Table of Contents

winter 2011

Cover Story From soccer to sutures
Chaos!
From Grand Rapids to Ghana
Your passport to Africa
How to write a great college essay
Lab notes from Psych 333
Track star
RACHEL BOERNER '11
First-Year Experience: Sarah Stripp
Gallery: Project Dormway: Part I
Grand Rapids: There's 4 years' worth of SERVICE here
A very personal internship
On the street with ArtPrize
Why one communications grad loves Grand Rapids
Faculty Profile: Doug Vander Griend
Helping you make the grade
Alumni Profile: Ben '03 and Cherie Katt '03
Alumni Profile: From Piano to Princeton
MIKE BYUN '11

First-Year Experience

How you spend your time in college is probably going to look a little different from how you spent it in high school (goodbye study hall!) Check out these schedules from real freshmen to get a feel for how your day might look at Calvin.

Matt Medendorp »

Major:

English

Minor:

Communications

Home:

Wheaton, Ill.

Kayla Danahy »

Major:

Biology

Minor:

none

Home:

Brighton, MI & Seoul, South Korea

Sarah Stripp »

Major:

secondary education

Minor:

history, music and worship

Home:

Richland, Mich.
We'd like to introduce to some pretty cool people. They're doing some pretty great things, both at Calvin and beyond.

Professor Professor Becky Haney »

Professor Jason VanHorn »

Professor Brian Fuller »
When you choose Calvin, you choose Grand Rapids, too. Thankfully, GR is the kind of place you won't mind spending four years, with more new restaurants, shops and events opening all the time!

There's 4 Years of INTERNSHIPS Here

There's 4 Years of CITY Here

There's 4 Years of FREE THINGS TO DO Here