Faculty and staff sketches
Grand Valley is listed by Forbes among Michigan's best employers; Lisa Knapp received an association's Career Services Professional of the Year Award.
September 17, 2024 (Volume 48, Number 2)
November 29, 2022 (Volume 46, Number 7)
Students present their senior projects at the Shape Corp. Innovation Design Center in August. The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing was highlighted for its high-impact learning opportunities in a post by industry partner DornerWorks.
Photo Credit: Kendra Stanley-Mills
In the News
The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing and its co-op program and senior projects were highlighted in a blog post by DornerWorks, a longtime PCEC industry partner.
Michael Moody, Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy, Johnson Center for Philanthropy, was interviewed by WalletHub for a story about challenges to charitable giving.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations, were recognized for outstanding contributions or had their research published are detailed below. The campus community can submit a sketch online for future publication.
Joel Stillerman, professor of sociology, received the Charles Horton Cooley Award for distinguished scholarship in sociology from the Michigan Sociological Association.
Corey Anton, professor of communications, wrote an article, "Cultivating Meta-Cognition: Exploring Relations Between Literacy and Modes of Thinking," published in ETC: A Review of General Semantics.
Eric Ramsson, associate professor of biomedical sciences, gave an invited research seminar, "Melatonin Reduces Dopamine Release both In Vivo and Ex Vivo, Verified through Four Different Electrochemical Methods," for the Cell Biology and Physiology Department at Brigham Young University.
Al Steinman, the Allen and Helen Hunting Research professor at AWRI, received a $30,000 grant from the Council of Great Lakes Region Foundation for Great Lakes plastic clean up. Steinman was the lead author of a paper, "Coordinated Experiments across the Great Lakes Basin: Great Lakes Integrated Mesocosm Research. A White Paper for the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research."
Amanda Syers, AWRI science specialist, hosted and presented to a group of teachers participating in professional development through a NOAA B-WET grant, "Mid-Michigan Watershed Connections," which included a trip on the research vessel W.G. Jackson.
Annis Water Resources Institute faculty members, staff and students delivered presentations at the Great Lakes Beach Association Conference, hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
Faculty members from the School of Interdisciplinary Health and Recreational Therapy gave presentations at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association conference in Birmingham, Alabama:
This article was last edited on November 28, 2022 at 2:56 p.m.
Grand Valley is listed by Forbes among Michigan's best employers; Lisa Knapp received an association's Career Services Professional of the Year Award.
September 17, 2024 (Volume 48, Number 2)
Regional universities deliver the greatest return for tax dollars and GVSU leads the way, according to Upjohn Institute results.
September 3, 2024 (Volume 48, Number 1)
Highlights include Danny Vélez being named a policy fellow by Excelencia in Education and Alexis Brown earning a medal at the national Aramark competition.
August 20, 2024 (Volume 47, Number 21)