CAMPUS NEWS
Kristi Potter has helped shape the January Series for 25 years.
JANUARY SERIES DIRECTOR’S FINALE The January Series 2022 lineup includes New York Times best-selling authors, a renowned theologian, a retired four-star admiral, and a popular public television host. The series kicks off its 35th anniversary year on Monday, Jan. 10. Kristi Potter ’87, who has been involved with the January Series for a quarter century and served as the series director since 2007, will be stepping out of that role after 2022. During Potter’s time, the January Series has expanded to reach a worldwide audience through remote webcast locations in over 50 cities throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 2021, the audience expanded even greater with the addition of on-demand virtual viewing, reaching a record 98,000 people all over the world. The series runs from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST Monday through Friday in the Covenant Fine Arts Center on Calvin’s campus. In 2022, attendees can watch at live remote webcast locations. The daily lectures will be available virtually both live and until midnight PST on the day of each presentation at calvin.edu/january.
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Search committee is seeking nominations for Calvin’s 11th president.
PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH UNDERWAY This fall, a 16-member presidential search committee, led by vice chair of the board of trustees Mary Tuuk Kuras ’86, launched an international search for Calvin University’s 11th president. The committee partnered with AGB Search, a widely recognized search consultant in higher education, gathered input from the Calvin community through a variety of listening sessions and a survey. Nearly 1,000 community stakeholders provided input. This helped in shaping the position profile. The committee is now seeking nominations and applications and welcomes the candidacies of anyone who shows considerable evidence or aptitude for the desired qualities of leadership detailed in the
search profile regardless of gender or race. Leaders from fields other than higher education are encouraged to apply as well. The committee is also calling the Calvin community to pray for discernment and is adding resources weekly to facilitate this on the search website. To be fully considered for the position, applications must be submitted by Jan. 4, 2022. The search committee is responsible for recommending a candidate to the board of trustees by March 1, 2022. The website for the presidential search is calvin.edu/go/president-search.
