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The Grand Rapids Symphony will honor Doug and Barbara Kindschi at the October 21 Bravo concert.
See more events online. Highlighted events through late October are listed below.
Fall Career and Internship Fair: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1-5 p.m., DeVos Place Convention Center, 303 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids; more than 200 employers expected
Seventh Annual Climate Change Education Solutions: Oct. 14-16, City Campus and Muskegon Community College locations; schedule of presentations here
Student Mental Health Summit: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1-4 p.m., Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room; breakout sessions and student panel, hosted by the Pace Initiative for Student Mental Health and sponsored by the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center
President's Forum: Thursday, Oct. 16, 1-2:30 p.m., DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium; President Mantella will host Amy Privette Perko, CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, for a discussion, "Opportunities for Grand Valley and Grand Rapids in a Shifting College Sports Landscape"; RSVP here
Poetry Night: Thursday, Oct. 16, 7-8:30 p.m., DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium; part of the GVSU Arts Celebration, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess will read from his works
Padnos Public Engagement Lecture on Jewish Learning: Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m., Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences; Mostafa Hussein, assistant professor, University of Michigan, will discuss "Land, Language, and People: Arab and Jewish Imagination in the Late Ottoman Empire," with Eric Covey, affiliate faculty of interdisciplinary studies; RSVP here
Grand Rapids Symphony Bravo Concert: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 6-9:30 p.m., J.W. Marriott Ballroom, 235 Louis St. NW, Grand Rapids; Grand Rapids Symphony will salute Doug and Barbara Kindschi during a gala celebration; purchase tickets here to join other GVSU colleagues
Inclusion and Equity Institute Workshop: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2-3:30 p.m., virtual session; Holly Seymour Jasinski, director of the Center for Women and Gender Equity, will lead a session on "Domestic Violence and the Workplace"; RSVP through Workday Learning
AWRI Seminar Series: Friday, Oct. 24, 2 p.m., Lake Michigan Center, Muskegon; Julian Torres-Dowdall, associate professor, Notre Dame, will discuss "Adapting to Change: Visual System Evolution in Shifting Environments"
Native American Heritage Month Event: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 6:30-8 p.m., Cook-DeWitt Center; Anton Treuer, author and professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, will discuss "Decolonizing Our Future: Truth, Sovereignty, and Student Success"; free and open to the public, refreshments will be provided
Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies Summit: Thursday, Oct. 30, 6-7:30 p.m., DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium; Progressive/Conservative Summit features two recent ambassadors to NATO: Julianne Smith and Kay Bailey Hutchison; RSVP here
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