Hope College is a private, liberal arts college located in Holland, Michigan affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. It has around 3,200 students and offers 80 majors. Its motto is "Hope in God" from Psalm 42:5. Academically, it is known for its strong sciences, arts, nursing and engineering programs. It emphasizes faith integration and undergraduate research.

1. our anchor of HOPE for the future!
Hope's motto, taken from Psalm 42:5:
Spera in Deo ("Hope in God")
Kaitlin Heenehan & Deborah Smith
October 25, 2011; EDHE 6064

2. Quick Facts
• Type: 4 year, private, religiously affiliated,
liberal arts college
• Location: Holland, Michigan on Lake
Macatawa (5 miles from Lake Michigan)
• Colors: Blue and Orange
• Nickname: Flying Dutchmen/Flying Dutch
– Division III- 18 sports, Michigan Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
• Religious affiliation: The Reformed Church in
America (RCA)
• Enrollment: 3,202
• Majors: 80 total leading to B.A., B.S., B.S. in
Nursing, B. Music
• Student/Faculty ratio: 13/1

3. The Flying Dutch
Known as the Dutchmen since the start of intercollegiate athletics in 1926.
The colors Royal Blue and Orange were chosen because they were the colors
of the Netherlands flag at the time.
Coined by a student sports writer in 1958 after a big basketball victory.
Changed to the Flying Dutch with the addition of women’s teams in the
1970s. Dutch the Mascot made his courtside debut in 2006.
The Wooden Shoes rivalry with Kalamazoo College began in 1930’s. These
shoes are the trophy!

4. More Facts
• Great Lakes Colleges Association
Albion College, Allegheny College, Antioch College,
Denison University, DePauw University, Earlham College,
Hope College, Kalamazoo College ,Kenyon College,
Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University,
Wabash College, The College of Wooster
• Buildings: 119, 98 are housing
• Budget fact: No deferred maintenance,
plan for 125% for each new project

5. History
• Holland settled by Dutch in 1847
• “Pioneer School” founded in 1851
then “Holland Academy”
• Support from The Reformed
Church in America
• State charter in 1866, first
graduates 2 months later
• Name from Reverend A.C. Van
Raalte quote
• 1870s graduate level aspirations
• Western Theological Seminary
• Co-ed in 1878
• Enrollment boom post WWII

6. Community
• Resort Town
• “All American College Town”
• Positive “town and gown” relationship
• Dimnent Memorial Chapel: landmark known for stained glass
• Random:
– 2nd Happiest place to live in America (Gallup-Healthways Well
Being Index 2010)
– One of nation’s “Smartest” cities (Portfolio.com)
– Top 5 safest cities (Forbes magazine)
– Known for “Tulip Time Festival”

7. Vision
The Vision that motivates Hope:
• To pursue truth so as to renew the mind, enrich the
disciplines, and transform the culture
• To inspire passion for knowledge that grows into
understanding and bears fruit in wisdom
• To be an exceptional undergraduate liberal arts
college that provides excellent professional and pre-
professional programs
• To be a leading Christian college, ecumenical in
character and rooted in the Reformed tradition
• To enhance education through residential
community and superior co-curricular programs

8. Mission and Values
The Mission that guides Hope
The mission of Hope College is to educate students for lives of
leadership and service in a global society through academic and
co-curricular programs of recognized excellence in the liberal arts
and in the context of the historic Christian faith.
The Core Values that shape Hope:
• To offer rigorous academic programs
• To contribute to the body of knowledge in the academic
disciplines
• To nurture vibrant Christian faith
• To be a caring community
• To foster development of the whole person—intellectually,
spiritually, socially, physically
• To be wise stewards of resources

9. Qualities and Virtues
The Qualities that distinguish Hope
• Academic excellence and deep Christian faith joined together to strengthen
each other in a supportive and welcoming community
• Masterful teaching coupled with rigorous faculty scholarship
• National leadership in collaborative faculty/student research and creative
activity
• Recognition in the arts and humanities
• Unique Christian character
• Nationally recognized undergraduate library
• Award-winning student activities and intercollegiate athletic programs
• Attractive lakeshore location with a downtown campus and an unusually
harmonious town-gown relationship with the Holland community
The Virtues that mark conversation at Hope:
Humility to listen; Hospitality to welcome; Patience to understand; Courage
to challenge; Honesty to speak the truth in love

10. 2010-11 Students
• Full-time student • 42 states and 30
population goal of countries represented
“about 3,000 full-
time” set in 1999 • Most students are
Michiganians (68%)
• Current Enrollment is
3,202 • Most out-of-state
3,103 full-time students hail from
99 part- time bordering Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio

11. 2010-11 Students
• 60.0% Women
• 40.0% Men
• 1.6% International
20% from China • 22% Reformed theology
• 10.2% Minorities denominations.
– 2.7% Black/African
American
– 3.9% Hispanic/Latino • 17% Roman Catholic
– 2.3% Asian
– ˂1% Native American
– 1.0% Multiracial • 50% other Protestant
• 88.2% White denominations.
• 11% do not indicate a
religious affiliation

12. 2010-11 Students
• 78% of students reside • Average age dropped
on campus. from 21 to 20,
concurrent with
• 13% of men join elimination of married
Fraternities housing, in 2008.
• Most popular of 80
majors:
• 16% of women join
Sororities - Psychology
- Communication
- Management
- Nursing
- Exercise Sciences

13. Faculty
• 342 Instructional • 65% of part-time
Faculty faculty are women
• 50% Women • 87.5% of full-time
faculty hold a Ph.D.
• 50% Men
• 12% of part-time faculty
• 2.6% International hold a Ph.D.
10.8% Minorities
86.6% White

14. Academics
• Freshmen Retention • Holistic integration of
rate is 87% Christianity into the
• 6-year graduation classroom
rate is 79% • Frequent references
• 692 degrees conferred to “the historic
in May 2011 Christian faith”
• “Growing world
Christians in the soil
of hope”

15. Academics
Specialized Accreditations Study Abroad
• The only U.S. private, four-year • Affiliations with 3 Int’l
liberal arts college nationally organizations: CIEE, IES, SIT
accredited in 4 areas of the arts:
Art • 200 Domestic & Int’l program
Dance choices
Music
Theater • International Affiliations:
• Other nationally accredited – 9 universities in Japan, China, India,
programs: England, Mexico, Netherlands
– Engineering – Hope’s Vienna Summer Program
– Chemistry
– Nursing
– Social Work
– Athletic training

16. Sciences
• Undergraduate
Research
• REU summer research
• Hope - 1 of only 10 program
undergraduate
institutions with active 170+ students
NSF Research 50 faculty
Experiences for • Participation is
Undergraduates (REU)
Site Award competitive; applicants
come from other
universities as well

17. Sciences
• Hope- HHMI collaboration • 2011 Program Goals:
for integrated science – Biomedical research
research. – Improve K12 science
education
• Faculty and students work
together on complex, – Increase diversity in
interdisciplinary, real-world science
problems. – Continue innovation in
contributions to
• Creation of new minors in “scientific teaching.”
neuroscience,
environmental science,
computational modeling.

18. Diversity Efforts
• 1997 Plan to increase • Office of Multicultural
campus diversity Education
remains in effect. - Black Student Union
• HHMI 2004-08 grant - Hope’s Asian Perspective
for mentoring Post-doc Association
- La Raza Unida
future faculty from
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Howard University.
• Phelps Scholars Program
• Increased recruiting from
specific area high schools

19. Governance

20. Governance
Board of Trustees
The Board consists of not fewer than twenty-four (24) nor more
than thirty-four (34) members.
Twelve (12) are elected by the General Synod of the Reformed
Church in America.
Not fewer than twelve (12) nor more than twenty-two (22) at-large
members are elected by the Board of Trustees.
Two are elected by the Board of Trustees from among the faculty
members.
The President of the College is a member by virtue of his office.

21. Presidents
• Dr. James E. Bultman
The 11th president of Hope College on July 1, 1999.
A 1963 Hope graduate, he assumed office with more than two
decades of direct experience at Hope, including his student
days.
He is retiring in June 2012.
• Qualities of the new president are a 2-page list, including:
will have a genuine love of interaction with students and
faculty
a healthy appetite for engaging with a wide variety of people on the
subject of Hope.
personal characteristics of intelligent warmth,
integrity, sense of humor, energy, authenticity and
humility will be critical.

22. Traditions
• Nykerk (1936)
• 22 minute services
• “The Gathering”
• The Pull (1898)-Video

23. Questions?