Bard to Go to preview “Witty Fools and Foolish Wits”

Grand Valley State University’s all-student touring Shakespeare troupe, “Bard to Go,” will be premiering a 50-minute preview of their upcoming show “Witty Fools and Foolish Wits,” which will later appear at the 2015 Shakespeare Festival.

The performance will combine elements from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” “As You Like It,” “The Tempest,” “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “King Lear” as told from the perspective of Bard’s different characters.

The free preview performance is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Mary Idema Pew Library Multipurpose Room.

For more information, contact Katherine Mayberry at [email protected] or visit www.gvsu.edu/shakes.

Civilla CEO set to visit GVSU

Current CEO of Civilla, a social innovation center located in Detroit, will give a presentation at Grand Valley State University on how to positively impact Detroit in the face of numerous social issues found today.

Michael Brennan left his position as CEO of United Way to form Civilla in his hometown of Detroit in September 2015. Civilla is purposed with combatting the struggles found in Detroit through human-centered design and thinking.

Titled “Social Impact Design: A Personal Discovery of Design Thinking’s Role in Social Change,” the presentation will take place at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Kirkhof Center’s Pere Marquette Room.

Registration is required for this event.

New lightboard added to GVSU digital studio

The Information Technology sector at Grand Valley State University has found new space inside the P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science for its eLearning and emerging technologies team.

Dedicated to serving GVSU faculty and staff with new technologies for use in the classroom, the eLearning and emerging technologies team has most notably added a lightboard to its digital studio.

With the lightboard, faculty are able write lectures on a glass drawing board, while at the same time facing their classroom. At 9 and a quarter square feet, this lightboard is three times as large as its former size.

The lightboard also allows faculty to digitally display PowerPoints, images, videos and more for educational purposes in the classroom.

For more information about eLearning and emerging technologies, visit www.gvsu.edu/elearn.

Biology of Leadership

Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist at the Kinsey Institute, will give a presentation on the four essential styles of leadership and the ways in which they differ on Oct. 8.

Titled “Biology of Leadership,” Fisher’s presentation will explain how biology affects the different types of leadership styles. Fisher said approximately 50 percent of what constitutes a person’s behavior comes from their temperament and individual biology.

The presentation is scheduled to take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium, located in the DeVos Center.

To RSVP for the free event, go to www.hauensteincenter.org/events-calendar.

For more information, contact Ann O’ Keefe at (616) 331-2770 or [email protected].

“Experience of Love and Abuse”

The Victorious Women of Virtue at Grand Valley State University will be presenting the second annual “Why Me? Experience of Love and Abuse” event on Oct. 10.

At the event, stories involving both love and abuse will be interpreted through live performance to teach the importance of loving yourself.

Special guest Leslie King will also discuss her experiences as a survivor of human trafficking.

The event is set to take place from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Kirkhof Center, Room 0058.

For more information, contact the Victorious Women of Virtue at [email protected].