Exhibit - Making Waves
Making Waves
The two-year Making Waves Initiative created collaboration and opportunities across campus among students, faculty, staff, and the community. The initiative provided new opportunities to explore and investigate the many ways that water permeates our lives and the natural world around us. The GVSU campuses are connected and influenced by the Grand River and Lake Michigan. Our geographic context and expertise provide opportunities for students, staff, faculty, and the community to take a deep dive into the topic of water and to make a difference locally and globally through their research, advocacy, and leadership. Students gain skills and understanding through experiential learning, independent research, coursework, MWI activities, study abroad opportunities, and engagement with community partners. An online reservoir of teaching and learning resources is available through the Making Waves Website.
The GV Water Tower on the Allendale Campus, photograph, 2015, Courtesy of Christi Wiltenburg (GVSU Photographer).
GVSU student Molly Lane collects samples for water quality testing from Lake Michigan at the Pere Marquette Beach, 2020, Courtesy of Valerie Wojciechowski (GVSU Photographer).
A Native American Water Healing Ceremony next to the Grand River, co-sponsored by the Making Waves Initiative, 2018, unknown photographer.
Part of the GVSU Pew Grand Rapids Campus next to the Grand River, 2017, Courtesy of Amanda Pitts (GVSU Photographer).
Exhibition Resources
Video- Making Waves: Building new ways to think about water at GVSU and beyond.
Water themed art in the GVSU Art Museum Collection
Making Waves Initiative Website
This exhibit is no longer on display.
Russel H. Kirkhof Center Wall Gallery, Valley Campus
November 2, 2020 - March 5, 2021
L.V. Eberhard Center Wall Gallery, Pew Campus
June 18 - October 29, 2021