Grand Valley Lanthorn

SUMmIT10 to inform students, entrepreneurs on impact of health care reform

Julie VerHage • Sep 23, 2010

The West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative has helped inventors and entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids for almost seven-years. On Wednesday, WMSTI will host SUMmIT10, an event that focused on health care reform and its impact on innovation and entrepreneurship...

Professor, student researchers explore new Parkinson’s therapies

Samantha Butcher • Sep 19, 2010

On the fifth floor of the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences at Grand Valley State University, one researcher and his students are paving the way for medical advances. Merritt Taylor, an assistant professor of GVSU’s biomedical science department,...

Screw society, live off the grid

Chris Slattery • Sep 12, 2010

Employment for college students can be difficult. It’s hard for employers to take any post-adolescent seriously under the stereotypical, albeit true, notion that they will just use the paychecks to buy cheap vodka. On the other end of the employment...

LipDub seeks Lakers to ‘Come Sail Away’

Brittney Mestdagh • Sep 12, 2010

Pay no attention to the two students with a camera riding around campus blaring “Come Sail Away” by Styx on Sept. 29. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Greg Kort and Chris Coleman will film volunteer performers, dancers and musicians for a LipDub...

Picnic perfection

Lauren Fitch • Jul 15, 2010

The smell of charcoal and burgers cooking wafts across campus. As you wander closer to the white tent set up by Zumberge Pond, you can hear brats sizzling on the grill as well. A variety of salads is set out and cookies and brownies are arranged on a...

Leadership Academy offers valuable networking

Garrett Pelican • Apr 8, 2010

For Lakers who seek to bolster their lists of professional contacts, leadership skills and overall academic experiences, look no further than the Peter Cook Leadership Academy. Sponsored by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the program...