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Tourism professionals and students to clean-up three Grand Rapids parks
Tourism industry professionals who are attending the 2018 Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism in Grand Rapids this week will join students from Grand Valley State University to clean-up three area parks on March 27.
Mar 26, 2018
Sustainability awards celebrates 10 years
The zero-waste awards ceremony took place in the Kirkhof Center and celebrated nearly 50 students, faculty, staff members and community members
Mar 26, 2018
Visual arts expert to discuss challenges, opportunities of producing art in Midwest during events
As a nationally recognized visual arts expert, James McAnally believes in the importance of art criticism in developing culture and sees both challenges and opportunities in producing art in the Midwest region of the U.S. McAnally will discuss his viewpoints and his career during multiple events on Grand Valley's Allendale Campus March 26-27 as a part of the Visual and Media Arts Department's Visiting Artist Series.
Mar 23, 2018
Summit for 300 ninth graders held at Meijer Campus
Nearly 300 ninth graders from the Hamilton and Saugatuck school districts spent March 16 at the Meijer Campus in Holland for a summit to learn best practices for communications from 30 area business leaders.
Mar 23, 2018
Double the Laker Effect at Twin Day
Here's a little-known fact: there are 117 sets of twins, five sets of triplets and one set of quadruplets enrolled at Grand Valley this year.
Mar 22, 2018
Laker softball to take on Northwood, SVSU in weekend doubleheaders
The Grand Valley softball team will take on Northwood University and Saginaw Valley State University in two doubleheaders on March 24 and 25.
Mar 22, 2018
Automation is causing a delicate dilemma, business leaders say
Any work that is done in a routine fashion or involves an algorithm is subject to automation, said Fred Keller, founder and chair of Cascade Engineering in Grand Rapids. Keller joined John Kennedy, president and CEO of Autocam Medical, and Spencer Stiles, president of Stryker Instruments, in a roundtable discussion about automation. The three business leaders were part of the Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture, "Convergence of Automation and Work," held March 21 in the L. William Seidman Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Cam
Mar 21, 2018
Call for submissions open for Makers Faire
The fifth annual event will take place August 18-19 at the Grand Rapids Public Museum and on Grand Valley's Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
Mar 21, 2018
Board announces Presidential Search Advisory Committee
The Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees announced the appointments of the remaining 14 members of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC) who will assist the board in its search for the universityýs next president, succeeding President Thomas J. Haas who will retire June 30, 2019.
Mar 20, 2018
GVSU to host 1,000 students at FIRST Robotics District Competition
Students on 40 teams from across West Michigan will compete in the "varsity sport for the mind" March 22-24.
Mar 20, 2018
