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Faith Over Division Tour: A Conversation with Randy Callender APPROVED INT 100/201!
September 24, 2024 7:00 PM
As our country faces new challenges of division and polarization, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the rhetoric and hostility around us. Despite the challenges, there’s an opportunity to...
One Small Step Listening Event & Reception APPROVED INT 100/201!
October 1, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
One Small Step is an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us, even those with whom we disagree. In collaboration with StoryCorps and a coalition of community organizations, including...
How President Bill Clinton's Campaigns Reshaped Modern Presidential Politics
October 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
President Bill Clinton's 1992 (and 1996) campaigns reshaped modern electoral politics by implementing various innovative election tactics. In some ways, these tactics returned campaigns to...
Wheelhouse Talk: Peter C. Cook Leadership Academy Alumni Panel
October 11, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Our sixth annual CLA Alumni Panel brings together a cross-disciplinary panel of CLA Alumni from across the region for a conversation on the ethics and challenges of creating and leading effective teams. This...
Progressive / Conservative Summit: The Myth of Left and Right
October 15, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In their book The Myth of Left and Right, brothers Hyrum and Verlan Lewis argue that the way we talk politics is not only wrong but fueling our divisive politics. Is it time to leave the ideologies...
Open Minds Book Club: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
October 16, 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
NOTE: For the 2024-25 academic year, the Hauenstein Center will be sponsoring free copies of Open Minds Book Club books for currently enrolled GVSU students only. Thank you for your interest in...
2024 Election Panel
October 21, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join the Hauenstein Center for a conversation on critical foreign policy challenges awaiting the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Former government officials and renowned journalists...
Wheelhouse Talk & Frederik Meijer Lecture Series: A Conversation with Dee Bradley Baker
November 8, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The GVSU Frederik Meijer Honors College’s Frederik Meijer Lecture Series and Peter C. Cook Leadership Academy's Wheelhouse Talk Series are excited to welcome renowned voice actor Dee...
Veterans Day Celebration with Lisa Jaster
November 11, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join us as we celebrate Veterans Day with Lieutenant Colonel Lisa Jaster. Lieutenant Colonel Jaster will discuss her book, Delete the Adjective, about her experiences being the first woman Army reservist...
Open Minds Book Club: The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
November 20, 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Open Minds Book Club! For the November 2024 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing The End of Race Politics: Arguments...