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Faculty and staff sketches

Faculty and staff members listed below were named to boards, gave presentations or were published.

Jun 19, 2017


Liberal studies professor earns national civic engagement award

Danielle Lake, assistant professor of liberal studies, was awarded the John Saltmarsh Award for Emerging Leaders in Civic Engagement from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Jun 16, 2017


GVSU camp introduces girls to engineering

Middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of technology and engineering at a four-day camp in June at Grand Valley State University.

Jun 15, 2017


TRIO Upward Bound begins summer program on campus

Seventy high school students from Grand Rapids are participating in Grand Valley's TRIO Upward Bound summer program, which began this week.

Jun 14, 2017


GVSU students test device at NASA

Engineering students from recently returned from a trip to NASA's Johnson Space Center, where they tested a device they built for astronauts to use during future space missions.

Jun 14, 2017


Students sought for university photo shoots

Photos are used for university print and online materials. Students can sign up at www.gvsu.edu/photoparticipate.

Jun 14, 2017


25 participate in ACW bike ride

More than 25 bikers kicked off Active Commute Week June 12 by riding from the center of the Allendale Campus to the Sustainable Agriculture Project on Luce Street.

Jun 13, 2017


GVSU snake disease research featured on National Geographic

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous species of snake native to Michigan, is currently on the U.S. Endangered Species List due to the ongoing threat of snake fungal disease. A team of faculty and students at Grand Valley are hoping to change that through their research, which was recently featured on National Geographic. The National Geographic video spotlights Jennifer Moore, assistant professor of natural resource management, and her team conducting research at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings.

Jun 12, 2017


Alumnus uses super memory to compete on new TV show

Alumnus John Graham can memorize an 80-digit number in 40 seconds, a list of 70 random words in five minutes, and 148 names and faces in 15 minutes. Graham, '09, put his self-taught photographic memory to the test when he competed on FOX's new competition series, "Superhuman" June 12.

Jun 11, 2017


Watch free movie at Lubbers Stadium

The 2016 animated hit movie "Sing" will be shown on the video board at Lubbers Stadium on June 27, 7 p.m.

Jun 9, 2017