Hope College News
2025 Sep
Hope College Engineering Professor Named a Pinnacle Professional Member of Inner Circle of Excellence
Dr. Brooke M. Odle – assistant professor of engineering at Hope College – was acknowledged by Inner Circle magazine as a pinnacle professional member of the Inner Circle of Excellence for her contributions to biomechanics education and research at Hope.
Hope College Political Science Professor Named Novak Award Winner
Dr. Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug — assistant professor of political science at Hope College — was presented the 2025 Novak Award by the Acton Institute, recognizing her outstanding research in the field of American political thought, with an emphasis on the contributions of women.
2025 Jul
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.
'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.