Calvin News

Since 1997, Dóra Sallay ’92, who was the curator of early Italian paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, taught an Italian Renaissance Art course for Calvin students in its Semester in Budapest program. She died in mid-April following a lengthy illness.

When Sami Haiduk, Elyse Radawski, Natalie Scott, Sofie Schumerth, and Laura Robotham arrived at Calvin in 2022, civil engineering felt intimidating for some. Four years later, the five seniors are leaving Calvin feeling confident, prepared, and already holding job offers in their field.

More than 60 years after graduating from Calvin University, Mary Workman is giving back in a way that will shape the next generation of Calvin students. Through a generous $3 million gift, the university will name its track and field facility Workman Track and Field, honoring Mary and her late husband, Jim.

As she finished high school, Van Tassel had a clear sense of what she wanted to study, but as an international student applying to colleges during the pandemic, she had to make a life‑changing decision without visiting a single campus. Her choice to come to Calvin was heavily impacted by the personal connections she made along the way.

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Clara Parker's world and vision for her future expanded both inside and outside the classroom, sometimes in unexpected ways. A randomly assigned philosophy of disability course introduced her to disability advocacy, a field she had never encountered before.