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Johnson Center experts predict 11 trends for philanthropy in 2019
Philanthropic giving in the United States is a massive sector of the economy, topping $400 billion, and countless community and national organizations are benefitting from a surge in public interest.
Jan 15, 2019
Professor translates children's poetry from Holocaust era for exhibit
French Surrealist poet Robert Desnos brought hope in the face of despair as he wrote children's poetry while living in Nazi-occupied France. Kirsten Strom, professor of art history, is sharing Desnos' vision of hope with a new generation. A selection of her translations and illustrations of Desnos' work is currently on display in the "Apple Blossom and Nightingale" exhibit in Mary Idema Pew Library through January 30.
Jan 14, 2019
Speakers highlight MLK commemoration week
Two speakers, an expert on the influence of race in urban education and an alumna who speaks to the hearts of difference makers, will give presentations that highlight Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week at Grand Valley.
Jan 14, 2019
Basketball games against Northwood to air on ESPN
The Laker men's and women's basketball teams will host Northwood on January 12 in a doubleheader to be televised on ESPN.
Jan 11, 2019
P.S. Series gives students creative control over three theater productions this winter
The Performance Studio Series at Grand Valley gives upper-level theater students complete creative control over the directing, acting, backstage production, and set and costume design for a series of productions each academic year. Winter P.S. Series performances will begin this month with "Stuart Little" and "Actor's Nightmare" followed by "Gods of Carnage" in February.
Jan 11, 2019
Professor preserves medical traditions of Kenyan tribe through catalog
A Grand Valley professor is preserving the medical traditions of an indigenous community in Kenya by cataloging the medicinal plants used by the Maasai tribe. The catalog was created by Kristin Hedges, assistant professor of anthropology, who has been working with the Maasai since serving in the Peace Corps in Kenya from 2000-2003. The Maasai are a group of indigenous people who inhabit areas in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
Jan 11, 2019
GVSU, Tulane researchers report more access to health care
Researchers from Grand Valley State and Tulane universities report more people in West Michigan and Detroit have access to health care because of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion.
Jan 11, 2019
"Soul of the country" is worth preserving, Meacham says
The United States is a country shaped by a perennial struggle between tendencies to want to open our arms and clench our fists, argued Jon Meacham, noted presidential biographer and author, at a lecture hosted January 10 by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.
Jan 10, 2019
Laker basketball teams play Saginaw Valley, games televised on ESPN
The Laker men's and women's basketball teams will host GLIAC rival Saginaw Valley State tonight, January 10, in a doubleheader to be televised on ESPN.
Jan 10, 2019
Alumnus named Science Teacher of the Year
Jeff Bouwman, '03, a science teacher at Shumate Middle School in Gibraltar, Michigan, has been named the 2019 Middle School Science Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Science Teachers Association.
Jan 9, 2019
