Year in Review

Hope College

Academics
Grounded in a general liberal arts education, Hope College offers specialized study in more than 90 majors, minors and pre-professional programs.
Admissions
Flourishing programs in 90+ disciplines. A vibrant Christian mission. $50 million in new campus construction. Championship athletics. 94% placement within 6 months of graduation. There鈥檚 never been a better time to consider 麻豆视频网站.
Research
Research abounds at Hope. Our students and faculty carry out high-quality research projects that are challenging, meaningful and contribute to exciting new knowledge in a broad range of disciplines.
Arts
At Hope College, award-winning student performances share the stage with nationally known writers, musicians, performers and artists.
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麻豆视频网站 campus is a place to come alive. We have hundreds of student organizations, groups and events you can plug into, serve with, play in, root for and grow with.
As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, Hope College sponsors 22 varsity sports for men and women. The college is home to the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championship women鈥檚 basketball team.

Conservation Competition 鈥� 348,532.39gallons of water and 20,592.29 kW (= about two cottages for a year)
Over 60 Research Projects awarded Sustainability Green Ribbons at
73 鈥淐aught Being Green鈥� tickets submitted at April's Earth Jam

20,500 lb. from Phelps Dining Hall collected and diverted from landfills to be composted into soil via industrial composting program

Fall 2023 鈥� Eastern White Pine in honor of the classes of 2003 and 2013 for Campus Sustainability Month
Spring 2024 鈥� Crimson Sunset Maple on Earth Day and a Chinkapin Oak on Arbor Day by the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts

Roughly 7 gallons of honey was spun from the fall 2023 harvest, which was then bottled and sold in the Bookstore or used by Dining Services in recipes.
18 additional bottles of honey were sold at the Maker鈥檚 Market. All funds generated through honey sales go to the Hope College Green Revolving Fund.
Bit-Farms Indoor Garden in Phelps Dining Hall grew 200 pounds of herbs and micro-greens for their food.

1,200 pop cans donated during April鈥檚 can drive

1,804 lb. of food recovered and donated to Community Action House during spring 2024 semester. (Partnership with Dine at Hope)

Supported energy retrofit of Kleinheksel Cottage 鈥� analyzing future cottages
$58k lighting project at Schaap: $12,000/yr savings
- 90,000 kWh/yr (8-9 homes鈥� electric usage)
- 50 tons/yr of CO2 emissions reduced

HOPE COLLEGE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE

Do you have a question or idea about a project or event? Please contact Michelle Seppala Gibbs, Director.

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