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March 17, 2026 (Volume 49, Number 13)

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See more events online. Highlighted events through March are listed below.

Rescheduled MLK Keynote Speaker: Wednesday, March 18, 10 a.m., Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room, also livestreamed; Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, will give a presentation

17th Annual Local History Roundtable: Wednesday, March 18, 3-8 p.m., DeVos Center; includes panel discussion "A Place to Turn: The Grand Rapids Women's Resource Center, 1973-2000," and evening keynote by Eric Hemenway, "Influencing 1776: How the Great Lakes Anishnaabek Helped Shape American History"; RSVP here

AI Town Hall Discussion: Thursday, March 19, 9-10:30 a.m., Kirkhof Center, room 2204; the AI Steering Team will discuss survey results and continue discussion; RSVP here

Summer Job Fair: Thursday, March 19, 10:30-noon, Kirkhof Center lobby; Student Employment will host the fair that will include area organizations seeking interns and summer employees

Women's History Month Event: Thursday, March 19, 1 p.m., Kirkhof Center, room 2204; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies will host Janell Hobson, University at Albany faculty and author, for a presentation, "We Fem the Past to Fem the Future: From Harriet Tubman to America's Founding Feminists"

AWRI Seminar Speaker: Friday, March 20, 2 p.m., Lake Michigan Center, Muskegon; Christopher Winslow, director of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, will give a presentation

Michigan Science Olympiad: Saturday, March 21, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Valley Campus locations; the Region 12 tournament will have hundreds of participants competing in STEM events

Workday at GVSU Town Hall: Monday, March 23, 2-4 p.m., Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room (virtual option available); hear from leaders about upcoming optimization efforts, learn about the Workday Student implementation; RSVP here

DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy: Monday, March 23, 5:30-8 p.m., DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium; "Ethics in Determining Decision Making Capacity" is co-hosted by the Kirkhof College of Nursing and Philosophy Department; RSVP here

Moasic Lecture Series: Monday, March 23, 7-8 p.m., Loutit Lecture Hall, room 103; Trachette Jackson, University of Michigan, will present "Mobilizing Mathematics for the Fight Against Cancer"

Robert Mayberry Memorial Lecture: Wednesday, March 25, 7-9 p.m., Lake Superior Hall, room 174; Robert E. Terrill, University of Indiana, will present "Dirt Speech and Decorum"

FIRST Robotics Tournament: March 27-28, Fieldhouse Arena; hundreds of high school students will compete in the West Michigan event

Theatre Production: March 27-April 4, Haas Center for Performing Arts, Linn Maxwell Keller Black Box Theatre; "Five Mile Lake" is directed by Demetria Thomas; purchase tickets here

3-Minute Thesis Competition: Tuesday, March 31, 5 p.m., DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium; the Graduate School hosts master's degree students in this annual competition

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