Hope College News

Rhoda Janzen at her Holland-area lake house, a peaceful place that restores her.

Dr. Ion Agheana, professor of romance languages at Hope College, will present the address "The Western World: The Vagaries of History and Faith" at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Maas Center auditorium.

It must be a lean year for the birds this season. I barely got my feeder filled and up into the tree when a black-capped chickadee landed on the perch.

It was a bittersweet night Saturday for Stefanie Woodrick, who tearfully watched her daughter, Leah Kachur, end her year as second runner-up Miss Niles and her younger daughter, Lauren, be crowned Miss Niles 2010.

Russell B. DeVette, teacher and coach at Hope College for four decades, died Monday at Hospice House in Holland following a long illness.

Thirteen different players scored Tuesday night as NCAA Division III quarterfinalist and defending Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion Hope College opened its season with a 82-70 non-conference win over Madonna University .

The annual juried student art show at Hope College will begin Nov. 30 and run through Dec.

Her death became their life. For decades, Penn State graduate student Betsy Aardsma's murder has captured the lives of her friends, her family and the authorities who have investigated her death.

A free recital at 3 p.m. Nov. 22 will showcase the unique sound and range of a rare instrument 2/3 the Aeolian Skinner pipe organ of St.

Kurt Dykstra and his family had only lived in Holland two weeks when they experienced their first Tulip Time Festival in 2002.

If you want tickets to Hope College's Christmas Vespers, get in line. Mark your calendar for Nov.

As most seniors sit down and began filling out there college applications, the questions began to arise.

The Reformed Church in America ship is sinking, argues one Reformed believer. "Listen. Do you hear them? Those are the gentle, mournful sounds of a denomination imploding," Donald A. Luidens, professor of sociology at Hope College in Holland, Mich., wrote in an article featured in November's Perspectives .

Jennifer Hoover and Paul Lara of Rahway, N. J., are planning a wedding for June 26, 2010.

An instructor at Hope College has created a modern twist on old-fashioned prayer cards.

Twenty-three private college presidents nationwide earned more than $1 million in salary and benefits - but local leaders say they will not be joining that club soon, especially after a round of pay freezes and reductions this year.

When I saw the front-page photo in The Bee Feb. 20 of the rescued climbers, stranded on Mount Hood since Feb.

A look at economic forecasting. A series of presentations examining advances and difficulties in economic forecasting will take a close look at making regional forecasts.

Melissa Faye Estes and Mark James Hermsdorfer were married 2:30pm, Saturday, October 31, at Irvington Circle Park in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hope College sophomore Lindsey Boeve could use a few extra hands picking up food at the cafeteria where she dines.