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GVSU receives grants to support high-tech projects
Several Grand Valley initiatives were recently awarded grants from the Grand Rapids SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority (LDFA) to support student, faculty and staff projects that focus on the development of medical devices.
Jan 9, 2018
GVSU, Mary Free Bed to announce expanded partnership
Leaders from Grand Valley and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are expanding their partnership, which will strengthen the region's health care talent pipeline and serve the needs of rehabilitation patients.
Jan 8, 2018
Johnson Center experts identify 11 trends in philanthropy for 2018
The nonprofit sector in the United States employs approximately one in 10 workers in the country, and the field is changing quickly. A group of experts and thought leaders in the nonprofit sector at Grand Valley State University's Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy have examined changes in the field and identified 11 trends in philanthropy they expect to materialize in 2018.
Jan 8, 2018
Memorial service planned on campus for professor emeritus Robert Mayberry
A memorial service has been planned for Robert Mayberry, professor emeritus of communications and philosophy, who died December 8 at the age of 79. The service will take place January 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the Cook-DeWitt Center on the Allendale Campus. Mayberry, who came to Grand Valley in 1971, was instrumental in the development of both the William James College and the School of Communications.
Jan 8, 2018
GVSU economist: 2017 ends with solid growth
Historically, the end of the year has sometimes been rough for the West Michigan economy, however, a Grand Valley State University economic expert said the local economy finished 2017 on solid footing.
Jan 5, 2018
GVSU receives grant to research cure for Parkinson's disease
A team of researchers from Grand Valley, Van Andel Research Institute and Rush University recently received a $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to test a possible cure for Parkinson's disease. The main targets of neuronal loss in Parkinson's disease are dopamine neurons, and this research project will test if the introduction of a modified protein, known as PM-Nato3, will protect those neurons from the toxicity of the disease.
Jan 4, 2018
Hundreds to gather for FIRST Robotics kick-off event at GVSU
Nearly 700 high school students and parents will gather at Grand Valley State University January 6 to participate in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition kick-off event.
Jan 3, 2018
GVSU appoints new vice president for finance
President Thomas J. Haas announced the appointment of Gregory Sanial as the university's new vice president for Finance. Sanial is currently the chief of staff in the United States Coast Guard Fifth District (Virginia), having previously served as the Coast Guard's budget director, overseeing an $11 billion budget.
Jan 2, 2018
President Haas shares thoughts on the future of Grand Valley
President Thomas J. Haas spoke with local business publication MiBiz about the university's growth in downtown Grand Rapids and the future of the university.
Jan 2, 2018
New teachers receive free classroom libraries through GVSU literacy program
Recent graduates from the College of Education who are teaching in underserved Michigan public school districts received enough free books to establish a classroom library. The free books were provided through the College of Education Michigan Literacy Project (MLP), which was established in 2014 by COE faculty members Sheryl Vlietstra and Megan Freudigmann. MLP provides classroom libraries to recent Grand Valley graduates all over the state who have been teaching three years or less in K-5 classrooms.
Dec 22, 2017
