Student and Alumni Profiles

Beth Valentine
"Don’t be afraid to set your sights high,” says Calvin College junior Beth Valentine. "Apply for...

Steven Brink
Traveling abroad was never something Steven Brink found particularly appealing. "I thought I had everything I wan...

Jon Yonkers
Jon Yonkers, a 1999 engineering alumnus, never imagined that a brief conversation at church would ultimately tr...

Nic Scobey
Nic Scobey ’14 may have graduated from Calvin with a major in biology, but he spent much of his time as a s...

Meredith Fennema
In her first year after graduating, Meredith Fennema ’12 worked in five different internships or short-term...

Pam Haralakova
College is a time of self-discovery and exploration, and liberal arts colleges stress the importance of broad kno...

Alison Rasmussen
Alison (Tuuk) Rasmussen (’11) knows firsthand the importance of an internship. As a business major at Calvi...

Ross Venhuizen
Ross Venhuizen, a double major in business marketing and strategic communication, recognized the importance of bu...

Christopher Brown
An on-campus job and an internship both helped pave the way for Chris Brown ’12 to enter the information te...

Rebekah Kline
Entering her senior year at Calvin, economics major Rebekah Kline ’13 knew that her focus would be on secur...

Kirsten Brink
Kirsten Brink, a 2013 Calvin graduate, is using her English education in her work at Baker Publishing Group. As t...

Joe Arevalo
Joe Arevalo ’13 works as a Real Property Appraiser for the City of Holland, but he had never even heard of ...

Jen Vos
Jen Vos, a 2012 history graduate, considers her senior year at Calvin as crucial to providing experiences that le...

Emily Daher
Emily Daher, a 2011 graduate from Calvin’s International Development Studies (IDS) program, encourages curr...

Daniel Kim
Calvin's international student body comes from literally all corners of the world. International students from di...

Rebekah Coggin
Rebekah Coggin ’14 came to Calvin certain that she would study some kind of science or engineering. However...

Rachel Boeve
Rachel Boeve never expected to end up working as a nurse in Cameroon, West Africa. "All I knew was that the Lord ...

Danielle Mitchell
Although Danielle Mitchell has not yet started her position as a critical care and trauma nurse intern, she is co...

Jesse Roberts
The Calvin network is alive and well, as Jesse Roberts ‘13 can testify. Thanks in part to a referral from a...

Johanna Brown
Johanna (Jahn) Brown, a 2011 graduate from Calvin’s pre-Occupational Therapy program, is finding fulfillmen...

Rachel Love
When Calvin College sophomore Rachel Love started her internship at Bethany Christian Services’ refugee cen...

Lydia Hogewoning
Even though Lydia Hogewoning is just a couple years out of college, this 2012 social work graduate has already ha...

Elvis Callejas
Since graduating from Calvin in 2013, Elvis Garcia Callejas has been quoted in The New York Timesand was an invit...

Alicia Davids
After completing an internship with Calvin’s CAS Department and another internship with Priority Health, st...

Katie Landan
There’s a new face in The Big Apple. Katie Landan, a May 2009 Calvin alumna with a communication arts and s...

Kristin Prins
After moving from Grand Rapids to the metro Detroit area, Kristin Prins ’12 found that persistence pays off...

Allison Haverkamp
Allison Haverkamp graduated from Calvin in May 2011, earning a bachelor of science in recreation with an emphasis...