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Brooks College uses Dean's Innovation Grant to support early-career faculty research

The Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence provides funding to colleges to accelerate external grant submissions.

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Article by Michele Coffill

Padnos College of Engineering restructures academic programs to create more innovation, flexibility

Wendy Reffeor, Heidi Jiao and Ryan Krauss were named new unit heads for the three academic programs within the college.

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Student achievements celebrated in Detroit

Community partners from the Detroit Regional Chamber and Michigan Central joined the celebration.

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Article by Adam Harris

Faculty and staff sketches

Highlights include a team of engineering students who placed third in a national competition, and an initiative from IT Innovation and Research that was featured in the 2025 Educause Horizon Report.

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In Memoriam

This space pays tribute to the people who helped shape Grand Valley, such as Brooks Kindel.

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GVSU delivers training series to empower country's TRIO professionals

Leaders said the workshops reaffirm the university's commitment to student success.

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What's happening on campus

The Sustainable Agricultural Project is back at the farm stand on Wednesdays; events in Grand Rapids and on campus will celebrate Juneteenth.

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The GVSU Forum is published by University Communications; it is distributed bimonthly during the academic year and monthly during the spring/summer semesters. Send publication items to Michele Coffill, editor, c/o [email protected]. Web: gvsu.edu/forum

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Chris Knape assistant vice president, UComm – Media and Public Relations
Dave LeFurge-McLeod senior videographer
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Brian Vernellis senior writer
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Other University Communications publications:
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GVNext, digital publication; visit gvsu.edu/gvnext , for daily news updates and video features