Articles by Nate Hoekstra
Leadership expert to celebrate Cook Leadership Academy graduation
Robert Quinn, one of America's highest-regarded leadership experts, will be the speaker at a Wheelhouse Talk hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies on April 26.
Apr 23, 2018
Two women's lacrosse games to be broadcast April 20, 22
Grand Valley's lacrosse team will have games broadcast live on WatchESPN on April 20 and 22.
Apr 19, 2018
Bush's legacy will be love, literacy, levity, Hauenstein Center director says
The first time Gleaves Whitney met former first lady Barbara Bush, who died April 17 at the age of 92, he was a middle-school-aged kid who lived in the Houston neighborhood one over from where the Bush family lived. Whitney, who is the director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, said he remembers being struck by her focus on whomever she was speaking with.
Apr 18, 2018
Four GVSU alumni named semifinalists for Fulbright ETA grants
Four Grand Valley alumni have been selected as semifinalists for the 2018-19 Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English overseas.
Apr 11, 2018
Lacrosse match vs. Davenport to be broadcast on ESPN
Grand Valley's lacrosse match against Davenport University on Friday, April 6 will be broadcast live on WatchESPN. The game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
Apr 5, 2018
Progressive/Conservative Summit to tackle difficult political climate, discussions
Americans' political positions are bitterly divided, driven apart by identity politics, partisan news coverage and algorithm-driven social media echo chambers. Meaningful, well-reasoned political discussion can be hard to find in this political climate. With that difficulty in mind, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley will provide substantive conversations about history, political thought and policy without the partisan rhetoric at its annual Progressive/Conservative Summit on April 13-14.
Apr 3, 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
Reporter who broke Nassar sex abuse story to speak at GVSU
Larry Nassar will spend the rest of his life in prison, serving sentences for the sexual abuse of more than 160 young women and possession of child pornography, but the long road to justice started with serious investigative reporting by Marisa Kwiatkowski and her colleagues from the Indianapolis Star.
Mar 20, 2018
Community philanthropist funds innovation
The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy will be one step further in its mission to advance the public good and transform communities with a generous gift from namesake Dorothy A. Johnson.
Mar 15, 2018
CEO of Citizen University to lead next Wheelhouse Talk
The divisive politics of 2017 and 2018 have led to an increase in citizen-driven protest and political engagement not seen since the end of the Vietnam War, with citizens leading calls for change on a handful of difficult topics nationwide. With that political climate in mind, Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host Eric Liu, the founder and CEO of Citizen University, a program which promotes and teaches the art of powerful citizenship, as the next speaker in the center's Whee
Mar 7, 2018
