Welcome! The Meeter Center is open to scholars by appointment starting July 20.
In order to visit us by appointment, please observe the following requirements:
- You must keep track of your temperature the morning of your visit and email it to meeter@calvin.edu before you come in for your appointment. If we do not receive your email prior to your visit, you may not be admitted to the Meeter Center.
- You must use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the Meeter Center.
- You must wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth at all times in Hekman Library, including in the Meeter Center.
- On the morning of your appointment, before you arrive, please complete the following short form: https://calvin.edu/go/campusclear.
- Upon arrival at Hekman Library, please phone 616-526-7081, and a staff member will come and meet you at the main entrance and escort you to the Meeter Center.
Sign up for your appointment here. If you do not have a Calvin email, please note that you may proceed as a guest.
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High School Lesson Plans
Utilize our collection of curriculum materials for teaching highschool students about Calvinism and the Reformation.
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Browse our digital collection of Calvin's translated works.
Fellowships & Scholarships
The Meeter Center offers scholarships for high school students, graduate students, and pastors.
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John Calvin’s birthday commemorated with cake, speech, bagpipes?
On July 10th, the H. Henry Meeter Center hosted a lively celebration of John Calvin's 509th birthday on the Chapel patio.
News & Stories, July 11, 2018 -
Calvin College observes 500th anniversary of the Reformation
A series of events have been planned to commemorate the milestone year.
News & Stories, March 8, 2017 -
Professor dives deep into history of rare manuscript
Meeter Center houses medieval document that is worth $70,000.
News & Stories, October 12, 2015 -
John Calvin at 502
Read English professor James Vanden Bosch's speech—and a short Vanden Bosch Q&A—for John Calvin's 502nd birthday.
News & Stories, July 11, 2011 -
Meeter Center hosts institute for high school teachers
In 16th-century France, Protestants and Catholics living in the same village wrestled with questions like the following: what if your Protestant grandson wants to marry a Catholic girl? High school teachers will have the opportunity to wrestle with these and other related questions via “Making Sense of the Reformation.”
News & Stories, September 1, 2008
