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GVL / Emily Frye Kendra Marckini and Caitlin Hennessy practice their puppet skit for their upcoming performance on Wednesday March 21, 2018.

Students learn Spanish through puppetry class

Emily Doran
Mar 29, 2018

Gas line turned off after leak at Kistler Living Center

Emily Doran
Mar 27, 2018
GVL / Emily Frye  Student leaders from Forest Hills Northern High School direct the 'March for Our Lives' protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, March 24.

Thousands of demonstrators demand gun-control reform at Grand Rapids’ ‘March for Our Lives’

Emily Doran
Mar 26, 2018
GVSU Board of Trustees approves increased housing budget, funding for downtown parking

GVSU Board of Trustees approves increased housing budget, funding for downtown parking

Emily Doran
Feb 5, 2018
GVL / Emily Frye Grand Valley Police Department work alongside other safety departments in the surrounding area to train in the case of an active shooter on Sunday December 17, 2017.

GVPD holds active-shooter-response training in Mackinac Hall

Emily Doran
Jan 10, 2018

Financial resources on campus **PRINT ONLY**

Emily Doran
Oct 30, 2017

Tips to make a paycheck stretch **PRINT ONLY**

Emily Doran
Oct 30, 2017
GVL / Spencer Scarber Grand Valley State Emergency operator (name redacted) performing daily tasks at Grand Valley Police Department disbatch center on October 3rd, 2017

Brandon DeHaan steps in as GVPD acting director

Emily Doran
Oct 16, 2017

GVSU releases Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

Emily Doran
Sep 25, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac. Maria Cimitle speaks at Town Hall meeting in Kirkoff on Monday September 18, 2017.

GVSU provost talks university challenges, goals for next 10 years at town hall meeting

Emily Doran
Sep 21, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Grand Valley State University police dispatch on Sunday, August 20, 2017.

GVPD, IT collaborate to roll out emergency notification system feature

Emily Doran
Aug 21, 2017

GVSU inaugurates $85M ‘Laker Effect’ fundraising campaign

Emily Doran
Aug 21, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Kristen Corrado

Bringing poetry to the people

Emily Doran
Jun 5, 2017
​GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Spencer Brower, gives his opening statement in the Multipurpose room on April 11th, 2017

Geology 300 class holds mock trial

Emily Doran
Apr 13, 2017

Breaking down the ‘free speech zones’

Emily Doran
Mar 23, 2017
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - GVSU College Democrats meet Tuesday, March 14, 2017 to plan the first anual Laker gala.

Engaging in the political process

Emily Doran
Mar 15, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Melissa Baker-Boosamra introduces keynote speaker Professor Louis Moore during the Democracy: 101 event on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

“The Role of Media in a Democracy”

Emily Doran
Mar 2, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Marcus Collins, Senior Vice Preident of social engagement at Donor Advertising, speaks during the TEDxGVSU event held in Grand Valley's Cook-DeWitt Center on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

Finding purpose from “X” to “Why”

Emily Doran
Feb 27, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Grand Valley purchases 3.5 acres to build on for downtown parking on Feb. 22, 2017.

GVSU to lease, buy land to build parking lots downtown

Emily Doran
Feb 23, 2017

Thanking private donors

Emily Doran
Feb 20, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Heather Tafel, associate professor of political science at GVSU, presents during Grand Valley's first Democracy: 101 event inside the Kirkhof Center on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.

Do third parties stand a chance?

Emily Doran
Feb 16, 2017

Grand Rapids protesters debate federal funding for Planned Parenthood

Emily Doran
Feb 13, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac - Devyn Spence Benson speaks to students about her lecture on Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution, in the Kirkoff Center on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

Talking about race

Emily Doran
Feb 9, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Jamie Platt

GVSU Student Nurses’ Association receives recognition at state convention

Emily Doran
Feb 2, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - CSLC office Students gather clothering for the winter gear drive on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.

Spreading the warmth

Emily Doran
Jan 26, 2017
'The Blueprints Between X and Why'

‘The Blueprints Between X and Why’

Emily Doran
Jan 23, 2017
GVL/Sara Carte - Alison Farnsworth rides her bike near the Kirkhof Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

GVSU named bicycle friendly university

Emily Doran
Jan 19, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Professor Amorak Huey poses for a photo inside his office at 336 Lake Ontario Hall on Grand Valley's Allendale campus on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Huey recently received a prestigious creative writing fellowship in poetry, accompanied by a $25,000 grant.

GVSU writing professor receives prestigious literary fellowship

Emily Doran
Jan 12, 2017
GVL/Luke Holmes - Jesse Bernal, pictured, introduces a keynote speaker during a lecture in the Cook-DeWitt Center Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Following up

Emily Doran
Jan 9, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - GVSU commencement was held in Van Andel Arena on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016.

1,433 students graduate during fall commencement to become Lakers for a Lifetime

Emily Doran
Dec 12, 2016

GVSU sees increase in enrollment, marketing and nursing majors in fall semester

Emily Doran
Dec 3, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Parking attendant Taylor Szost tickets a car on Grand Valley's Allendale campus on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Parking services notes increase of fake, fraudulent parking passes at GVSU

Emily Doran
Dec 1, 2016
GVL/Audra Gamble - Provost Gayle Davis sits in at a Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016.

Board of Trustees approve payroll increases for professors, professional staff at GVSU

Emily Doran
Nov 28, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Dr. David Leonard Thursday Nov. 17, 2016

GVSU professors deliver Last Lecture addresses

Emily Doran
Nov 21, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Post-election townhall meeting on Monday Nov. 14, 2016

Post-election town hall focuses on different perspectives, positivity

Emily Doran
Nov 17, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Parking lot H pictured from above on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.

Focus group brainstorms strategies, ideas for parking at GVSU

Emily Doran
Nov 14, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Alison Farnsworth rides her bike near Kirkhof Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

New Grand Rapids campaign has lowered number of bicyclist-motorist crashes

Emily Doran
Nov 10, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Meghan McBrady 2016 National College Media Day

GVSU student visits White House for College Radio Day

Emily Doran
Nov 7, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - GVSU.edu Jack Mangala (right) at the 2015 Civil Discourse Symposium

Civil discourse symposium to focus on immigration, refugees

Emily Doran
Nov 3, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Sergeant Stoll puts on his lights and rushes to a medical emergency call. The ride along with Sergeant Jeff Stoll took place on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016.

A night in the life of GVPD

Emily Doran
Oct 31, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Students perform a short skit to raise awareness of rape. “It’s On Us: Champions of Change Kickoff” was held in the Pere Marquette room on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016.

‘My costume is not my consent’

Emily Doran
Oct 27, 2016
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Sgt. Terry Dixon (fat left) answers a question at the police brutality panel discussion Thursday, October 20 in Hilton Hooker Living and Learning Center

GVSU panel examines impact of police brutality

Emily Doran
Oct 24, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Scott St. Louis (left) and Stephanie Brzezinski (right) work with classmate, Matt Wagenheim during the Hisoty Journal class on Oct. 5.

Hauenstein Center to host 2016 election panel

Emily Doran
Oct 20, 2016

Black Student Union holds first-ever homecoming concert

Emily Doran
Oct 17, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - The "Water is Life" awareness rally was held right next to the clock tower on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.

Native American Student Association holds rally about Dakota Access Pipeline

Emily Doran
Oct 12, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Livescribe With the Livescribe 3 Smartpen, students are able to digitize their notes.

Assistive technology features products, apps designed to benefit students

Emily Doran
Oct 10, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Students line up for registration. The career fair was held in the Devos Place Thursday, Feb. 26, 2016.

Career fair to bring in over 200 companies

Emily Doran
Oct 6, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Amina Mohamed poses in the Seiman College of Business.

‘Voicing the Voiceless’

Emily Doran
Oct 3, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Megan Buchman (left) and Madeline Madison (right) practice giving shots to test dummies in the Center for Health Sciences building downtown.

Kirkhof College of Nursing receives $332,640 in grants to serve rural communities

Emily Doran
Sep 29, 2016
GVL/Archive - James McAlloon (right) Nicolo' Genovali (left) working in the LRC (Language Resource Center) Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

Language Resource Center helps students become bilingual

Emily Doran
Sep 26, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye The Pre PA club hosts a blood drive on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2016.

Blood drives on campus help local hospitals

Emily Doran
Sep 22, 2016

QPR program helps students understand steps to suicide prevention

Emily Doran
Sep 19, 2016
'It's On Us' campaign educates students about sexual assault

‘It’s On Us’ campaign educates students about sexual assault

Emily Doran
Sep 14, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes Kids play a giant version of twister in the Kirkhof Center for Sibs and Kids Weekend Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.

Family Weekend restructured to one day

Emily Doran
Sep 12, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Students listen while Marlene Kowalski-Braun speaks at the beginning of Ignite in the Grand River Room on Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2016.

Office of Student Life trains new leaders

Emily Doran
Sep 8, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Grand Valley students and faculty fill the parking lots on the south end of campus on Aug. 31, 2016.

The real problem with parking

Emily Doran
Sep 1, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff Emily Wang, then a junior attending Grand Valley State, moves into her dorm early to avoid the crowds of move-in week on Saturday, August 22nd, 2015. Move-in week draws thousands each year to Grand Valley's Allendale and Pew campuses as under and upper classmen alike prepare for the school year.

Tips and tricks to succeed at GVSU

Emily Doran
Aug 23, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Volunteers help repair and assemble plane parts next to the launch site. Students of STEPS (Science, Technology, and Engineering Day Camps) fly planes that they have built during camp at Warped Wings Fly Field in Allendale on Thursday, June 23, 2016.

STEPS camp introduces young girls to STEM-based programs

Emily Doran
Jul 19, 2016
Twenty One Pilots: well worth the price

Twenty One Pilots: well worth the price

Emily Doran
Jun 6, 2016
Staying productive after the semester ends

Staying productive after the semester ends

Emily Doran
May 9, 2016
Painting prejudice with too-broad brushstrokes

Painting prejudice with too-broad brushstrokes

Emily Doran
Apr 18, 2016
How to survive the dreaded group project

How to survive the dreaded group project

Emily Doran
Apr 4, 2016
Breaking wedding traditions

Breaking wedding traditions

Emily Doran
Mar 31, 2016
Making the case for workout DVDs

Making the case for workout DVDs

Emily Doran
Mar 21, 2016
Gender equality in popular movies

Gender equality in popular movies

Emily Doran
Mar 14, 2016
Spring break to-do list

Spring break to-do list

Emily Doran
Mar 3, 2016
The importance of reading comprehension

The importance of reading comprehension

Emily Doran
Feb 18, 2016
Keeping a handle on college stress

Keeping a handle on college stress

Emily Doran
Feb 11, 2016
Zumba: It's not for everyone

Zumba: It’s not for everyone

Emily Doran
Feb 4, 2016
Problems with college admissions

Problems with college admissions

Emily Doran
Jan 28, 2016
Finding new ways to stay fit

Finding new ways to stay fit

Emily Doran
Jan 18, 2016
"The Force Awakens" doesn't live up to the hype

“The Force Awakens” doesn’t live up to the hype

Emily Doran
Jan 11, 2016
Dealing with contention at family gatherings

Dealing with contention at family gatherings

Emily Doran
Dec 10, 2015
The challenges of Christmas shopping

The challenges of Christmas shopping

Emily Doran
Dec 6, 2015
Maintaining habits of successful adults

Maintaining habits of successful adults

Emily Doran
Nov 23, 2015
Does education matter?

Does education matter?

Emily Doran
Nov 5, 2015
Recognizing the importance of voting

Recognizing the importance of voting

Emily Doran
Oct 29, 2015
The bright side of GVSU housing

The bright side of GVSU housing

Emily Doran
Oct 22, 2015

Knowing when to give yourself a break

Emily Doran
Oct 15, 2015
Setting goals and running past them

Setting goals and running past them

Emily Doran
Oct 12, 2015
Homeschoolers are just like you

Homeschoolers are just like you

Emily Doran
Oct 1, 2015
A message to catcallers

A message to catcallers

Emily Doran
Sep 28, 2015
Feminine infiltration of traditionally masculine workouts

Feminine infiltration of traditionally masculine workouts

Emily Doran
Sep 21, 2015
(Not so) civil debate

(Not so) civil debate

Emily Doran
Sep 10, 2015

No Sugar Added Challenge

Emily Doran
Sep 3, 2015

Longboarding Tips

Emily Doran
Aug 31, 2015
Staying sharp over summer

Staying sharp over summer

Emily Doran
Jun 1, 2015

Finding constructive ways to unwind

Emily Doran
Apr 9, 2015
Risking a major to follow passion

Risking a major to follow passion

Emily Doran
Apr 2, 2015

Sleeping is the key to success

Emily Doran
Mar 26, 2015
Reflections on my first year at GV

Reflections on my first year at GV

Emily Doran
Mar 15, 2015

Tips for writing assignments

Emily Doran
Feb 9, 2015

Learning a foreign language

Emily Doran
Feb 5, 2015

Life with no meal plan

Emily Doran
Feb 2, 2015

A new perspective on New Year’s resolutions

Emily Doran
Jan 12, 2015

How to destress for finals week

Emily Doran
Dec 4, 2014

How to get out of a fitness rut

Emily Doran
Nov 24, 2014

Fake it ’til you make it

Emily Doran
Nov 17, 2014

The benefits of writing assignments

Emily Doran
Oct 23, 2014

Shakespeare is meant to be performed

Emily Doran
Oct 16, 2014
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