Makoto Fujimura is the recipient of the 2023 Kuyper Prize, awarded by Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary. Fujimura is the first visual artist to receive the prize, which has been awarded annually since 1998.
Just as the criminal justice system can benefit from a shift from a retributive to a restorative mindset, so also can faculty members as they address situations of plagiarism and cheating with students.
In the summer of 2022, ten Calvin University faculty members from a wide variety of disciplines gathered for an intense week together exploring the relationship between Christian faith and creativity. The seminar, “Faith Cultivating Creativity,” sponsored by the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development, invited participants to reflect together on the role of creativity in life and learning.
Since Calvin changed its last name from "college" to "university" in 2019, the institution has established two new schools, added six graduate programs, set fundraising records, and become the first university in MIchigan to award bachelor's degrees behind bars.
There’s a collection of key words or phrases that consistently appear in the efforts to practice the integration of faith and learning. Though meant to invoke a rich element of Christian tradition, these phrases can be oversimplified into clichés or buzzwords that miss out on the theological fullness that they're intended to point to. As part of the Calvin Symposium on Worship this past January, Matt Lundberg, director of the de Vries Institute, hosted a conversation with biblical scholar and theologian N.T. Wright to go “beyond cliché” and refresh the depth of these phrases.
On Wednesday, April 6, during the Kuyper Conference, Ruth Padilla DeBorst will accept the 2022 Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.
Rachael Denhollander, recognized as a leading voice on the topic of sexual abuse, is the recipient of the 2021 Kuyper Prize. The prize is awarded by Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary.
The conversation surrounding faith and science doesn’t have to be divisive; in fact, biochemistry professor Rachael Baker has found that faith is a tool that makes a better scientist.
How does faith inform teaching? This is a relevant question to professors at Calvin University who hope to equip their students to think deeply, act justly, and live wholeheartedly (the Calvin mission statement), and one that David Smith explores in his book On Christian Teaching: Practicing Faith in the Classroom.
