GVNow is produced by the News and Information Services office as a service to the Grand Valley community and to provide an information source for all of our visitors on the web. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:28:44 EST http://main.gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/ 112 33 Slightly improved is the latest word on the Greater Grand Rapids economy, according to a survey compiled by Brian Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=3CB89661-BEE5-20E4-FC6CC4BD1DCE042C Research scientists from the Annis Water Resources Institute will help in the Muskegon Lake Restoration Project. A $10 million grant for the project was just announced by Lt. Gov. John Cherry. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=36E1A137-CB18-BF9A-63F3BBFC78EAB273 Bopaiah Biddanda's ongoing research on sinkholes in Lake Huron is getting international exposure from Discovery Channel Canada. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=36E6FB74-CD2B-DB10-E9F8627FAFA72DD8 Grand Valley State University alumna Veronica Kirin of Grand Rapids was one of two Michigan students to win this year's Congressional Award Gold Medals. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=32FA5837-E23A-4442-32A4993AD8101533 WGVU is sponsoring a hot air balloon at the Battle Creek Air Show July 1-5. President Haas' wife, Marcia, was scheduled to take a ride in the balloon June 30, but weather conditions were not favorable. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=316AC40A-0060-32E3-DD3FF3B5BABFC80D Over the Fourth of July weekend, tens of thousands of concertgoers will gather north of Muskegon for the second annual Rothbury Festival. While grooving to the music, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how big of an individual environmental impact they have, thanks to some GVSU students. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=317B7437-9472-9AAF-A117D43B27B32BEA