Hope College News
2025 Jun
36 Higher Education Leaders to Convene in the Nation’s Capital for the Executive Leadership Academy
The Council of Independent CollegesProvost Gerald Griffin was one of the 36 higher education leaders that took part in the program that prepares experienced provosts and vice presidents as the next generation of college and university presidents.
First Students Graduating from Hope-Western Prison Education Program
The Hope-Western Prison Education Program will hold its first Commencement on Wednesday, June 25, celebrating the graduation of nine men who have earned degrees while incarcerated at Muskegon Correctional Facility.
2025 May
Baccalaureate and Commencement 2025 Photo Gallery
Approximately 730 graduating seniors participated in the ceremony, held on Sunday, May 4 at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium.
Graduates Encouraged to Be “People of Hope”
With the members of Hope College’s graduating Class of 2025 about to leave the familiar routine of the school year on Sunday, May 4, Commencement speaker Dr. Lauren Hearit offered a new way of structuring their lives — one guided by hope, even as their time at Hope was drawing to a close.