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REP4ⓇFinLit launch rethinks financial literacy for Gen Z
GVSU students, including Talent Link intern Hailey Bos, helped create REP4 FinLit — a learner-driven financial literacy tool built to support Gen Z students in building confidence and financial independence.
Published September 23, 2025 by Julianna Schrier
Laker Accelerated Talent Link reduces employer partnership costs to help expand opportunities
Grand Valley’s Laker Accelerated Talent Link program has lowered costs for employer partners, enabling more paid internships and stronger workforce pipelines through hands-on student placements and scholarship support.
Published May 2, 2025 by Thomas Garrett
AMPLIFYING THE LIBERAL ARTS THROUGH APPLIED LEARNING
An NCDA feature shows how GVSU’s Laker Accelerated Talent Link helps liberal arts majors gain real experience through applied learning, employer-funded certificates, and paid internships.
Published August 1, 2024 by Dana Hebreard
LAKER ACCELERATED TALENT LINK
GVSU President Philomena Mantella highlights how Laker Accelerated Talent Link connects students with Michigan employers for paid internships, industry certificates, and scholarship support as the program expands statewide.
Published June 12, 2024
LAKER ACCELERATED TALENT LINK SUCCESSES CELEBRATED AS FIRST COHORT FINISHES, MOVES AHEAD
GVNext highlights the first Laker Accelerated Talent Link cohort, where GVSU students gained paid internships, industry certificates, and scholarship support, with most continuing in roles after graduation.
Published May 23, 2024 by Peg West
STUDENTS EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH EMPLOYERS AT CAMPUS LAKER ACCELERATED TALENT LINK EVENT
GVSU’s “Meet the Employers” event showcased how Laker Accelerated Talent Link connects students to paid, career-aligned internships, industry certificates, scholarships, and job offers—support especially valuable for liberal arts majors.
Published January 23, 2024 by Peg West
GVSU STUDENTS GETTING A HEAD START THROUGH JOB PIPELINE PROGRAM
WGVU News spotlights the first Laker Accelerated Talent Link cohort, where students earn scholarships, industry certificates, and paid internships, with plans to expand the program to 100 participants next year.
Published December 21, 2023 by Jennifer Moss
GVSU students halfway through innovative work-learning partnership
WGVU reports that students in the first Laker Accelerated Talent Link cohort are midway through the pilot, gaining enhanced internships and industry certificates through partnerships with major West Michigan employers, with plans to scale to 100 students
Published December 20, 2023 by Jennifer Moss
Laker Accelerated Talent Link Begins This Week
WGVU’s Morning Show covers the launch of Laker Accelerated Talent Link, with GVSU President Philomena Mantella explaining how the program connects students with West Michigan employers through a work-and-learning model, along with a short audio segment.
Published November 1, 2023 by Shelley Irwin
GVSU students, local employers set to start talent-creation program
GVNext announces the launch of GVSU’s Laker Accelerated Talent Link, where 21 students begin enhanced paid internships with West Michigan employers, earning an industry certificate, scholarship support, and a potential job offer at graduation.
Published October 30, 2023 by Peg West
GVSU partners with West Michigan companies to create paid work-and-learn program
MLive reports on GVSU’s new paid work-and-learn program that pairs students with West Michigan employers, adds industry-aligned certificates and scholarships, and strengthens the region’s talent pipeline.
Published March 6, 2023 by Melissa Frick | [email protected]
New program at Grand Valley offers students two years of employment, certificate
The Holland Sentinel spotlights GVSU’s Laker Accelerated Talent Link, a paid work-and-learn program that pairs students with West Michigan employers while they complete industry-aligned certificates that help lead to full-time roles.
Published February 11, 2023 by Mitchell Boatman
Acrisure Builds Michigan Talent Community in Partnership with Grand Valley State University and Area Employers
Acrisure announces a partnership with GVSU and West Michigan employers to build a talent community through a work-and-learning model that gives students paid, career-aligned experience and employers an early talent pipe
Published February 7, 2023
GVSU, employers form partnership to accelerate talent creation in Michigan
GVNext announces the launch of Laker Accelerated Talent Link, a co-op pathway where GVSU students earn a business/tech certificate, gain paid experience with five West Michigan employers, and commit to a year of post-graduation employment.
Published February 7, 2023 by Peg West