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WOODTV Interview with Professor Dr. Chad Frederick
Check out a interview that Professor Dr. Chad Frederick of the Geography and Sustainable Planning Department had with WOODTV on Downtown Grand Rapids parking!
The Geolinguistic Diffusion of Lexically Enregistered Variants in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Dr. Kin Ma's article published in the American Dialect Society (December 1st, 2025)
Fifteen Lakers return to campus as Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence
To recognize past alumni and inspire current students, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored its 2025 Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence during Homecoming with a luncheon November 7 at the Alumni House and Visitor Center.
GVSU at Cairo, Illinois
GVSU & Geography and Sustainable Planning Department students, Griffin Thompson and River Hull, donated a 1907 3D map of Downtown Cairo, IL to their Fine Arts Center on August 1st, 2025.
Changing Her Own Course
Read this story about GVSU grad, Rebecca Lubbers, and her journey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Geography and Sustainable Planning major.
GVSU in Michigan Planner magazine
Check out this story published in the Michigan Planner magazine about Planning and Zoning Center Archives at GVSU!
Griffin Thompson - 2025 Iron Cartographer Winner
Congratulations to GVSU's own Griffin Thompson for winning the 2025 Iron Cartographer competition during the IMAGIN/MiCAMP Conference that ran June 1-3.
Single-Family vs. Multifamily: Which Housing Types Are Seeing the Biggest Growth?
In this article published on 3/18/25, GVSU Geography and Sustainable Planning Department's own Professor Chad Frederick collaborated with the authors to analyze the U.S. housing market.
Ethics as a Missing Link Between Human Happiness and Environmental Sustainability
This recently published article was written by Katherine Carron, a recent GVSU grad, and by GVSU's own, Dr. Elena Lioubimtseva!
GPY 380/328: Urban Ecological Design
Fall 2025 - Friday: 9-11:50am, fulfills Cultures, U.S. Diversity and Issues, and Human Rights.