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Calvin remembers Bruce Dice
Bruce Dice aimed to inspire a love and wonder for God's creation. The significant collection of minerals he donated to Calvin back in 2010 in establishing the Bruce Dice Mineralogical Museum and an annual student scholarship are continuing to build that legacy at Calvin. November 17,2022 -
Calvin University Honors Student Veterans
This year, 18 students at Calvin are currently serving or have served in the U.S. military. Today, we highlight four of our student veterans, asking them why they chose to enlist in the military, enroll at Calvin, and what they hope to do in the future. November 11,2022 -
Accelerating Calvin University's Energy Transition
Calvin University is making history in Michigan by becoming the first university in the state to pursue Solar-as-a-Service as an approach to accelerating the energy transition. July 8,2022 -
Senior geology major named Goldwater Scholar
Calvin University student Jillian Herlinger talks about her experiences at Calvin and how the Goldwater Scholarship will impact her future career goals in the field of geology. April 27,2022 -
Calvin English professor publishes “Refugia Faith” to spread awareness about the climate crisis
Debra Rienstra, professor of English at Calvin, recently published an interdisciplinary work to bring awareness to the climate crisis and show how Christians can act as stewards of the Earth. March 31,2022 -
Nature is medicine: Calvin works to connect community with nature
Calvin University has joined the Campus Nature Rx Network, a group of 24 U.S. and Canadian Institutions that work together to help college students with their mental health through equitable engagement with nature. November 4,2021 -
How an interest in maps and a drone hobby led one engineer to geographic information science
Adam Tjoelker '22 found a way to combine his many interests and skillsets (such as maps, drones, traveling, engineering, and science) to thrive in a new pursuit—geographic information science. July 19,2021 -
Mapping: a creative path for all students
Calvin sophomore Eleanor Ludwig is seeing how geographic information science (GIS) is providing her a path where all of her interests are plotted on the map. March 30,2021 -
Creating a dune on Calvin's campus
Realizing bringing her class regularly to the lakeshore to do research would be riskier this year, Calvin professor Deanna van Dijk decided to bring the research site to the students. 450 cubic yards of sand is coming to campus. July 30,2020 -
First-year students researching Lake Michigan dunes
Now in its seventh year, Calvin's First-Year Research in Earth Science course continues to immerse first-year students in hands-on research along the Lake Michigan coastline. November 6,2018
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