bradley to study how "God can have it both ways." July 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

A scholar in refuge
Zimbabwean professor Richard Nenge has found a temporary home at Calvin through the Scholar Rescue Fund program. January 05, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

A Serious Love
Legendary philosopher Alvin Plantinga on being back at Calvin, faith and science, and the three books every Calvin graduate should read. November 21, 2011 | Michael Van Denend '78

A student reflects on Streetfest
Freshman Kimberly Casto writes about working at Alternative Pathways, an adult foster care home. September 07, 2012 | Kimberly Casto

A student's memory of Dexter, Mich.
A Calvin senior writes about his hometown, which was devastated by a tornado on March 15. March 16, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

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

Aay lands Fulbright
Images of the Netherlands—in paintings, photographs and films—have always had a significant impact on how Americans viewed the Dutch homeland, said Calvin professor of geology, geography and environmental studies (GEO) Henk Aay. April 26, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

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