CSR (Calvin Announces Names, Donors to Expansion Project)

Calvin Sports Report For November 17, 2006
(Written by Calvin Director of Media Relations Phil de Haan)

For the complete story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/expansion-names.htm

The expansion of the physical education and athletic complex at Calvin College
has been named, as have several major elements of the project and their lead
donors.

The upcoming expansion, slated to begin in spring 2007, will include a new
arena, a new aquatics center, a new indoor track and tennis center and a
significant renovation of the existing Calvin Fieldhouse (the latter also
includes building a new student health center within the facility as part of
the renovation). The first phase is scheduled to be completed in the fall of
2008, and the entire project by the end of 2009.

Calvin College president Gaylen Byker has been the project's chief fundraiser
and says it's been heartening for the college to see the sort of support and
excitement the expansion has generated.

"These additions have been part of our campus master plan for many years," he
says, "and they are long overdue. When we have talked to donors about the
project they have recognized the need and worth of what we are planning. They
understand the importance of this project and how it fits into our mission as a
Christian, liberal arts college. That has been very satisfying."

Byker says the name chosen for the entire project is the Spoelhof Fieldhouse
Complex. That name marks a lead gift to the effort from John and Judy Spoelhof
who are based in Holland. John Spoelhof is the former president of Prince
Corporation, and a longtime friend of Calvin, while his wife Judy is a 1961
graduate of the college. They previously endowed the John and Judy Spoelhof
Institute for Christian Leadership in Business at Calvin and their four
children - Scott, Steve, Craig and Chris - are Calvin graduates as are two of
their four spouses. In fact Scott Spoelhof was recently named to the Calvin
Board of Trustees.

The new arena at Calvin will measure some 175,000 square feet, seat
approximately 5,000 and replace the Calvin Fieldhouse, which was built in 1965,
as the homecourt for the school's Division III men's and women's basketball
teams and women's volleyball team.

It will be called VanNoord Arena in honor of Andrew and Gladys VanNoord. Andy
VanNoord is a 1943 graduate of Calvin and was a pre-engineering major (back in
the era when students began at Calvin and finished at the University of
Michigan as part of a transfer program). He has been a lifelong inventor who
designed many automotive components, including a remote control system for
fender mirrors which went on to be used by Ford Motor Company.

The new aquatics center at Calvin, a spectacular multi-use facility, featuring
a pool 50 meters long and 25 yards wide, will be named the Venema Aquatics
Center in recognition of a lead gift from Calvin alumna Thelma Venema who has
been a significant supporter of Calvin's efforts to educate the whole person.

The renovation of the existing Calvin Fieldhouse will be a significant effort
and will create both a new health and recreation center and a new student
health center within the renovated facility. The retooled fieldhouse will be
renamed the Hoogenboom Health and Recreation Center. The new student health
center will be named Marian Hoogenboom Health Services.

Both names recognize significant financial support for the project from Terry
Hoogenboom, a Goshen, Indiana-based builder and real estate developer. His
wife Marian died of cancer and the connections to health and wellness are
especially poignant for the Hoogenboom family.

The renovated Calvin Fieldhouse will connect to the aquatic center and the new
arena which, in combination with the track and tennis facility, will create a
complex of some 350,000 square feet. No name has yet been attached to the
track and tennis center.

The other lead donor to the overall expansion project at Calvin is the Grand
Rapids-based Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation. Byker says the college
appreciates the tremendous commitment to educating the whole person shown by
the DeVos gift, noting that while the DeVos name is not directly assigned to a
specific component of the project, the gift is central to what the centers will
mean for Calvin educationally.

For the complete story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/expansion-names.htm

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Fri Nov 17 10:54:45 2006