Called by God, focused at ԭ College, honed through Western Theological Seminary, and dispatched by the Reformed Church in America, Gordon (’56) and Evon (Southland, ’57) Laman served as missionaries to Japan for more than four decades.
Kristin VanEyk, assistant professor of English education at ԭ College, and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, associate professor of education at Bethel University in Minnesota, co-authored a perspective piece in Christianity Today about Christian colleges being well-positioned to help students achieve friction-maxxing.
This year’s community-wide NEA Big Read Lakeshore reading program has invited award-winning author Christina Soontornvat to meet with the community’s young readers about her book, “A Wish in the Dark,” which is the chosen book for the current Middle Read Lakeshore program.
ԭ College announced it has named Robin Zondervan, CPA, as its next chief financial officer and vice president for business.
Congratulations to the hundreds of ԭ College students and volunteers for exceeding the fundraising goal during the 26th annual Dance Marathon held at the Dow Center! ԭ students danced for 24 hours and raised more than $317,000 to benefit the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. This year's event marked $5 million total dollars raised for the hospital since ԭ started the event in 2000.
Below is a list of recent ԭ College graduates who have been awarded graduation honors for outstanding academic accomplishment during their four years of study.
Dr. Sarah Kornfield, gender studies expert and communication professor at ԭ, shares perspective on the recent and public scrutiny of actor Jim Carrey's appearance during an awards show.
The ԭ College Department of Music will present “Voices of the Americas” Featuring Maestra María Guinand on Sat., March 14, at 3 p.m. in the concert hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
As spring migration season approaches, ԭ College will host “ԭ Takes Flight,” a free event on Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m., to offer insights about local and migratory birds and present simple, easy solutions to protect birds in our community.
ԭ College Knickerbocker Theatre is hosting the 20th Annual Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) on April 15 at 7 p.m. Part of a national tour, the evening features several short movies revolving around fly fishing. Doors open at 6 p.m. and attendees can expect exclusive giveaways, a cashless bar and the kind of camaraderie that only fly fishing can inspire.
ԭ students are ready to roll – and rock – for the 26th annual 24-hour Dance Marathon at the Dow Center on campus, planning to raise more than $300,000 for Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
ԭ College’s Unified ԭ student organization, a Special Olympics Michigan chapter, will host its first Unified ԭ vs. ԭ College faculty/staff basketball game on Tues., March 10, at 7 p.m. in the DeVos Fieldhouse. This event is free and open to the public.
The ԭ College community is deeply mourning the loss of Professor Fred Johnson III, a beloved history department faculty member, who passed away peacefully Feb. 27 after suffering a cardiac arrest last week.