Hope Network, a Christian nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live independently, recently received a $1.4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Hope Network will now offer suicide prevention services to 150,000 people across Michigan, which is part of the Zero Suicide initiative.

"This grant is a game-changer for Hope Network in allowing us to offer this significant service across the state," said Phil Weaver, Hope Network president and CEO. "Zero Suicide represents a commitment to patient safety, which is the most fundamental responsibility of health care, and to the safety and support of staff who treat and support suicidal patients."

Calvin University's Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has selected a 16-member presidential search committee following the resignation earlier this year of current president Micheal Le Roy.

The committee is composed of individuals with a broad array of experience and gifts who share a commitment to seeing how God's faithfulness revealed through Calvin's new leader.

The search committee includes: Sarah Berg ´06 – Alumni Representative; Bill Boer '77 – Calvin Trustee; Samuel Carrasco – Student; Heather Dill – At Large; Scott Greenway '86 – CRCNA; Kathi Groenendyk – Faculty; Sid Jansma, Jr. '65 – At Large; Mary Tuuk Kuras '86 – Calvin Trustee (Committee Chair); Michelle Loyd-Paige '81 – Administrator; Craig Lubben '78 – At Large (Committee Vice Chair); Rhonda Roorda '92 – Calvin Trustee; Kumar Sinniah – Faculty; Scott Spoelhof '84 – Calvin Trustee; Noah Toly – Administrator; John Witvliet '90 – Faculty; and Willemina Zwart '93 – Calvin Trustee.

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