Open Carillon Tower and Holiday Music Performance

The Grand Valley State University Cook-Carillon clock tower will be open to the public on Tuesday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The university carillonneur, Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, will be performing holiday music during this time. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call (616) 331-3484.

Know Your Numbers: Five Keys to Using Financial Statements

The Michigan Small Business Development Center and Fifth Third Bank are sponsoring an event from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at the Grand Valley State University Seidman Center Forum, located on the Pew Campus. The event is free and open to the community.

The event is geared toward business owners and employees. Attendees will learn how to use a balance sheet and income statement, decision-making skills, increase business profits and collaborate with bankers.

To register, call (616) 331-7370.

Red Cross Blood Drive

Grand Valley State University is hosting the Red Cross club at a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center on the Allendale Campus.

Participants at GVSU will be entered to win Five Days at Memorial, a Sheri Fink novel about her investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. For more information, contact Danielle Kay at [email protected].

The American Red Cross is sponsoring blood drives across West Michigan between Dec. 24 and Jan. 4. Those who donate will win a long-sleeve T-shirt. For more information, visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Fishladder Accepting Submissions

The Grand Valley State University student-led publication is accepting written submissions from students through Dec. 15.

Students are encouraged to submit clean and original works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. They may submit multiple stories to multiple genres, but there are limits: three fiction pieces (20 pages or less), three nonfiction pieces (20 pages or less), five poems and three drama pieces per academic year. Also, up to five photos and five art pieces are accepted.

To submit, visit www.fishladder.submittable.com/. Contact Editor-in-Chief Jacob Guajardo at [email protected] or Assistant Head Editor Jackie Vega at [email protected] with any questions.

Presentation proposals sought for leadership summit

The Grand Valley State University Leadership Summit is seeking program proposals for presentations at the 18th annual event on Feb. 21. Students, faculty and community leaders are eligible to submit topics.

The Leadership Summit is a professional student conference that focuses on undergraduate leadership for students in multiple areas of campus life. Presentation topics may include Greek life, service learning, student organizations and social justice.

The deadline to submit a proposal is early January. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/leadership/program-proposals-16.htm. Contact the Office of Student Life Laker Leadership Programs at (616) 331-12345 with any questions.