Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are—to become better communicators.

Managers, students, teachers, engineers are just a few of the professions represented in Club #8177. The GVSU Downtown Club thrives on diversity! We work together to make our lives and our community a richer and better place.

The GVSU Downtown Club meets weekly at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday mornings. Participation in meeting roles is also encouraged upon becoming a member.

Selections from The Padnos International Center’s first PIC Pics: A Study Abroad Photo Contest. All GVSU students who studied abroad within the last three years were invited to submit their photographs in the following categories: 'Where is your Classroom?' 'Get Lost' 'Social Issues' 'Send me There!' 'The Great Outdoors' and 'Celebration, Tradition, & Ritual.' The winning images were selected by public vote and became part of the GVSU permanent art collection.

Little was known of this area at the time when Italian photographer and explorer Ilo Battigelli traversed the deserts and villages of the Eastern shores of Arabia. The images includes rarely seen photographs depicting social and economical life and documenting an important phase in the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The photographs themselves are not just of a political nature but also depict artistic beauty in the expressions of those photographed on historical occasions. Battigelli who died in 2009 was a master photographer with an eye for detail and personal touch in his landscapes and portraits.

A selection of Australian Aboriginal paintings created as part of the ceremonies celebrating Jukurrpa or Dreamtime.  Tjukurrpa can be interpreted as an embodiment of creation that gives meaning to everything for the Australian Aboriginal people. It establishes the rules governing relationships between the people, land, animals and all things organic, inorganic and spiritual existing in tribal territories. These relationships, their details and stories are the inspiration of the Tjukurrpa paintings.

The Regionalist art movement reflects a distinct period in U.S. history, including the efforts by artists to define a uniquely American style. This concentration on a specific geography and culture would emanate, in its purest form, from the American Midwest of Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. Regionalism and the Art of the WPA includes works by these and other artists who drew their inspiration from their immediate surroundings, both rural and urban. In a collaborative endeavor between GVSU and the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Art Gallery will host this exhibition of more than 40 works drawn from the MMA’s collection. The collaboration is in conjunction with the MMA’s hosting of 1934: A New Deal for Artists, organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and scheduled in Muskegon for February 16 through May 6, 2012. A series of interdisciplinary programs are planned for students and the public at the GVSU Art Gallery, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, and the Muskegon Museum of Art.

1) A look at the 5 questions

2) Information about career assessments

3) Information about career research. 

The last 10-15 minutes of the workshop will be spent making a decision about the next-best step for each student.  They may choose to:

1) Take the information and do some self-directed career explorations

2) Take assessments AND return to Workshop II for the interpretation and more information about career exploration

3) Skip the assessments and take the assignment sheet for career research; once the research is complete, they can choose to make an appointment with the career advisor in their field of interest and talk more specifically about local companies, internship opportunities etc.

Lawrence Davidson is professor of history at West Chester University in West Chester PA. His academic work is focused on the history of American foreign relations with the Middle East. He also teaches courses in the history of science and modern European intellectual history.

Some of Professor Davidson's published works include:

A Concise History of the Middle East

Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing American's National Interest

Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction

and

America's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood.

http://www.tothepointanalyses.com/

More information to come.

Learn the basics of grantwriting from the experts. Join other grant seekers in a four-hour workshop designed to give you an introduction to proposal development and tips on grantwriting language and writing styles. Participants are encouraged to bring an idea for a grant proposal so that this workshop can serve as an opportunity to get a jump start.

This training is approved for 3 social work continuing education credit (CEU) hours by Grand Valley State University School of Social Work, an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative-Provider MICEC-0004. Those requesting 3 social work CEUs will pay $15 at the door on the day of the training and will be mailed a certificate of completion.

This workshop will be facilitated by Diane Kimoto, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration at GVSU and Matthew Downey,  M.P.A., Nonprofit Services Program Director at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy.

Register today using the Registration form below.

Attend the Career Fair to:

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  meet face-to-face with employers to discuss full-time positions.
  
  


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  learn about available internships and co-ops.
  
  


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  connect with organizations conducting on-campus interviews.
  
  


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  build your professional network and expand your job search.
  
  

Meetings are held at the ACES Office:

Water Tower Place

10383 B 42nd Ave

Allendale, MI 49401(Next to the Health Center)

Doors open 30 mins before meeting times for socializing.

Through numerous programs and services, the center enriches and improves lives and communities by providing high-impact learning and opportunities for advocacy and activism.

"Indulge in a Cause" is a fundraising event that helps ensure that the vital work carried out by the Women's Center continues. The event will feature the area's best chocolate desserts and a silent auction full of fabulous prize packages.

Tickets may be purchased on line by: Click Here  or by calling 616-331-2748!

$30 if purchased by February 22, 2012 and $10 for Grand Valley students.

Grand Valley State University is proud to host the 

Michigan University Model Arab League 

in conjunction with the National Council on US-Arab Relations, League of Arab States Information Center and The Mosaic Foundation

This three-day event will promote student leadership development, while simulating the political process of The League of Arab States.

Students from universities all over Michigan (and beyond) will form councils and debate issues - just as the Arab League does. The councils that the students will form are: Joint Defense, Palestinian Affairs, Political Affairs, Social Affairs, Economic Affairs and a Court of Justice.

Dr. Lawrence Davidson, a history professor from West Chester University, will be our keynote speaker for the event. His talk is entitled: Evolving Arab League Attitudes Toward Israel, 1967 to the Present.

The ACES Office hosts a space for 12-Step recovery meetings. Meetings are open to students, faculty, staff, and community members who have a desire to stop drinking or using other drugs.

Meetings are held at the ACES Office:

Water Tower Place

10383 B 42nd Ave

Allendale, MI 49401(Next to the Health Center)

Presented by Prof. Elvira Sanchez-Blake, Associate Professor (Department of Romance and Classical Studies, Michigan State University)

In this presentation Professor Sanchez-Blake analyzes the power of performance as an engine of cultural agency that connects the community and the academy by transforming cultural perceptions and attitudes; creating knowledge and raising social sensitivity toward a reality distant but close for students, faculty and the academic community. The collective theater creation Kan Balaam, condensed to a clear example of cultural agency where students, exposed to a cultural learning laboratory, multiplied their experience by bringing together the Mayan and Chiapas world to the academia eliciting awareness and understanding. 

For more information, or special accommodations, please contact the Area Studies office, areastudies@gvsu.edu or 331-8110.

Healing Yoga can be used to stretch, grow, heal and support anyone, whether they have experienced abuse and trauma or not.  This class aims to provide a safe place and welcoming atmosphere necessary for all of this. The primary purpose of this program is to care for and empower survivors of traumatic events while also providing advocates, friends and family a means to support survivors and participate in their healing process.

Healing Yoga is meant to reduce stress and release tension from the body and mind by focusing on the restorative nature of yoga.  Relaxation techniques, breathing work, and meditation will all be incorporated. This active relaxation class is appropriate for students of all levels. Our goal is to establish a relaxing, educational, and powerful yoga experience for all students, faculty and staff of Grand Valley State University.

Selections from The Padnos International Center’s first PIC Pics: A Study Abroad Photo Contest. All GVSU students who studied abroad within the last three years were invited to submit their photographs in the following categories: 'Where is your Classroom?' 'Get Lost' 'Social Issues' 'Send me There!' 'The Great Outdoors' and 'Celebration, Tradition, & Ritual.' The winning images were selected by public vote and became part of the GVSU permanent art collection.

Little was known of this area at the time when Italian photographer and explorer Ilo Battigelli traversed the deserts and villages of the Eastern shores of Arabia. The images includes rarely seen photographs depicting social and economical life and documenting an important phase in the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The photographs themselves are not just of a political nature but also depict artistic beauty in the expressions of those photographed on historical occasions. Battigelli who died in 2009 was a master photographer with an eye for detail and personal touch in his landscapes and portraits.

A selection of Australian Aboriginal paintings created as part of the ceremonies celebrating Jukurrpa or Dreamtime.  Tjukurrpa can be interpreted as an embodiment of creation that gives meaning to everything for the Australian Aboriginal people. It establishes the rules governing relationships between the people, land, animals and all things organic, inorganic and spiritual existing in tribal territories. These relationships, their details and stories are the inspiration of the Tjukurrpa paintings.

Grand Valley State University is proud to host the 

Michigan University Model Arab League 

in conjunction with the National Council on US-Arab Relations, League of Arab States Information Center and The Mosaic Foundation

This three-day event will promote student leadership development, while simulating the political process of The League of Arab States.

Students from universities all over Michigan (and beyond) will form councils and debate issues - just as the Arab League does. The councils that the students will form are: Joint Defense, Palestinian Affairs, Political Affairs, Social Affairs, Economic Affairs and a Court of Justice.

Dr. Lawrence Davidson, a history professor from West Chester University, will be our keynote speaker for the event.

The Regionalist art movement reflects a distinct period in U.S. history, including the efforts by artists to define a uniquely American style. This concentration on a specific geography and culture would emanate, in its purest form, from the American Midwest of Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. Regionalism and the Art of the WPA includes works by these and other artists who drew their inspiration from their immediate surroundings, both rural and urban. In a collaborative endeavor between GVSU and the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Art Gallery will host this exhibition of more than 40 works drawn from the MMA’s collection. The collaboration is in conjunction with the MMA’s hosting of 1934: A New Deal for Artists, organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and scheduled in Muskegon for February 16 through May 6, 2012. A series of interdisciplinary programs are planned for students and the public at the GVSU Art Gallery, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, and the Muskegon Museum of Art.

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Winter 2012 Speaker: TBA

Do you have an issue or topic that you are passionate about?  Do you want to see change happen?  Learn how to turn your passion into a reality by starting a nonprofit organization. This seminar will cover key steps to start and successfully run a nonprofit organization.

Topics to be covered in this seminar: Nonprofit incorporation, nonprofit management structure and roles, fundraising for nonprofit organizations and more!

This seminar will take 4 hours and is a lecture style format which includes interactive activities.  Participants will be encouraged to share their issue and/or topic area they are passionate about throughout the seminar. The general outline of the workshop is as follows.

• Introductions


• What does nonprofit mean?


• Overview and Importance of Nonprofit Industry


• Nonprofit Business Alternatives


• Forming a Nonprofit Organization
  
  
  
  • Steps to Incorporation
  
  
  • Creating a Board of Directors
  
  
  • Raising Funds for Your Nonprofit Organizations
  
  
  
  

This seminar will be facilitated by Heather Carpenter, who is an experienced nonprofit manager, researcher, trainer and blogger. She earned her M.M. in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University in Chicago, Illinois and her Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego where she served as a Research Associate in the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research. She teaches and presents on a variety of topics in the nonprofit sector, is an avid social media user and authors the well-known Nonprofit Leadership 601 blog.

Heather is also author and creator of three nonprofit management toolkits: Nonprofit Operations, Setting up a Nonprofit Office, and Starting a Nonprofit, and her current research interests include: nonprofit education, nonprofit workforce, and nonprofit technology. She also participates on a variety of national nonprofit committees and partners with many national nonprofit organizations to promote and support nonprofit careers and the nonprofit sector.

Register today using the Registration form below.

The ACES Office hosts a space for 12-Step recovery meetings. Meetings are open to students, faculty, staff, and community members who have a desire to stop drinking or using other drugs.

Meetings are held at the ACES Office:

Water Tower Place

10383 B 42nd Ave

Allendale, MI 49401(Next to the Health Center)