Articles by Nate Hoekstra
Laker volleyball team plays, sees sights in Slovenia, Italy
The Laker volleyball team is in the middle of a major road trip this week, as the team plays five matches in 10 days against teams in Italy and Slovenia.
Jul 28, 2017
Student entrepreneurs pitch ideas for urban development in Detroit
Urban renewal and redevelopment will be the focus of an entrepreneurial competition for about 60 Detroit-area high school students, including students from a mix of Grand Valley-authorized charters and other schools.
Jul 28, 2017
Haas, Lubbers attend USS Gerald R. Ford commissioning
President Thomas J. Haas and his wife, Marcia, along with President Emeritus Don Lubbers and his wife, Nancy, attended the commissioning of the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 22.
Jul 25, 2017
High school students experience university life at GVSU summer enrichment camp
Nearly 100 high school juniors and seniors are wrapping up five days of intensive college preparation Thursday as Grand Valley State University's Summer Enrichment camp comes to a close.
Jul 19, 2017
Seven GVSU alumni named semifinalists for Fulbright ETA grants
Seven Grand Valley alumni have been selected as semifinalists for the 2017-18 Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English overseas.
Jul 18, 2017
Former ambassador, HUD secretary receives Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship Medal
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills was presented with the Col. Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship Medal by President Thomas J. Haas and Hauenstein Center Director Gleaves Whitney on July 13.
Jul 14, 2017
Three GVSU alumni earn competitive Fulbright grants
Three Grand Valley alumni have been awarded 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to teach English overseas.
Jul 7, 2017
AWRI researchers studying phosphorus, nitrogen in Spring Lake
Researchers from Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute are conducting a series of experiments in Spring Lake to provide local authorities with a recommendation about how to best treat the lake to prevent harmful algae blooms.
Jul 7, 2017
GVSU expert: Role of freshwater in global carbon cycle needs urgent study
Despite taking up only 4 percent of the planet's surface area, inland lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs, wetlands and estuaries may play a much larger role in the global carbon cycle than their small global footprint suggests.
Jul 3, 2017
Grand Valley student first to earn scholarship for study abroad in Tajikistan
A Grand Valley student is making university history as the first student to study abroad in Tajikistan.
Jun 29, 2017