Students in Edgar L. Page's hip-hop class perform in the Haas
Performing Arts Center. Grand Valley was listed with other health
promoting institutions in an article published by the American Council
on Education.
Photo Credit:
Amanda Pitts
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.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty and staff members
Kris Pachla, Donovan Anderson and Kristin
Hedges gave a presentation, "The CLAS Voyage:
Reimagining a Liberal Education for All Learners," at the
AAC&U Annual Meeting's Forum on Open Learning and ePortolios.
Ingrid Johnson, professor of health and physical
education, was a co-author of an article, "Tweeting
Your Way to Teaching Excellence," published in the Journal
of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Al Steinman, professor at the Annis Water Resources
Institute, was reappointed to the Great Lakes Advisory Board. Steinman
will chair the coastal resiliency work group, providing advice to the
U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office.
Patrick Colgan, professor of geology, wrote a book
chapter, "Evidence
of Glacier Recession," in Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences.
Laurence José, associate professor of writing, gave a
presentation, "Critical Digital Literacies: Creating Points of
Intervention to Challenge the Tech WYSIWYG," at the Conference on
College Composition and Communication in Chicago.
Mark Luttenton, professor and interim director of the
Annis Water Resources Institute, gave a presentation, "Issues
Related to the Nuisance Algae, Didymosphenia," for the Michigan
Natural Resources Commission.
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.