Calvin College
Calvin College launches campaign to save the Student Activities Office
by (nathanslauer)
Submitted 06-10-2019 under LOCAL LIFE
Calvin College administrators launched a fundraising campaign to save the Student Activities Office (SAO), a campus organization that offers concerts and cultural programming. The administration, in partnership with members of the #SaveSAO...
Hundreds of volunteers serve local veterans during Operation United
by (Heart of West M...)
Submitted 05-20-2019 under NONPROFITS
On Friday, May 17, more than 300 volunteers came together for one purpose: to serve local veterans. Heart of West Michigan United Way recruited 318 volunteers for Operation United, a day of outdoor landscaping, repair projects, and construction at...
The Michigan Truth Tour stops at Calvin College
by (msk23)
Submitted 04-11-2018 under NONPROFITS
What do you believe Michigan needs to do to improve personal prosperity, for all its residents? On Tuesday, April 17, the West Michigan community will have an opportunity to weigh in on this very question. The Michigan Truth Tour is stopping at...
Calvin College named Tree Campus USA
by (msk23)
Submitted 03-05-2018 under NONPROFITS
Calvin College is honored with 2017 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. Calvin is one of four institutions in the state of Michigan to receive...
Creating a community for those affected by rare disease
by (msk23)
Submitted 02-13-2018 under NONPROFITS
One in ten people is affected by a rare disease in some way, explained Rachael Baker, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Calvin College. “Because there are 7,000 different rare diseases, everyone is probably going to know someone, a...
Catalyst Radio: Interviewing World Affairs Council of Western Michigan
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 01-26-2018 under NONPROFITS
Host Cindy Kamp speaks with Erica Kubik from the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan's Great Decisions 2018 discussion series at Aquinas College and Calvin College.
Local painter to host art sale in support of hunger relief
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 03-15-2017 under NONPROFITS
Artist Chris Stoffel Overvoorde is hosting a three-day sale of his work to support local hunger relief, March 30-April 1. A third of the sale’s proceeds will be donated to Feeding America West Michigan. This sale, hosted at his home and studio...
Rain gardens continue to flourish, transform Plaster Creek area
by (Calvin College)
Submitted 01-24-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
It is the summer of 2014, and rain has begun to fall on a hot July afternoon in West Michigan. One droplet lands on a rooftop in the Alger Heights neighborhood, running down the sloped roof into the gutter and through the downspout onto the driveway...
Plaster Creek becomes classroom for urban, rural middle schoolers
by (Calvin College)
Submitted 06-02-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
What do a bunch of urban teenagers and country kids have in common besides braces, tests and parents telling them to look up from their screens? Well, they also share a common watershed. Over the last two semesters two schools have partnered to...