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Historically Black Colleges, Family Sacrifices, and the American Dream

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a sense, my grandmother lived her life through her children. That was her way of reminding students that this is your opportunity to take advantage of. I think that’s huge when you step back and look at it. And if we look carefully at our own family history, what they were doing—that’s significant.”

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Looking Back on my Faith at Hope

Hope College Network

I distinctly remember my first class at Hope College. Dean Frost, my professor for my Freshman Year Seminar said, “What you seek to find at Hope, you will find.” He elaborated that if you seek to further your faith, you will have the opportunity to do so.

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Senior Struggle #3: Saying Goodbye to my Email Signature

Hope College Network

I feel like writing that blog post put a lot of things in perspective for me and I’m at terms with my workload for the semester. My new goal is to get most of my homework done during the weekends so that my weeks are a little less hectic. Thinking back on it, Hope has been my safe haven.

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“This is my Anchor of Hope”

Hope College Network

But freshman year, while trying to find the Pine Grove (and inadvertently walking directly through it to instead find Centennial), I sat down at a bench and stared at the empty park, wondering “where the students might be.” Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan, an individual who played an integral role in the founding of Hope College.

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It’s the Little Things

Hope College Network

This weekend, I had the opportunity to journey back to Wexford, Pennsylvania. It’s not that I wanted to leave Hope, or felt lost in Holland, Michigan; I just needed home, and all that comes with it. After a long soccer season that sadly came to a close on Wednesday, my mind and body were desperate for a break.

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Once in Your Shoes: Reflections from the Harveys to Prospective Hope Parents

Hope College Network

In this series, “Once in Your Shoes,” four Hope families share their wisdom about the college search process as they were once in your shoes. Jodi and Scott Harvey Scott and Jodi Harvey, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reflect on their family’s Hope admissions process. Size was something that she really went back and forth on.

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Once in Your Shoes: Reflections from the Carpenters to Prospective Hope Parents

Hope College Network

In this series, “Once in Your Shoes,” four Hope families share their wisdom about the college search process as they were once in your shoes. Louis, Missouri, reflect upon their family’s Hope admissions process. The Carpenters’ son, Cameron, is a member of Hope’s Class of 2022. Did Cameron get into Hope College?