A documentary created by students Tanner Hamilton, Brianna
Fall and Abigail Bair in April won the
Student Production Award for best long form nonfiction from the
Michigan National Academy of Arts and Sciences. They created the
documentary during a class taught by John Schmit,
professor of film and video production. The documentary, titled
"Fresnel," is described as a behind-the-scenes look at
Grand Haven's historic lighthouses and the group of volunteers
dedicated to saving them. The award was a first for GVSU students,
Schmit said.
Elena Lioubimtseva, professor of geography and
sustainable planning, was awarded the 2022-2023 Russell G. Mawby
Faculty Fellowship in Philanthropic Studies with the Dorothy A.
Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Lioubimtseva will conduct research on
the best practices, challenges and trends in city-scale climate change
adaptation initiatives, led and supported by private funders.
Annie Benefiel, university archivist and digital
collections librarian, was appointed to the State Historical Records
Advisory Board by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Lola Coke, acting dean of the Kirkhof College of
Nursing, was interviewed by WZZM-TV for a story about National Nurses
Day and the new BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan Nurse Scholar program.
Jennifer Pope, associate professor of marketing, was
interviewed by WalletHub for a story about Geico
car insurance.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had their
research published are detailed below. The campus community can self-submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Annis Water Resources Institute faculty members Charlyn
Partridge and Jim McNair, and
Alexandra Locher, associate professor of biology,
received funding from the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program for
a project, "Improving Monitoring Methods for Detection of Hemlock
Woolly Adelgid (HWA) across Michigan’s Hemlock Forests."
Annis Water Resources Institute staff members Christina
Catanese and Eric Hecox gave a presentation,
"The 2021 Vessel Season and COVID-19 Adaptations," at the
Great Lakes Association of Science Ships annual workshop.
Sean Woznicki, assistant professor of water
resources, gave an invited presentation, “From Climate Change to
Watershed Change: Impacts on Aquatic Communities, Wetlands and Water
Scarcity,” for the Clean Water Science Network.
Kristie Winslow, office coordinator for TRIO
McNair/SSS Classic, gave a presentation, "How Fairy Tales Teach
Us About Ourselves," at the annual National Undergraduate
Literature Conference.
Annie Bélanger, dean of University Libraries, was
appointed to the Holland Museum Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and
Inclusion Committee. Bélanger was also appointed as the public
services column editor for International Information & Library
Review as well as to the journal's board of editors. She was the
author of an article, "Accessibility
and Public Services - Part 1: The Case for Access,"
published in the International Information & Library Review.
A Seidman College of Business planning team, along with other faculty, staff and students, planned an event for Ottawa Hills High School students who were competing in a scholarship contest.
Leanne Kang gave a presentation about research and oral histories of former GRPS students, staff and faculty at a community event. The project was funded by the Kutsche Office of Local History.