This scholarship was established to honor Andrea Meeter Dekker ’63, and serves as an expression of gratitude for the joy that she received through music and literature. Andrea deeply loved Calvin and cherished her experiences as a student and later as a staff...

This scholarship is established by Dirk and Liesl Pruis to honor the memory of Donald Pruis, a long-time faculty member of the Business Department at Calvin College. 

This scholarship is established by Mr. Donald Roskam in honor of the memory of his late wife, Pauline, who was a loving, compassionate mother and an inspiration to her family and all who knew her.

Dr. Donald W. Mulder, along with others, has established this scholarship in loving memory of his wife, Gertrude. Through unwavering dedication, Gertrude pursued her education and found her calling in caring for the sick and afflicted. As a nurse, she mastered the...

This scholarship has been established by Mr. Don and Mrs. Carol Holtrop of Montague, Michigan, in honor of Dr. George G. Harper who gave many years of service to Calvin, principally as professor of English, but also as a counselor of students, mentor to young faculty...

Don and Evonne Plantinga started this scholarship to encourage students to study and grow as Christian men and women at Calvin University. English, Philosophy, and Computer Science were the Calvin majors of the donors and their children. To help ease the way for...

Donna and Louis Hekman graduated from Calvin College in 1940. Louis went on to get an advanced degree from Harvard School of Business. Donna was a teacher and principal in the Holland Christian School system in Holland, MI. Both were lifelong enthusiastic...

This scholarship is established through a gift from Don Vermeer and his late wife Carrie Vermeer. The Vermeers have a great respect for the Calvin College GEO department’s work in the area of human-environment interaction and their forward thinking about this issue....

This scholarship was established by Doris Bakker to honor her parents, Arnold and Elva Bakker, and encourage students to pursue careers in the field of nursing as well as to be ambassadors for Christ. “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making...

This scholarship was established by Doris Tuinstra, a businesswoman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who has lived under the mandate to seek first the Kingdom of God in her business, personal and church affairs. Doris has served in various capacities in her local church...

This scholarship was established by DornerWorks, Ltd. DornerWorks (http://www.dornerworks.com) is an electronics engineering consulting firm, founded in 2000 by David Dorner, and based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. DornerWorks helps clients develop products faster,...

Dorothy ’62 and Edward Jaasma are strong supporters of Christian education and Calvin College. Out of gratitude and appreciation for two communities that influenced and shaped their lives, they have established this scholarship to provide opportunities for students...

Dorothy and Harry Weller are long-time residents of Grandville, Michigan. They established a business and raised their children there. Dorothy has been especially active in promoting quality education and served for several years on the Grandville Public Schools...

Dorothy Duthler establishes this nursing scholarship to promote the things that have deeply enriched her life: caring for people facing health crises; practicing her deep and abiding faith; and honoring her beloved school, Calvin College. Dorothy has had a life-long...

Warren and Dorothy Koop were blessed with four sons and each of the four sons had a different make-up as each was called to do something completely different from his siblings. Warren and Dorothy were very supportive of their sons, making sure that each had the...

Mrs. Dorothy F. Loftus, an alumna of Calvin who for many years has worked in children and family services, established this scholarship. Her concerns for education are undergirded by her faith in God and the power of education to create justice and racial equity...

The Bush Family has provided the College with funds to encourage worthy students to prepare for positions in business and business education. Two or three scholarships of $500 or more are awarded each year by the Scholarship Committee of the College on the basis of...

This scholarship was established by the children of Dr. and Mrs. Lee S. Huizenga: Dr. Ann, Myrtle, Eunice, Faith, and Philip, to remember their parents’ lifelong commitment to “preach the gospel – heal the sick” in missions. Dr. Huizenga was a graduate of Calvin...

The Yonker Fund, originally established to award prizes for student papers in the area of Jewish evangelism, now grants annual scholarships for Calvin students who intend to pursue a career in Christian ministry or missions.

This scholarship was established to honor the service of Dr. Bernard Ten Broek to the Biology Department at Calvin, and to continue, in perpetuity, Dr. Bernard Ten Broek’s efforts during his teaching career to promote excellence in biology.

Gerrit and Carol Zylstra have established this scholarship to honor their brother Dr. Bernard Zylstra, former Professor of Political Theory and President of the Institute for Christian Studies. Bernard Zylstra actively promoted the development of Christian political...

This scholarship was established by Dr. Dale and Ila Wiersma. Dale has worked in the West Michigan area as a physician and Ila has previously worked as a nurse. They both attended the University of Wisconsin, where Dale graduated from medical school and Ila pursued a...

This scholarship was established by John Freeman through an estate gift from his parents Dr. David H. and Mrs. Iren Freeman in their memory and in appreciation of the importance of Calvin to them and his family.  After serving with the U.S. Army in Europe during the...

Drew’16 and Jesse ’18 Bell established this scholarship after they discovered a sense of belonging as students at Calvin University. This scholarship is meant to provide opportunities for growth in the Calvin community and beyond, as well as to encourage enrollment...

When I came to Calvin in 1990 from mainland China, I had extremely limited access to communication with my family in China because it took more than one month for letters to travel across Pacific and telephone was not available to vast majority of residents in China,...

This scholarship is established to honor Dr. Robert Albers for his years of teaching at Calvin College and for his contribution in establishing a program in biochemistry.

This scholarship is established through the estate of Drs. James and Mary Jane Lamse to support and promote the study of German language and culture. Jim graduated from Calvin in 1958 and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan. Mary...

The Dutch International Society (DIS) is an organization created in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by immigrants from the Netherlands. Its original name was the Dutch Immigrant Society. Grand Rapids is its home base. At the same time DIS is also an...

Sally Fox Hillard (c1947) and her husband, Dwight Hillard, valued lifelong education and filled their home with books and music. Their children, Dr. Claire Fox Hillard and Annamarie Cassis, both Calvin alumni, have designated their parents’ Calvin bequest to...

This scholarship is established by the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wiebe and Gertrude De Vries of Pella, Iowa, in recognition of the many years of service that they and their son and daughter-in-law, Harold and Leona De Vries, have given for the cause of Christian...