They encouraged me to take courses in all of those areas. I found it a very rich place to be. Sterk's Ph.D. dissertation, the first popular-cultural one there, was on the rhetoric of Silhouette romance novels. She earned her Ph.D. in 1986. Now, she's back at Calvin as the third Spoelhof Chairholder.
Students here take responsibility for their own spiritual life.
There's a much more vibrant faith-life here than when I was a student. I think Calvin is the place where probably the strongest Christian scholarship in the country is going on. You couple that with a commitment to undergraduate education, and it's just unbeatable. Bos Luimes is a sports writer for the Grand Rapids Press. Contact Lynn Bolt Rosendale or Mike VanDenend .