MMUF PhD Patrice Rankine (Brooklyn College '92) has been named dean for the arts and humanities at Hope College. Patrice previously served as assistant head of the School of Languages and Cultures and director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Classics at Purdue University, where he has taught for the last 15 years, following his completion of a PhD in classical literature from Yale University in 1998. Patrice will also serve as a professor of classics at Hope College. Congratulations, Patrice!