The Calvin Alumni Association

Connecting science with faith
Alumna Cheri Ackerman has been researching a new technology. It could lead to a diagnostic platform, which could test a person for every single virus, including the coronavirus, every time they got sick and could eventually be used for broad public-health efforts.
Spark, September 01, 2020

Record breaking fundraising year
Donors support Calvin with more than $64 million
Spark, September 01, 2020

Making a difference for the underserved
Alumnus Daniel Hartman leads a team that provides technical expertise in drug and diagnostic development, where the goal is to provide high-impact health products and services to the world’s poorest communities.
Spark, September 01, 2020

Living wholeheartedly
Twana Davis, a speech language pathologist, seeks to connect, strengthen, and inspire her clients through her work in schools and an applied behavior analysis clinic in Katy, Texas.
Spark, September 01, 2020

Fearlessly following God’s call
Calvin professor of nursing Katie Kunnen serves with Samaritan’s Purse and was recently deployed to New York, during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, to work with other medical staff in the emergency COVID-19 field unit in Central Park.
Spark, September 01, 2020

Doing what was done for her
Alumna conducts research to help people live fuller lives
Spark, September 01, 2020

Standing in the gap, together
Alumni follow call to be foster parents
Spark, September 01, 2020

Dishing up the sacred
Alumna shares Mediterranean lifestyle, meals
Spark, September 01, 2020

Career Connections
Career Center provides career assistance to students and alumni
Spark, September 01, 2020

Calvin alum responds to the pandemic with innovative diagnostics
What 2011 grad Cheri Ackerman is doing in the lab as a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard is about as relevant as it gets in the current environment.
News & Stories, May 18, 2020

Leading Climate Action with The Gospel
Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is the national organizer and spokesperson for the Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, an organization that includes more than 10,000 young people.
News & Stories, November 20, 2018

Homecoming Weekend features several new events in 2018
In celebrating Homecoming Weekend 2018, Calvin's campus is open to the community for four days of exciting, free or low-cost festivities.
News & Stories, September 24, 2018

Calvin College to become Calvin University by 2020
Calvin College's move to Calvin University will happen by 2020, the 100th-anniversary year of Calvin becoming a four-year college.
News & Stories, May 8, 2018

Calvin remembers Steve Van Der Weele
The Calvin community remembers Steve Van Der Weele for his ability to bring literature to life and as someone who was passionately dedicated to Christian scholarship.
News & Stories, February 22, 2018

Walking Boldly: Virginia Davidson
Virginia Davidson ’17’s Calvin experience—from John’s Hopkins to the Emergency Department at Spectrum—prepared her for a career of love and service as a nurse.
News & Stories, July 25, 2017

Walking Boldly: Ana Barahona Reyes
She pushed herself outside her comfort zone, and now Ana Barahona Reyes ’17 has a degree in public accounting.
News & Stories, July 20, 2017

Walking Boldly: Reitsma Mpindi
“If nothing else,” says Reitsma Mpindi ’17, “learn to love and trust the process.”
News & Stories, July 18, 2017

On a Mission
New Calvin Career Center director finds purpose in helping others find theirs
Spark, September 15, 2016