VanderBrug Scholarships

The Gordon J. VanderBrug scholarships are funded by an endowment graciously provided by the VanderBrug family. They are given to strong juniors and seniors in computer science. Interested Calvin students should apply in the Spring semester for the following year.

To Apply: Use the Upper Class Named Scholarship Application Form on Calvin Portal:
 > Students
   > Scholarship and Financial Aid
    > Upper Class Named Scholarship Application.

As a twenty-five year old Calvin instructor, Gordon J. VanderBrug believed that computers were vital to a college education. As a result, during the 1968-1969 academic year, he taught the first computer science class in the college’s history. Undeterred by the fact that the college did not have a computer, he found a local engineering company who was willing to let the students use its computer in the evening hours. Roughly thirty interested students and faculty made use of it that semester, including fifteen students who completed his numerical analysis course.