Downtown Battle Creek is pictured, with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
on the right and the GVSU Battle Creek Regional Center one block to
the left.
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.
Paul Isely, professor of economics and associate dean
of undergraduate programs, Seidman College of Business, was
interviewed by WOOD-TV for a story about the Federal Reserve raising
interest rates and by WGVU for a story about the impact
of raising the minimum wage in Michigan.
Michael Moody, Frey Foundation Chair for Family
Philanthropy, Johnson Center for Philanthropy, was interviewed by the
Chronicle for Philanthropy for a story about the
future for nonprofit organizations, based on a Johnson Center report.
Paul Stansbie, associate dean of the College of
Education and Community Innovation, was interviewed by MoneyGeek for a
story about teaching
children money management skills.
Michelle Rhodes, associate vice president for
Financial Aid, was interviewed by Bridge Michigan for a story about the
Michigan Achievement Scholarship.
The 2023
Animation School Rankings named Grand Valley to several lists,
including the top 25 nationally among schools offering both bachelor
of arts and bachelor of science degrees related to the field.
Michael Webster, professor of English, gave a
presentation, "Impersonality and Violation in the Poetry of T. S.
Eliot and Mina Loy," at the annual meeting of the International
T. S. Eliot Society.
Charles Pazdernik, professor of Classics, wrote a
chapter, "Chosroes as Spectator in Procopius' Wars," for a
book, "Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d'Histoire et
Civilisation de Byzance."
Shabbir Choudhuri, professor of engineering, gave a
presentation, "Understanding and Measurement of Impostor
Phenomenon and Self Efficacy," at the S-STEM Symposium organized
by NSF.
Matthew Missias, school support specialist, Charter
Schools Office, gave a presentation, "Examining the Continued
Impact of the Pandemic on Student Achievement in Michigan Charter
Schools," at the Midwestern Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Valerie Peterson, professor of communication studies,
gave a presentation, "General Semantics and Sex," at the
Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Ecologies of Mind, Media,
and Meaning Symposium.
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.