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48 Hour Film Festival
A closer look inside this years 48 hour film festival. June 26, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Faculty Profile: John Witvliet
“It is impossible for him to do anything mediocre-ly,” said Calvin chaplain emeritus and friend Dale Cooper. July 07, 2008 | Katie Landan , Phil de Haan , de Haan

A serious celebration
This year there would be 499 candles on John Calvin’s birthday cake—too many to dodge the college’s restrictions on open flames. Still, several hundred college employees will gather for a party that, over the past 25 years, has grown into a Calvin tradition. July 10, 2008 | Allison Graff

Faculty profile: Corwin Smidt
Recently, reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today have sought the opinion of Calvin professor of political science and director of the Paul B. Henry Institute, Corwin Smidt. July 10, 2008 | Katie Landan

Calvin's Huizenga Center nears opening day
“I think this building will contribute more to changing the recreational culture on campus than any of the other facilities in the complex.” July 15, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

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

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

After graduation, the road less traveled
Jon Cooper was one of the many employment-seeking engineering seniors who received job offers before graduation this spring. July 18, 2008 | Katie Landan

Time capsule unearthed amidst fieldhouse construction
Construction workers at the site of the new Spoelhof Athletic Complex uncovered something other than dirt and old brick this week. As the date stone of 1964—the year the fieldhouse was completed—was carefully removed, a dented metal box was found behind the 44-year-old piece of concrete. July 24, 2008 | Lynn Rosendale

Faculty profile: Jeff Tatum
Lawyer turned professor is a common enough story. But Calvin professor of sociology Jeff Tatum’s story is anything but common—he was not supposed to survive a traumatic brain injury he got as a toddler. July 25, 2008 | Katie Landan

Luncheon celebrates student research
The annual summer luncheon is orchestrated to help students connect with those who help fund their research fellowships. Professors working with research fellows come, too, to celebrate the opportunities Calvin students have to do get hands-on experience in their academic fields. August 01, 2008 | Allison Graff

Faculty Profile: Sergio da Silva
Calvin psychology professor Sergio da Silva conducts research that puts people to sleep. August 01, 2008 | Katie Landan

Superatom man
Kapitula recently earned a $142,969 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research on superatoms. August 04, 2008 | 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

Halteman's journey extends to Oxford
As a fellow of the Oxford enterprise, Halteman hopes to continue raising awareness about farm animals, particularly those raised in factory farm settings. August 08, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Faculty Profile: Matt Heun
Voyaging to Mars. Preventing ozone depletion. Achieving carbon-neutrality. August 08, 2008 | Katie Landan

A median improvement
The effort to make over the median is being spearheaded by supervisor of landscape operations Bob Speelman. It is the first of several landscaping installments on the stretch of M-37 median between the west and east sides of the Calvin campus. August 11, 2008 | Katie Landan

Faculty Profile: Ruth Groenhout
A closer look at professor of philosophy Ruth Groenhout. August 15, 2008 | Katie Landan

To China—with the help of a Gilman
Cottingham, an information systems major and Chinese language minor, recently landed a $4,500 scholarship from the Benjamin A. Gilman Foundation to fund his China studies August 15, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

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

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