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Dates for flu shot clinics set

Grand Valley will again offer flu shot clinics for students, faculty and staff members, dependents, retirees and community members.

Sep 26, 2017


Professor leads team of journalists and students to investigate global lottery industry

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, assistant professor of multimedia journalism at Grand Valley, has been collaborating with more than 40 students, journalists from 10 different countries since November 2016 to investigate repeat lottery winners and money trails. The team discovered that there are eight gaming companies who control the global lottery industry. This project is the first global lottery industry investigation of its kind.

Sep 25, 2017


Students, staff members coordinate hurricane relief efforts

Supplies were collected through various campus efforts to make and ship more than 365 hygiene kits and many more supplies to Texas, Florida and the Caribbean to support victims of the hurricanes.

Sep 25, 2017


Students harvest hundreds of pounds of honey from bees on campus

In early September, members of the student organization GVSU Beekeepers harvested, extracted and bottled more than 360 pounds of honey.

Sep 25, 2017


CEO of Ford Motor Company to speak at GVSU

Jim Hackett, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, is the featured speaker for the Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture October 2.

Sep 25, 2017


David Brooks, Ronald White to discuss "Character and the Presidency" at Hauenstein event

The office of the president has long represented a position that requires ethical and effective leadership in public service - two character traits that are fiercely debated between supporters and critics of President Donald Trump.

Sep 25, 2017


Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival honors the Bard's legacy with multiple events

The Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival will explore and celebrate the life and works of William Shakespeare for the 24th consecutive year, with multiple events September 29-November 4. Grand Valley State University's annual festival is the oldest and largest Shakespeare festival in Michigan and attracts more than 6,000 guests each year. To kick off this year's festival, students will bring to life what is believed to be one of the Bard's final solo-written plays. Shakespeare wraps themes of love, betrayal, vengeance, forgiven

Sep 22, 2017


Mobile registration unit to visit campus on National Voter Registration Day

Students, faculty and staff members can register to vote at the Secretary of State's Mobile Unit when it visits campus September 26 on National Voter Registration Day.

Sep 22, 2017


Expert to dissect psychology of police interrogations during Carey Memorial Lecture

Why do innocent people confess to crimes during police interrogations? This is one question that will be answered during the 7th annual James W. Carey Memorial Lecture. Featured lecturer, Kyle Scherr, associate professor of psychology at Central Michigan University, will discuss why innocence can still lead to injustice by presenting evidence from wrongful conviction cases and experimental psychological science. Scherr will present "Arresting Signs: From Miranda Waivers, Through False Confessions to Wrongful Convictions" Sep

Sep 22, 2017


Grand Valley again named a green college by Princeton Review

For the eighth year, Grand Valley State University has been named one of the country's most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review.

Sep 22, 2017