Calvin College News

Nick Kramer became Calvin College's first NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field national champion in 16 years when he captured top honors in Saturday's 3,000 meter steeplechase.

Nolan Miller, a Kirkland resident who attends Redmond High School , received a National Merit University of Southern California scholarship.

Cultivating the growth of the 11-year-old Southwest Michigan Innovation Center will be the topic when Robert DeWit, president and chief executive officer of the center becomes the next speaker in the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Series at Western Michigan University.

Calvin College will hold a special event on Wednesday night to say farewell to school president Gaylen Byker and his wife Susan.

The award was given to a senior communication student who has the highest grade point average.

"Where Love Dwells" is the theme for the concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Cathedral of St.

The latest blow, they say, came earlier this week when the head of a West Michigan economic development organization suggested that there's a more pressing need for graduates with technical degrees than a liberal arts education .

Calvin College and Hope College have long been competitors on the basketball court, with both schools vying for bragging rights in a rivalry that has spanned nearly a century.

Ingrid Fliter, 2006 Gilmore Artist, thanks Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Music Director Raymond Harvey after they played the 2008 Gilmore Festival Gala concert.

Devan Sayles of Livonia was one of 37 Michigan State University students who received Board of Trustees' Awards for having the highest scholastic average at the close of their last semester of attendance at MSU.

Opera Grand Rapids on Friday opened Puccini's tale of love and loss among those poor in worldly goods but rich in friends who'll give you the coat of their back, or at least sell it for money for a doctor.

Dorothy Flory, 87, a patient at Kaweah Delta Medical Center and a retired licensed vocational nurse, left, smiles as Rebekah Piche, 27, a student nurse at College of the Sequoias, leaves her room at on April 25.

The ArtPrize founder, 5X5 Night creator and Pomegranate Studios owner is slated to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Ferris State University on Saturday.

Each year, in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Plymouth and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation , Community Financial awards scholarships to students who epitomize its "People Helping People" philosophy.

And that's not going to change when Byker, who has served as president of Calvin since 1995, retires later this year.

The Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival was created to discover little-known talent, recognize its potential, and help pave the way for it to have a major career.

Fliter, the 2006 Gilmore Artist, returns to the celebration of the keyboard in a more subdued role this weekend with performances in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.