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Building the budget

Jess Hodge
Apr 21, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Students gather around the Zumberge pond and enjoy the mild weather on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

History of Zumberge Pond

Jess Hodge
Apr 20, 2017

Meet the cabinet

Jess Hodge
Apr 17, 2017

Student senator steps down after Facebook post about rape culture

Jess Hodge
Apr 5, 2017
Student senate sets 2017-18 budget

Student senate sets 2017-18 budget

Jess Hodge
Apr 3, 2017
Checks and balances

Checks and balances

Jess Hodge
Mar 27, 2017

Highlights from student senate’s meeting

Jess Hodge
Mar 27, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Student senate senator Sean O'Melia on Nov. 19th.

‘Meet the Candidates’

Jess Hodge
Mar 20, 2017
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Guest speaker Bobby J. Springer talks to the assembly at the Student Senate Meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.

Student senate elections open through next week

Jess Hodge
Mar 16, 2017
Building the budget

Building the budget

Jess Hodge
Feb 16, 2017

Student senate elects Maddie Rhoades as new vice president of diversity affairs

Jess Hodge
Feb 13, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Susan Mendoza (left) and Sok Kean Khoo (right) pose for a photo inside the Mary Idema Pew Library on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017​.

Awarding excellence

Jess Hodge
Feb 9, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Student Senate was held in the Kirkhof Center on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.

Student senate discusses cabinet stipends

Jess Hodge
Feb 6, 2017

Bus, *print only*

Jess Hodge
Feb 5, 2017
The race continues

The race continues

Jess Hodge
Feb 2, 2017

Jess Hodge
Jan 22, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Kevin Powell speaks in the Fieldhouse Arena on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

‘Peace, love and non-violence’

Jess Hodge
Jan 19, 2017
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Completed lighting project on 48th Avenue Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.

Lighting the way

Hannah Lentz and Jess Hodge
Jan 16, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - GVNow Dennise Cobb (left), Stephen Esquith (center), Jann Joseph (right)

Provost finalists will visit GVSU in upcoming week to present to campus community

Jess Hodge
Jan 13, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Austin VanDyke (right) and Skyla Snarski (left) work the fields on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. Grand Valley's Sustainable Agriculture Project aims to promote local awareness concerning the environment and sustainability efforts.

Sustainable Agriculture Project accepting research proposals

Jess Hodge
Jan 9, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Ella Fritzemeier answers a question during the meeting. Student Senate held their first meeting of the year in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016.

Student senate talks winter 2017 goals including fall break, sexual assault townhall

Jess Hodge
Jan 9, 2017

Holidays with the Haas family

Jess Hodge
Dec 12, 2016

New app helps students find single-use restrooms, nursing nests on campus

Jess Hodge
Dec 7, 2016

Permanent lights to be installed on 48th Avenue

Jess Hodge
Dec 7, 2016

Lakers stand in support of students of color during peaceful demonstration

Jess Hodge
Dec 7, 2016

Donald Trump, Mike Pence rally in Grand Rapids hours before polls open

Jess Hodge and Sanda Vazgec
Dec 7, 2016

Provost Gayle Davis starts final year at GVSU

Jess Hodge
Dec 7, 2016

Eileen Sullivan will start work as new dean of students July 1

Jess Hodge
Dec 7, 2016
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - A Student Senate meeting is held in Pere Marquette Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

Student senate requests an extra $50,000 for the student life fund to meet expanding student needs

Jess Hodge
Nov 28, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Donald Trump during his rally on Monday Nov. 7, 2016

Donald Trump, Mike Pence rally in Grand Rapids just hours before polls open

Jess Hodge and Sanda Vazgec
Nov 8, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - The BOTV trophy is presented during halftime. Grand Valley squares off against SVSU Nov. 14 in Allendale. The Lakers hold on and win with a final score of 24-17.

Battle of the Valleys week promotes Laker Children’s Fund

Jess Hodge
Nov 3, 2016
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - A Student Senate meeting is held in Pere Marquette Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

Student senate addresses Laker Effect, Battle of the Valleys

Jess Hodge
Oct 31, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - An aerial view of the Halloween themed corn maze at Robinette's Apple Haus & Winery on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016.

Finding fun fall activities in West Michigan

Jess Hodge
Oct 31, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Strain Electric crews install overhead wiring at the intersection of West Campus Drive and 48th Ave. Thursday, August 18, 2016.

Permanent lights to be installed on 48th Avenue

Jess Hodge
Oct 27, 2016

GVSU students, administrators seek a fall break

Jess Hodge
Oct 20, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Student Senate met in the Pere Marquette room on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

Promoting religious diversity

Jess Hodge
Oct 20, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Student Senate met in the Pere Marquette room on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

University Libraries shows support for open access textbooks

Jess Hodge
Oct 17, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Keri Becker speaks to Student Senate in the Pere Marquette room on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

Athletic department updates student senate about future plans

Jess Hodge
Oct 13, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Student Senate held their first meeting of the year in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016.

Creating transparency with student senate

Jess Hodge
Oct 6, 2016
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Student Senate convenes Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016

Dean of College of Education encourages student senate to create social impact

Jess Hodge
Oct 3, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Curtis Hertel

Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. advocates for affirmative consent at GV

Jess Hodge
Sep 29, 2016
Students watch the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the Mary Idema Pew Multipurpose Room Monday, Sept. 26.

GVSU students react to first presidential debate

Jess Hodge
Sep 27, 2016
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Provost Gayle Davis speaks during a Student Senate meeting Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

Gayle Davis updates student senate about new provost search

Jess Hodge
Sep 26, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Officer Minh Lien secures the area as protestors move through. Grand Valley's NAACP chapter holds a campus wide demonstration in protest of police brutality Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 in Allendale.

Lakers stand in support of students of color during peaceful demonstration

Jess Hodge
Sep 26, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Student Senate held their first meeting of the year in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016.

Civic assembly week hosts concert to create dialogue, register student voters

Jess Hodge
Sep 21, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Campus dining worker, Nicole Buchmann, cores apples in Fresh on Monday, Mar. 28, 2016.

Fresh Food Co. undergoes expansion, new dining options

Jess Hodge
Sep 19, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Provost Gayle Davis speaks at the Holton-Hooker Learning and Living Center dedication on Friday, August 26, 2016.

Firm hired to host forums for dialogue for new provost search

Jess Hodge
Sep 15, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Eileen Sullivan gives her presentation in the Kirkhof Center Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

Student senate talks about providing engaged campus

Jess Hodge
Sep 12, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - The members of the Student Senate board as President Thomas Haas comes to the podium. Student Senate held their first meeting of the year in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, Sep. 1, 2016.

Student senate talks leadership with President Haas

Jess Hodge
Sep 8, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - anyBODYS app

New app helps students find single-use restrooms, nursing nests on campus

Jess Hodge
Sep 1, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: Mark Sampson, Associate Director and Director of Clinical Services for Grand Valley's Counseling Center, stages a mock interview with a Grand Valley student.

Counseling center introduces a new triage screening system

Jess Hodge
Aug 29, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Provost Gayle Davis speaks at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 in the Seidman College of Business on Grand Valley's Pew Campus.

Provost Gayle Davis starts final year at GVSU

Jess Hodge
Aug 23, 2016

Freshman year activity checklist IN PRINT ONLY

Jess Hodge
Aug 21, 2016

Haas chosen to chair Snyder’s new education commission

Jess Hodge
Jul 19, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Brody Cragg (far left), Sean Diaz (left), Annika Gray (center), Levi Ryfiak (right), and Emily Glownia (far right) pose for a photo inside of the LGBT Center November 12, 2014.

GVSU named as a top 50 LGBT-friendly campus

Jess Hodge
Jun 6, 2016

‘A thorny issue’

Jess Hodge
Jun 6, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Lisa Young Caitlyn Albrant, GVSU's 2016 Intern of the Year

GVSU recognizes outstanding intern of the year

Jess Hodge
May 9, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Eileen Sullivan gives her presentation in the Kirkhof Center Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

Eileen Sullivan will start work as new dean of students July 1

Jess Hodge
May 9, 2016
GVL / Archive GVSU graduate waves at her friends and family at the 2015 Commencement on Saturday April 25.

Reception being held for graduates of color

Jess Hodge
Apr 21, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Andy Oeffner makes his speech for Student Senate President. The Student Senate held their election in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, April 14, 2016.

Student senate selects cabinet for 2016-17 year

Jess Hodge
Apr 18, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff President Maddie Cleghorn addresses the senators. The Student Senate convenes Sept. 3 inside the Kirkhoff Center at Grand Valley's Allendale campus.

Student senate hosts informational event about state funding issues

Jess Hodge
Apr 14, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Rebecca Noel reads kind notes written to the senior senate members. Student Senate met in the Pere Marquette Room Thursday, Apr. 7, 2016.

2016-17 GVSU student senate convenes, future cabinet to be selected

Jess Hodge
Apr 11, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - VP of inclusion and equity Jesse Bernal introduces the afternoon's keynote speaker, Touré. Touré, Vice columnist and well known author, visits Grand Valley's Allendale campus on a chilly Jan. 18, 2016. Hundreds of students gathered inside the Fieldhouse to listen to Touré's keynote speech; the students also participated in a silent march before the event.

Inclusion and Equity makes changes to Title IX policies

Jess Hodge
Apr 7, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Grand Valley faculty come together for the UAS meeting in the DeVos Campus on Friday, Mar. 25, 2016.

Student senate to vote on mandatory intercultural training for new faculty at GVSU

Jess Hodge
Apr 4, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Tony Alberty chills out at the refreshments table where students can relax after drawing blood. The blood drive was held by the American Red Cross in the Grand River Room Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016

Red Cross calls for blood donations

Jess Hodge
Mar 31, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Students took notes as Marty Moore presented. The presentation was held at the Pew Campus on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016.

Marty Moore talks design thinking at GVSU

Jess Hodge
Mar 28, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Lisa Kasmer Study Abroad: Tanzania

GVSU students to donate shoes to Tanzanian children

Jess Hodge
Mar 24, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Maddie Cleghorn gets the meeting started. Student Senate held a meeting in the Pere Marquette room Thursday, Mar. 17, 2016.

Student senate sets 2016-17 budget, including major reallocations

Jess Hodge
Mar 21, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Student senate senator Sean O'Melia on Nov. 19th.

Battle of the Valleys dinner unites GVSU with local charities

Jess Hodge
Mar 17, 2016
Mental Health Awareness Week to focus on destigmatization

Mental Health Awareness Week to focus on destigmatization

Jess Hodge
Mar 14, 2016
Mental Health Awareness Week to focus on destigmatization

Mental Health Awareness Week to focus on destigmatization

Jess Hodge
Mar 13, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - United States Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Michigan State University's Breslin Student Events Center.

Bernie Sanders calls for Snyder resignation at MSU campaign stop

Jess Hodge
Mar 3, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Indoor signs help people navigate around the Grand Rapids Amtrak Station on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.

First phase of cross-state rail study completed

Jess Hodge
Mar 3, 2016
GVL / Kasey Garvelink - Vice Presdient Jordan Simmonds speaks to the members of student senate at the meeting on Feb. 25, 2016 in Allendale.

Where does donor money go?

Jess Hodge
Feb 29, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff Jeremy Turnbull speaks to the senators. The Student Senate convenes Sept. 3 inside the Kirkhoff Center at Grand Valley's Allendale campus.

Breaking down Gov. Snyder’s budget

Jess Hodge
Feb 25, 2016
GVL / Kasey Garvelink - Maria Beelen, Vice President for Educational Affairs, addresses the rest of student senate during their meeting on Feb. 18, 2016 in Allendale.

University Library offers workshops to incoming students

Jess Hodge
Feb 22, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Grand Valley students exit the 50 bus at the Kirkhof Center Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.

Laker Line approved for funding

Jess Hodge
Feb 18, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Student senate Vice President of Educational Affairs, Maria Beelen on Nov. 19th.

Cook Leadership Academy recruits student leaders

Jess Hodge
Feb 15, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Randall Wallace President Thomas Haas, Randall Wallace, and his mother.

Granting wishes

Jess Hodge
Feb 11, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Sydney Tyus, Student Senate Resources, speaks at the Student Senate General Assembly Meeting in the Kirkhof Center on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.

Admissions office looks to recruit, retain students

Jess Hodge
Feb 8, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Lisa Kreinbring Design Thinking Initiative

Design thinking event to promote innovation

Jess Hodge
Feb 4, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Student senate Vice President of Educational Affairs, Maria Beelen on Nov. 19th.

Student senate talks transgender health insurance

Jess Hodge
Feb 1, 2016
Students were served a baked potato bar along with soup and apple pie for dessert at the Life Beyond the Classroom held on Jan. 26, 2016 in Allendale, MI.

Alums offer postgrad advice to GVSU students

Jess Hodge
Jan 28, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Junior Chad Jackson gives out a parking citation to one unlucky student in Lot H on Jan. 23rd.

Student senate talks safety, parking

Jess Hodge
Jan 25, 2016
GVL/Kate Branum Patrisse Cullors speaks inside the Grand River Room at the Kirkhof Center on Grand Valley's Allendale campus Jan. 20, 2016.

Black Lives (do) Matter

Jess Hodge
Jan 21, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes Campus Life Night 2.0 took place in the Kirkhof Center on the evening of January 15.

Campus Life Night 2.0 focuses on community, student organizations

Jess Hodge
Jan 18, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye A former student senate senator takes the opportunity to address the senate about the highly debated firearm proposal on Nov. 19th.

Student Senate goals

Jess Hodge
Jan 14, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Grand Valley students throw away trash and food at Fresh Cafeteria on Oct. 2.

​Wipe Out Waste Initiative produces reduction in food waste

Jess Hodge
Jan 11, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes The Student Senate met in the Alumni House on Dec. 3.

Mandated health insurance resolution denied

Jess Hodge
Dec 13, 2015

Earning your keep

Jess Hodge
Dec 10, 2015
'Oh, the places you'll go!'

‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’

Jess Hodge
Dec 10, 2015
GVL/Luke Holmes The Student Senate met in the Alumni House on Dec. 3.

Checking in with Ottawa County

Jess Hodge
Dec 6, 2015
GVL/Luke Holmes

African Student Council breaks down stereotypes

Jess Hodge
Dec 2, 2015
GVL / Emily Frye Vice President Jesse M. Bernal

42 percent of Laker community completes Campus Climate Survey

Jess Hodge
Nov 29, 2015
GVL / Emily Frye Former student senate senator Terrell Couch takes the opportunity to address the senate about the highly debated firearm proposal on Nov. 19th.

Student senate shoots down ‘Good Samaritan’ resolution

Jess Hodge
Nov 23, 2015
Reaching for the stars

Reaching for the stars

Jess Hodge
Nov 19, 2015

TJ DO NOT POST THIS ONE Undergraduate research and scholarship director visits student senate

Jess Hodge
Nov 15, 2015
GVL / Courtesy GVSU students and entrepreneurial leads for the Customer Discovery Program Morgan Benjamin, Caileigh Wasmer, Taylor Sims

GV students participate in Customer Discovery Program

Jess Hodge
Nov 12, 2015
Jorden Simmonds, Executive Vice President, addresses the student senators on Nov. 6 in Allendale, MI.

Gun resolution sparks heated debate at student senate

Jess Hodge
Nov 9, 2015
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Stepha'N Quicksey, lead organizer of the Detroit Network of Future Leaders, poses on Grand Valley's campus Oct. 30.

Laker student founds Detroit Network of Future Leaders

Jess Hodge
Nov 5, 2015
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