Media Mentions

Talking about faith

“This is a festival made for me. I don’t often get to talk about things like faith.”

Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican American poet, novelist and essayist is one of a handful of presenters quoted in The Christian Science Monitor about his experience at the 2012 Festival of Faith and Writing.

Posted: May 02, 2012

The Nazi Titanic

"British and American bombers [were] coming over day and night, the Stalingrad defeat [was] clear to everybody. So the film just [didn't] look propagandistically good."

Calvin College communication arts and sciences professor Randall Bytwerk is an expert in Nazi propaganda. Bytwerk was recently interviewed by PRI's The World talking about another version of the Titanic movie.

Posted: April 23, 2012

Uptown Kitchen opens

"I don't know in school if I ever thought I would do this so soon."

2011 grad Kelly LeCoy's business plan "Uptown Kitchen" won Calvin's Biz Plan competition, the West Michigan Regional Biz Plan Competition and took top honors at the 5X5 night. In an interview with The Grand Rapids Press, LeCoy talks about the excitement of seeing her idea become a real business in Eastown.

Posted: March 30, 2012

Romney's Michigan roots

"The Romney name is familiar, but Mitt Romney's not really well known."

Professor of political science Doug Koopman appeared in an NBC Nightly News story regarding the depth of Mitt Romney's Michigan roots.

Posted: February 20, 2012

Wake Up Weekend

"It's good to be reminded not to go into neutral, there is no neutral. Every decision has impact on human life and animal life."

Susan Felch, director of the Calvin College Center for Christian Scholarship, talks with The Grand Rapids Press about the importance of Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle's message at the 2012 Wake Up Weekend.

Posted: January 20, 2012

A Christian philosophy

“You really can’t sensibly claim theistic belief is irrational without showing it isn’t true."

Calvin philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga tells the The New York Times that theism, not naturalism, deserves to be called 'the scientific worldview.'

Posted: January 01, 2012