Hope College News
2024 Aug
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Giving Hope Receives Institution-Wide Grant through Educating Character Initiative
Hope College will enhance its emphasis on character development with a grant received through the Educating Character Initiative of Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character. Hope will focus on the virtues of gratitude and generosity, using the grant to help scale up a foundational programmatic component of the Hope Forward initiative that the college has been piloting since the fall of 2021.
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Academics Big Read Lakeshore Announces Fall 2024 Books
This year’s community-wide Big Read Lakeshore and accompanying programs for younger readers organized by Hope College will pair a mainstay of American literature classes that is nearing its centenary with more recently published books, including two graphic novels and a children’s picture book, to explore the timeless weaving of identity, societal expectations and personal goals.
2024 Feb
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Academics Hope Professor Receives Major Grant to Study How Warming Affects Peatlands’ Ability to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
With peatlands reducing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by absorbing carbon like hyper-efficient sponges, Dr. Michael Philben of the Hope College faculty is seeking to learn how much climate change might affect how well they work.
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Academics Michigan Space Grant Consortium Supports Several Research Projects
Several Hope College research projects have received grants from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.