The Rev. Dr. Dennis Voskuil began serving Hope College as interim president in August 2017 and concluded his service in June 2019. Dennis is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Van Raalte Institute.

He began his career at Hope as an assistant professor of religion in 1977. He became an associate professor of religion in 1982 and a full professor of religion in 1988. He was tenured in 1983 and became chair of the religion department in 1984, serving as chair until 1990 and again from 1992–94.

Dennis served on the President’s advisory committee from 1980–82 and 1984–85 and was a member of the Hope College Board of Trustees from 1983–84 and 1989–91. He was the Athletic Committee chair and MIAA representative from 1987–91.

2014年，Dennis担任Van Raalte Institute高级研究员;2015年9月，他接替Jack Nyenhuis担任研究所所长。

Photo highlights of former President Dennis Voskuil and Betty Voskuil

AREAS OF Expertise

Dennis served as assistant pastor of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Watertown, Massachusetts, from 1970 to 1973; as pastor of Trinity Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1974 to 1977; and as interim senior pastor of Third Reformed Church in Holland from 1990 to 1992.

1994年至2008年，他担任西方神学院院长，教授教会历史;2008年至2014年，担任马文和耶伦·德维特教会历史讲座主席。

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., religion, Harvard University, 1974
• B.D., Western Theological Seminary, 1969
• B.S., history, University of Wisconsin, 1966

HONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS

• Baccalaureate Speaker, Hope College, 1980
• H.O.P.E. Award, Hope College, 1981
• Commencement Speaker, Hope College, 1981
• Endowed Chair, Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professorship, 1992–1994

Why hope?

Dennis sees Hope as a unique Christian college, rooted in the Reformed tradition but not sectarian. He extols Hope College for maintaining a vigorous academic environment and for being generous in spirit and devoted to Christian values and practices. He loves that Hope is committed to excellence, the liberal arts, and the intellectual and spiritual development of its students.

Outside the College

丹尼斯和他的妻子贝蒂很喜欢和他们九个可爱的孙子孙女们在一起，也喜欢和北美的许多朋友在一起。他们活跃在第三归正会、世纪俱乐部和西方神学院。丹尼斯酷爱阅读历史和传记，喜欢在唱诗班唱歌。

Dennis loves the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins, as well as the Wisconsin Badgers and, of course, all the Hope College teams. He plays basketball with a group of men almost every noon hour at the Dow Center of Hope College.