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Kourosh Khatir named assistant director of GVPD

Megan Webster
Nov 30, 2017
GVL/Archive Downtown Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids adopts ‘equal services’ policy

Megan Webster
Nov 27, 2017
GVL /Matt Read Student Senate meets on Thursday November 13th, 2017. They opened with discussing their social media outreach.

Student senate discusses Presidents’ Ball preparation

Megan Webster
Nov 20, 2017
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Grand Rapids youth homeless shelter expected to open 2018

Megan Webster
Nov 16, 2017
GVL Hannah Hill Student Senate had a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 28th, 2017. Guest speakers Santiago Gayton and Chief Renee Freeman were invited to join them in talking about key issues at Grand Valley.

Student senate continues to push fall break proposal

Megan Webster
Nov 13, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye GVPD place a man with a warrant under arrest on Saturday October 28, 2017.

Michigan State Police implement roadside drug-testing program in Kent County

Megan Webster
Nov 9, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Michael Forster Rothbart / University of Wisconsin - Madison

GVSU to host Holocaust expert to read play on genocide

Megan Webster
Nov 6, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Drugs.... on Wednesday November 1, 2017.

Local organization reps respond to Trump’s opioid emergency declaration

Megan Webster
Nov 2, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Megan Webster

‘Women in Politics’ panel looks at challenges of being in male-dominated field

Megan Webster
Oct 30, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - geekwire.com Part of Amazon’s planned expansion in the Seattle area includes biodome structures.

Grand Rapids considered for Amazon Headquarters location

Megan Webster
Oct 25, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Kimberly Long passes out cupcakes. GVSU Founders Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 next to the clock tower.

GVSU Founders Day to celebrate university’s history

Megan Webster
Oct 23, 2017
GVL / Dylan McIntyre. Wednesday, October 11th, 2017. Quinn Gardener talking to some of the students and faculty at Grand Valley's Study Abroad Fair.

GVSU introduces new study abroad program in Costa Rica

Megan Webster
Oct 19, 2017
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Michigan filmmaker to give lecture at GVSU

Megan Webster
Oct 16, 2017
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ArtPrize Nine concludes in Grand Rapids

Megan Webster
Oct 12, 2017
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Adderall, as pictured above, is one of the most widely abused perscription drugs on college campuses nationwide.

November unofficially declared ‘Overdose Awareness Month’ in Grand Rapids

Megan Webster
Oct 9, 2017
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Laker Effect Challenge to engage GVSU with community partners

Megan Webster
Oct 5, 2017
GVL / Matt Read Opening Day Festivities in Downtown, Grand Rapids on Thursday, September 20th, 2017.

Grand Rapids economy continues to thrive

Megan Webster
Oct 5, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - gvsu.edu Dr. Antonia Coello Novello (14th Surgeon General of the United States)

Busting stereotypes

Megan Webster
Sep 28, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Alissa Lane

Murray Scholar learns about privilege, culture abroad

Megan Webster
Sep 21, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences on Thursday September 14, 2017.

GVSU again named a “Best in the Midwest University” by U.S. News & World Report

Megan Webster
Sep 18, 2017
GVL / Joshua Vissers

GVSU student body by the numbers, fall 2017

Megan Webster
Sep 14, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Marty Rodriguez sells fresh produce at the Farmers Market in Parking Lot G on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.

Making ‘going green’ personal

Megan Webster
Apr 20, 2017

Professors at GVSU write, co-edit textbooks

Megan Webster
Apr 17, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Student scholars day on Wednesday April 12, 2017.

A job well done

Megan Webster
Apr 13, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye

GVSU Public Health Society wraps up menstrual hygiene product drive

Megan Webster
Apr 10, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Martha Nussbaum speaks about anger in a political world in the L.V. Eberhard Center in downtown Grand Rapids, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

Law professor discusses role of anger in politics

Megan Webster
Apr 6, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Julia Henderson gets to work at the GVSU Sustainability Farm on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

Recognizing ‘sustainability champions’

Megan Webster
Apr 3, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Rachel Barnes goes out for coffee at Madcap Coffee in downtown Grand Rapids on Monday, March 26, 2017.

Making excuses

Megan Webster
Mar 30, 2017
GVL / Hannah Zajac Anand Giridharadas, author of The True American, talks about his book to a group of students and faculty in Kirkoff Center, on Mar. 23, 2017 ​

Community Reading Project lecturer discusses political, social divides in US

Megan Webster
Mar 27, 2017

GVSU media students win awards at Michigan Association of Broadcasters ceremony

Megan Webster
Mar 23, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - The Career Fair was held in the DeVos Place on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2016.

Getting competitive

Megan Webster
Mar 20, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Megan Buchman practices giving a shot to a test dummy in the Center for Health Sciences building downtown on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Promoting success

Megan Webster
Mar 16, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - International students chat in the lobby of the Murray International House during their orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016.

Practice makes perfect

Megan Webster
Mar 13, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Dr. Gary Stark, an award-winning professor and scholar, gives a speech on German History and how their Democracy turned into a Dictatorship on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017.

From democracy to dictatorship

Megan Webster
Mar 2, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Former dean of math and sciences, P. Douglas Kindschi, speaks before the Kindschi Hall of Science. Grand Valley celebrates the P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science with a dedication ceremony Friday, August 28th, 2015. The dedication recognized both Grand Valley and state officials that made the realization of this building possible.

New Kindschi Fellowship offers unique research opportunity for GVSU students

Megan Webster
Feb 27, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - The Holton-Hooker Living Center, as pictured on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

Promoting sustainability

Megan Webster
Feb 23, 2017
GVL/Megan Webster - Samah Saleh, associate professor of sociology and social work at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, speaks to students inside the Grand River Room in Kirkhof on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

Being a woman in Palestine

Megan Webster
Feb 20, 2017
GVL/Megan Webster - Samah Saleh, associate professor of sociology and social work at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, speaks to students inside the Grand River Room in Kirkhof on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

GVSU named "Best Workplace for Commuters"

GVSU named “Best Workplace for Commuters”

Megan Webster
Feb 16, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Speaker Dr. Damon Arnold during The Wheelhouse Talk on Friday Feb. 10, 2017.

The path to leadership

Megan Webster
Feb 13, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Professor Andrew D. Spear speaks at the Theory of Knowledge: Epistemic Pornography and Epistemic Poison at downtown’s campus on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

“The Theory of Knowledge”

Megan Webster
Feb 9, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - American Heart Association Promotional image for the American Heart Assocation's "Little Hats, Big Hearts" program. The GVSU Stitchcraft club plans to participate in the program this year.

GVSU Stitchcraft club participates in Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign for American Heart Month

Megan Webster
Feb 6, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Megan Buchman practices giving a shot to a test dummy in the Center for Health Sciences building downtown on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Hands-on learning

Megan Webster
Feb 2, 2017
GVL/Ty Konell - Students gather for Feminist Flick Friday which took place in the Women's Center Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. The Feminist Film Friday series continued with a showing of “Between Allah & Me (and Everyone Else)” on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.

GVSU’s Women’s Center shows ‘Between Allah & Me’ to encourage discussion of gender issues

Megan Webster
Jan 30, 2017

GVSU students of color discuss experiences studying abroad at panel event

Megan Webster
Jan 26, 2017

Leadership as a ‘superpower’

Megan Webster
Jan 23, 2017
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Samantha Przybylski (center) holds a sign behind the "It's On Us" social media stand on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 inside the Kirhof Center.

‘It’s on Us’ to hold stalking awareness event

Megan Webster
Jan 19, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - PHOTO ILLUSTRATION - Grand Valley State senior Renée Cameron revises a set of class notes on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017.

Reinforcing Linguistic Diversity

Megan Webster
Jan 16, 2017