Hope College News
2025 Aug
NEA Big Read Lakeshore Announces Fall 2025 Books as it Begins 12th Year
This year’s community-wide NEA Big Read Lakeshore enters its 12th year and accompanying programs for four different-aged reader groups.
Some pro athletes keep getting better as they age − neuroscience can explain how they stay sharp
The ConversationIn a world where sports are dominated by youth and speed, some athletes in their late 30s and even 40s are not just keeping up – they are thriving.
2025 Jul
Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care
The ConversationElizabeth Sharda, associate professor of social work, discusses parenting stress.
Fulfilling a "childhood dream" studying Michigan's unique dunes
Michigan Public RadioThe research group at Hope College has been studying these dunes within an area north of Oval Beach for more than a decade.
2025 Spring Graduation Honors Announced
Below is a list of recent Hope College graduates who have been awarded graduation honors for outstanding academic accomplishment during their four years of study.
Advice New Teachers Actually Need: 10 Tips From Educators Who’ve Been There
Macmillan Learning PodcastKendra Thomas, associate professor of psychology, is one of the featured educator on Welcome to The What and Who of Edu.
Student-Research Poster Exhibit Among Highlights of Schaap Chemistry Symposium on July 11
The fourth biennial Schaap Chemistry Symposium at Hope College will feature a poster session on Friday, July 11, highlighting original research by 50 Hope students and representatives from research universities and chemistry, biochemistry and medical and device-related industries from around the country.
'Pioneers’: Nine inmates become first graduates of groundbreaking program from Hope, WTS
Holland SentinelFrom joining a non-credit pilot program in 2019 to officially starting their degrees in 2021 to completing the program this year, the first cohort of students in the Hope-Western Prison Education Program have come far.