In order to create vibrant, world-class communities we must look at the economic, social and environmental impacts we all have. This year the Hope College Sustainability Institute and Global Water Research Institute are awarding Green and Blue ribbons for projects that meet one or more of the Sustainability Goals.
This framework incorporates a triple bottom line evaluation and the Hope College Sustainability Institute has used this model as a way to formally recognize the Sustainability Research Projects at this year’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. Projects recognized by this sustainability framework will have a Green Ribbon pinned in the upper corner of their research poster. The Global Water Research Institute (GWRI) is giving additional recognition to a number of projects and these projects will be given a Blue Ribbon as they connect with the mission of the GWRI “enabling water-centered research that can transform the health and well-being of local, regional, and global communities.”
To see the the full list of student research projects that were recognized, please click here.
For more information about the Annual Celebration visit:
https://hope.edu/academics/celebration-undergraduate-research/
The students and their projects represented all of the college’s academic divisions — the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied science.
The research and performance celebration, first presented in 2001, is designed to spotlight the quality and importance of student-faculty collaborative research at Hope. Undergraduate research is a hallmark experience for many Hope students and has been a teaching model used at the college for more than seven decades. Mentored collaborative research happens year-round, with approximately 300 students conducting faculty-supervised independent research during the academic year and 200 doing research over the summer, making Hope’s summer research program among the largest in the nation at a liberal arts college. Since faculty are active in scholarship year-round, many more students engage in research during the academic year.
Research has a long and storied history at Hope College. More than 100 years ago, biologist Dr. Samuel O. Mast designed research laboratory space for the college’s Van Raalte Hall, which opened in 1903. The late Dr. Gerrit Van Zyl, who taught chemistry at the college from 1923 to 1964, is widely recognized for developing research-based learning at Hope in its modern sense.
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