Calvin College

3201 Burton Se, Grand rapids, MI 49546 -  View Map

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• At Calvin, you will be encouraged to consider all things — and with nearly 100 academic options to choose among, you can cover a lot of intellectual ground. We believe that when you go out to serve in God's world, you need to understand how the world works — and how your unique gifts can be of use.
• Calvin's core curriculum is intentionally designed to offer the knowledge, the skills and the virtues students need to be informed and effective agents in all domains of life. The core begins with two gateway courses, concludes with a senior capstone course and is permeated throughout with a Christian worldview and a broad, faith-based engagement with surrounding culture.
• A variety of college guidebooks rate Calvin highly. America's Best Colleges, the prestigious guide from U.S. News & World Report, ranks Calvin second among Midwest comprehensive colleges. Calvin is also included in the selective Fiske Guide to Colleges, Barron's Best Buys in College Education and The Best 351 Colleges, published by the Princeton Review. Calvin has recently been included in a new listing, America's Best Value Colleges, by the Princeton Review.
• Calvin's off-campus programs teach students that renewal is a worldwide effort. Students spend semesters in 10 locales — including France, Honduras, Spain and China — where they learn more about other cultures, themselves and their purpose in God's world. Calvin's on-campus institutes study specific intersections between Christian faith and culture, including worship, politics, pedagogy and business.
• Calvin's 390-acre campus is located in a suburban setting of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Approximately 650,000 people live in the metro area, providing ample opportunities for jobs, service-learning, and entertainment.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Concert alert: Marvin Sapp at DTE Energy Music Theatre; Switchfoot, Gillian Welch, Bruce Cockburn at Calvin College ... (MLive.com)
  posted on July 5, 2011 at 08:26:46 pm
  Grand Rapids gospel singer Marvin Sapp's August concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, is among several high-profile shows announced this month.
• Plaster Creek Stewards to receive $58,500 EPA grant (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on June 20, 2011 at 08:11:39 pm
  The organization, made up of Calvin College staff, will use the money to improve the quality of one of the region’s most-polluted streams.
• Longtime Calvin College coach, AD Marv Zuidema remembered for his passion (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:11:59 am
  Zuidema spent 43 years at the school in a variety of capacities.
• Celebratory mood dominates historic joint session of CRC, RCA at Calvin College (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on June 17, 2011 at 03:26:39 am
  It was the first time delegates from the two synods assembled in 154 years ago.
• $59,000 grant to help clean up Plaster Creek (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
  posted on June 17, 2011 at 12:43:00 am
  GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - A group of Calvin College volunteers is getting thousands of dollars to clean up Plaster Creek. River Network, Groundwork USA, and the EPA awarded the Plaster Creek Stewards more than $59,000 to restore the watershed.

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