Photo Gallery
Fall 2025 Shawmut GIS Day (5 Photos)
Nov. 14, 2025, Grand Valley's Geography Club and the Geography & Sustainable Planning Dept. hosted
Shawmut Hills Public School for an interactive Geography Education (GIS Day)
Economic Geography: Durand, MI Railroad Traffic (2 Photos)
Exciting Jobs and Careers of our Geography & Sustainable Planning Department Graduates (1 Photos)
Read more on the careers that our graduates currently work in!
2025 GTU Induction Ceremony (8 Photos)
2025 AAG (3 Photos)
2024 East Lakes Conference (2 Photos)
Griffin Thompson, Undergraduate 1st Place Poster Award ($100)
"Mapping of John Ball Zoo’s Habitat Hero program"
Lester Dominguez-Torres, Undergraduate 3rd Place Oral Presentation Award ($50)
"Living in the Shadows: Undocumented and Unlicensed in Michigan"
Congratulatory Dinner (2 Photos)
Congratulatory Dinner for Avery Koan, Grand Rapids Planning Department newest planner
Student Scholars Day April 2024 (4 Photos)
Student Scholars Day April 2024
Fall 2022 GIS Day with Shawmut Hills (Grand Rapids Public Schools) (2 Photos)
GVSU Chalk Art Symposium Fall 2022 (5 Photos)
OURS hosted the first annual GVSU Chalk Art Symposium. The symposium featured the work of student researchers, scholars, and musicians through non-traditional means. OURS partnered with GVSU Alum and chalk artist, Emily Miller, who worked with students, faculty, and research teams to translate research from traditional posters and oral talks to the sidewalk.
Geography and Sustainable Planning was well represented with several pieces from GPY101 and 410. Kate Poynter's (GPY Major) project on pollinators habitat landscape patches on campus was excellent and the Climate Education Solutions Summit was well received. Most importantly, our students had fun painting together.
Thursday, September 29, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. on the outside Mary Idema
Pew Library, Northeast Plaza.
