GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Calvin University will reduce 12.5% of its faculty positions over the next two years, part of a restructuring that also includes the loss or consolidation of multiple academic programs.

Among the programs impacted are several language majors and minors, the journalism minor and the public health major and minor.

Cuts were detailed in a Nov. 13 letter, written to the campus community by President Greg Elzinga and obtained by MLive/The Grand Rapids Press.

Elzinga described the changes - first reported in the university’s student newspaper - as honoring Calvin’s “distinctive mission” and ensuring long-term sustainability. He was not available for further comment.

Calvin, a private Christian liberal arts university at 3201 Burton St. SE in Grand Rapids, was founded in 18

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