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Professor Kurt Ellenberger Interviewed for Book "The New Face of Jazz"

Kurt Ellenberger, Associate Director of Grants for FTLC, is to be included in a major publishing house’s survey of only about 200 jazz musicians from all over the world, including people like Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Lee Ritenour, Arturo Sandival, and George Benson.  He will be doing a “book signing” session at the Detroit Jazz Festival next summer, as well as other events around the country. He is also teaching a Junior Seminar in the Fall of 2010 titled "Music, Culture, and Aesthetics." You can find the book on Amazon here.

Congratulations to Alex Gilde, named as a semi-finalist for the William C. Campbell Trophy!!

www.gvsulakers.com/sports/m-footbl/grva-m-footbl-body.html

www.footballfoundation.org/news.php

 

 

Pre-Transitions 2009 Pictures are Up!

 Check out our photo albums from Pre-Transitions and the Mentor Scavenger Hunt!

Junior Seminar Visits the History of Hemingway

 In the Spring of 2009, Sue Swartzlander and her Junior Seminar class, Hemingway in Michigan explored the early life of writer Ernest Hemingway when he lived in Michigan. The students created projects for those who might want to know more about Hemingway's Michigan background, relevant to their interests. Those projects are posted on the Hemingway in Michigan website.

 

 

Group of Meijer Honors College Students Travel to Ghana

Student Services Coordinator Janaan Decker as well as students Annie Hakim, Andrew Gordon, Casey Key, Amanda Clark, Ben Garlets, and Zoe Smith left July 6th for Ghana for service learning opportunities. To read more and follow the student's experiences, check out the Ghana 2009 website.



Incoming Freshmen!

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 Four Meijer Honors College Students Admitted into Michigan State University Medical School


Six students from Grand Valley State University were admitted into Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine.  Out of the six selected, four are members of the Meijer Honors College.  The Honors students admitted are Casey Key, Alex Gilde, Beth Fetzer, and Caleb Ortega.

For more information about the admitted students, click here.


A Reception for the Graduates
of the Meijer Honors College

Winter 2009

Marissa Lanning (Outstanding Creative Achievement),
Shannon Lewis (Outstanding Senior Project), and
  Elise Miller (Outstanding Senior Award) 

 
Kate Allen presents her senior project at the reception

 
Professor Greg Wilson is presented with the Outstanding Faculty Award

 

 Students, families, and staff gather to celebrate the graduates 

 
Antigone

In April, students performed Professor Diane Rayor's new translation of Antigone, a translation that will soon be published by the Cambridge University Press.  The performance was the first ever in the Glenn A. Niemeyer Amphitheater.

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Student Scholarship Day
In April, several students presented at Student Scholarship Day, an annual event celebrating the scholarship and created work of Grand Valley students.
 

Austin Averill presents "The effect of competition on task performance"
Elise Miller presents "Control of Hdc expression: Initial results from reporter-gene fusion studies"
 
3rd Annual Grand Rapids Area Intercollegiate Honors Conference
 
In April, seven students presented their work at the 3rd annual Grand Rapids Area Intercollegiate Honors Conference, held at Aquinas College.
 
Kyle Kilpatrick presents "Free Will, the Divine Will, and Divine Foreknowledge"
Ben Tolman presents "Liberal Education Among the Prisoners"
Megan Mutchler presents "Wildlife Rehabilitation and Charistmatic Megafuanas"
Megan Shannahan presents "Baseball at the Turn of the Century: Guiding American Men Down the Right (Base) Path"
Alex Gilde presents "Water Evaporation from Tropospheric Aerosols"
Marlisa Hawley presents "Analysis of Toulouse-Latrec's Unprecedented Work, 'In the Salon of the Brothel of the Rue des Moulins'"
 David Jagusch presents "Anarchy in the Classroom: A Multigenre About One Punk's Transition into the Educational Arena"

 
Engineering Students Receive Top Honors

A group of students in Grand Valley's Product Innovation and Manufacturing class won first place in a robotics competition in Connecticut.  The students participated in the Trinity College International RoboWaiter competition in Hartland, a competition aimed at demonstrating the use of robots in assistive technology. 

The students who participated in the event were Tyler Dickinson, Troy Roersma, Kyler Kamyszek, Lauren Leemhuis, Jacob Braun, Matthew Steffes, Kurt O'Hearn, Brad Diekema, Josh Stevenson, and Sam Kreuze, assisted by professors Andrew Sterian and Chris Pung.

Mid-East Honors Association

In March, Dr. J and Janaan accompanied students Eric Nodge, Sara Veselenak, Patrick Roach, Cara VanDusen, and Fatima Husaini to Kalamazoo for the Mid-East Honors Association's 31st Annual Regional Conference.
 

Student Fatima Husaini received an award for her poster presentation


Taste of Africa

 
In February, the Meijer Honors College and Housing put together "Taste of Africa," a program aimed to introduce students to African culture and cuisine.  Student Services Coordinator Janaan Decker and student Adam Falk spoke to students and staff about their travels to Ghana, and Kleiner Chef Manager Joe Torres prepared West African dishes for all to enjoy!


Niemeyer Resident Assistant Annie Hakim introduces Janaan and Adam

 

Janaan and Adam share stories about Ghana

Chef Joe Torres presents about West African cuisine




A Reception for the Graduates
of the Meijer Honors College
Fall 2008

Click here for profiles of Fall 2008 graduates

 President Haas personally congratulates the graduates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Last Modified Date: November 19, 2009
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