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GVSU earns national award for Blackboard innovation
Staff from Grand Valley's eLearning and Emerging Technologies team have been named winners of the Blackboard Catalyst Award for training and professional development, which honors those who use Blackboard programs to support and enhance their faculty and staff's training and professional development.
Jun 19, 2018
KCON professor spearheads $2.2 million NIH grant
Rebecca Davis and her research team will conduct an intervention study over five years, testing if visual cues will help residents of long-term care facilities effectively find their way.
Jun 18, 2018
President Haas appears on "Michigan Matters"
President Thomas J. Haas appeared on the CBS Detroit show "Michigan Matters" to talk about how higher education is a public good.
Jun 14, 2018
Challenge Scholars experience college life
Students from Grand Rapids got a glimpse into the life of a college student at a new summer camp.
Jun 14, 2018
Alumna celebrates success at Muskegon clinic
Nearly 10 years ago, a gastroenterologist closed his medical practice, leaving a large number of patients with Hepatitis C without a provider. That prompted Elaine Leigh, who then worked as a nurse in private practice, to enroll in Kirkhof College of Nursing's Doctor of Nursing Practice program because, she said, she had a solution to a community problem.
Jun 14, 2018
Faculty and staff sketches
News items include new director of Campus Dining, Van Andel Global Trade Center workshop on doing business in China.
Jun 13, 2018
GVSU engineering camp will feature first female German astronaut candidate
Middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of engineering during a four-day camp in June.
Jun 13, 2018
New Music Ensemble to perform at five national parks
The student members of Grand Valley's award-winning New Music Ensemble will travel 5,000 miles over the course of 17 days to perform at some of the most famous national parks in the U.S. The ensemble commissioned five composers to write original compositions for the tour inspired by the natural beauty of the selected national parks, which include Voyageurs, Glacier, North Cascades, Olympic and Mount Rainier. These pieces, funded through the National Endowment for the Arts, will be performed at the parks through interactive a
Jun 13, 2018
Lowe named acting general manager of WGVU Public Media
Jay Lowe has been named acting general manager of WGVU Public Media, effective June 30. Lowe has served as assistant general manager of WGVU since being hired in 2015.
Jun 12, 2018
Kutsche Office of Local History earns MHC grant
The Kutsche Office of Local History was among 18 organizations to receive grants from the Michigan Humanities Council to support a series of public conversations that focus on the factors that connect Michigan residents to water.
Jun 12, 2018