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Dr. Espinoza began teaching at Hope in 2023. Dr. Leticia Espinoza’s Hope courses focus on both language instruction and the cultures of Spanish-speaking societies.
The Hope College Board of Trustees has elected two new members in addition to reelecting several members.
Dr. Hubert (Herb) Weller, who retired in 1996 as professor emeritus of Spanish after 34 years on the faculty, died on Thursday, June 29, 2023, after sustaining injuries in an accident. He was 89.
The 2005-06 school year is seeing the retirement of six members of the Hope College faculty. Retiring at the end of the spring semester are Maxine DeBruyn, who is the Dorothy Wiley DeLong Professor of ...
The Hope College Board of Trustees has elected five new members in addition to reappointing two members and appointing new Executive Committee members.
Retired English professor Dr. Peter Schakel, who across his nearly 50 years on the faculty earned national acclaim as a scholar and appreciation and respect from students and colleagues as a teacher ...
The new biography “Vision, Conflict, and Controversy: H.P. Scholte, Founder of Pella, Iowa,” published by the Van Raalte Press of Hope College, illuminates the life and impact of one of the most ...
Dr. Paul de Kruif, a Zeeland native whose 1926 book “Microbe Hunters” became an international bestseller and inspired a generation of scientists and medical professionals, and who had a major ...
Five long-time members of the Hope College faculty are retiring at the conclusion of the 2024-25 school year.
Jacqueline Heisler of Holland, Michigan, who retired in 2006 as director of the Academic Success Center and adjunct assistant professor of psychology, died on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. She was 80.
The new book “Invoking the Fathers: Dangerous Metaphors and Founding Myths in Congressional Politics” by Dr. Sarah Kornfield of the Hope College communication faculty, published this month by Johns ...
An unsolved area homicide in which even the identity of the victim is a mystery is explored in documentary prepared by a Hope College class.