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Laker Impact

Turning What If Into What Is

FALL 2025

illustration by Eliana McGlinchey '25

illustration by Eliana McGlinchey '25

Laker Impact

Turning What If Into What Is

FALL 2025

illustration of different people walking around street scene with blue GV in center of street

illustration by Eliana McGlinchey '25

illustration by Eliana McGlinchey '25

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Degrees of Change

ALUMNI FEATURE

Laker breaks world record, lands book deal

Michael Zervos ’12 has officially earned a Guinness World Record for achieving the fastest time to visit every country on the planet.

ALUMNI FEATURE

Laker breaks world record, lands book deal

Michael Zervos ’12 has officially earned a Guinness World Record for achieving the fastest time to visit every country on the planet.

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A New Equation

SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS

Educators, Scholars and a City's Future

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Remixing the Rules

Dre Wallace blends music, tech into unique startup

PRESIDENT’S GREETINGS

GVSU’s Impact on Michigan:
$3 Billion

President Mantella in white jacket against window showing skyline of Grand Rapids

PRESIDENT’S GREETINGS

GVSU’s Impact on Michigan:
$3 Billion

President Mantella in white jacket against window showing skyline of Grand Rapids

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Power of Purpose

Alumni honorees making an impact

Joyce Ohm in white lab coat, standing near hallway pillars

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Power of Purpose

Alumni honorees making an impact

Joyce Ohm in white lab coat, standing near hallway pillars

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Poetry in the Valley

Grand Valley’s enduring role in West Michigan’s poetry scene

poem on left and black and white photo on right, from 1970s, people seated outside some in costume

FEATURE

Poetry in the Valley

Grand Valley’s enduring role in West Michigan’s poetry scene

poem on left and black and white photo on right, from 1970s, people seated outside some in costume