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Getting ready for Rangeela
Students gear up for international variety show. February 24, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

Behind the fireworks: Louters is exemplary teacher
He's a teacher, scholar, mentor and biochem pioneer who traffics in flaming soap bubbles. February 08, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

English grad wins on Jeopardy
Cathy Guiles, formerly of the staff of Chimes, recently competed on three episodes of Jeopardy and won two. March 23, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

An NSF grant for better biology teaching
A $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow faculty to build more research into the biology classroom. March 06, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Melissa Haegert Dykhuis '10
She grew up stargazing in Africa and researched asteroids at Calvin. Now Melissa Haegert Dykhuis is earning a doctorate in physics. September 12, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Researching the CRC's work with Cuban refugees
The CRC's embrace of Cuban refugees in the 1960s—a signal event in CRC history—opened the denomination to other cultures. July 05, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Goldwater Scholar, NSF Fellow and now a Fulbright
Senior Lauren Manck will research seagrasses in Spain via a Fulbright Scholarship. April 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin history professor writes landmark text on Christianity in China
Daniel Bays has written the first comprehensive history of Christianity in China since 1929. October 19, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Leaving a legacy: Highlighting President Byker's 16 years of service
President Byker is retiring at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year. May 20, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

Prayer Summit reflections
Calvin staff and faculty share their experiences of the CRC Prayer Summit held in April at All Nations Church. May 08, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin staff member heads for inauguration
A Calvin staff member is taking a long weekend to visit her brother and niece in Washington D.C. and to attend a historical event: the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama. January 16, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

From 57 colleges
This year’s Faith and International Development Conference, which drew around 450 students from 57 U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities to the Calvin campus, took the theme of “Partnership: United in Service.” February 12, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

Telling Yemen’s story in the West
James Robin King '04 helps scholars from turbulent countries find refuge. October 19, 2011 | Gayle Boss

Researching Ottoman worldviews in Turkey
Doug Howard is writing a history of an early-modern empire that is powerful, prosperous and melancholic. April 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Marketing Uganda-style
Calvin senior Ashley Luse spent February in Uganda, trying to create a market for amaranth. May 14, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

Q&A: A Christian approach to teaching languages
Calvin professors of German, French and Chinese discuss how foreign language pedagogy has changed and how to teach a language Christian-ly. June 14, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Students reflect on the January Series
An interim class is giving their insights on the many speakers and topics covered in the January Series. January 07, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

2011 ArtPrize at 106
Nine women artists contributed to “indefinite boundaries,” the ArtPrize exhibition at Calvin's (106) Gallery. September 21, 2011 | Myrna Anderson , Joel Zwart

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

Professor emeritus Edward Ericson, Jr. reflects on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In 1983, Solzhenitsyn collaborated with Ericson on an abridgment of “The Gulag Archipelago,” a partnership that allowed the Calvin professor to stay with the author at his Vermont home. Ericson is currently editing a collection of Solzhenitsyn essays, which will soon be translated into Russian. August 05, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

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