Frederik Meijer Honors College
Two longtime professors to retire
Jonathan White, professor of interdisciplinary studies in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, and Stephen Rowe, a philosophy and liberal studies professor, will retire in December.
Nov 25, 2019
Honors College to host conversation with Holocaust filmmaker
The Frederik Meijer Honors College will host award-winning filmmaker Marian Marzynski for a screening and conversation about his documentary that focuses on Jewish children who survived the Holocaust.
Nov 4, 2019
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss to discuss leadership at Meijer Lecture Series
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss will give a talk at Grand Valley as a part of the Frederik Meijer Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 30.
Oct 24, 2019
Grand Valley to host lecture on history of Nazi group
Grand Valley's Frederik Meijer Honors College and the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host a lecture that will focus on the role of education as it related to the SS-Einsatzgruppen, Nazi mobile killing units that operated between 1941 and 1943.
Apr 3, 2019
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss named new Meijer Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss has been named the new Frederik Meijer Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Grand Valley's Frederik Meijer Honors College.
Mar 11, 2019
Memories from Holocaust survivors to be recreated during performance
Henry Greenspan's play "Remnants" recreates moments from his extensive interviews with multiple Holocaust survivors that have taken place over the past 40 years. The play features scenes based on memories the survivors have of living through the Holocaust and the trauma they've experienced since. Greenspan, a psychologist, oral historian and playwright at the University of Michigan, will bring "Remnants" to Grand Valley on November 8.
Nov 1, 2018
Honors College alumnae to discuss careers at Meijer lecture
Three alumnae of the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley will return to campus on October 15 to discuss their careers and how they use their education to impact both their local and global communities.
Oct 15, 2018
Students share research on hunger, suicide, health care access
Managing disease in Ethiopia, health improvement in Uganda and access to health literature for the blind were just a few of the research topics presented by students at the 2018 Global Health Showcase.
Oct 5, 2018
Ceremony honors 10 years of Niemeyer Learning and Living Center
Dozens of current and former students gathered September 18 at Niemeyer Learning and Living Center to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the building.
Sep 20, 2018
Celebration to highlight 10th anniversary of Niemeyer opening
The Frederik Meijer Honors College will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the construction and opening of the Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center on September 18.
Sep 12, 2018