President Archives | Houghton College

Last week, the Student Government Association sponsored an “Open Conversation with the President” in the Van Dyk Lounge. I always look…read more

Just over a week ago, the recent steady stream of discouraging news items about private higher education was interrupted by…read more

Like most college and university presidents, I take the U.S. News and other college rankings with several grains of salt….read more

This past Sunday we took Communion at Houghton Wesleyan Church. While we celebrate the Lord’s Supper nearly every month, I…read more

“I knew that the students I worked with and loved at Boston University would be fine without me. I was…read more

There are many people in the evangelical world who care about Truth and Goodness. There are not nearly enough who…read more

First Tuesday On the first Tuesday of each month during the academic year, Houghton faculty are invited to the President’s…read more

Earlier this month, I had occasion to hear an after-dinner talk by one of the authors of Truth Decay. Since the…read more

Winter has finally arrived in Houghton. The sun is shining, but the thermometer is registering near 0 as we begin…read more

Students often ask me somewhat sheepishly what exactly I do as Houghton’s president. It is not a two-minute response. If they…read more

People will not make a great intellectual adjustment for a Gospel that does not greatly matter. If there is real…read more

Eighteen years of age is, in many ways, an odd time to choose a college. The potential impact of the…read more