Leadership reception will recognize students, organizations

The campus community is invited to the Venderbush Leadership Reception, an biannual event that recognizes student leadership on campus.

The fall semester reception will take place Friday, October 14, at 1 p.m. in the Pere Marquette Room of the Kirkhof Center. The deadline to register is October 12 at www.gvsu.edu/leadership.

New members of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honorary and Alpha Phi Omega National Co-ed Service Fraternity will be recognized.

The keynote speaker is Mathew Sernau, a Grand Valley alumnus who is a financial and investment advisor for Ameriprise Financial Services and serves on the board of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of the Jaycees. He was named Top Local President in Michigan by the 2010 United States Chamber and Outstanding Local President by the 2010 Michigan Junior Chamber.

The reception is named after Kenneth R. Venderbush, who came to Grand Valley in 1969 and served as associate professor, dean of William James College and vice president of Student Affairs during his time at the university. He was a strong advocate of student leadership participation as a learning tool.