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​GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Daniel Martin uses a student in one of his first acts of the night, in Cook Dewitt Center, on April 17th, 2017​

Action

April 20, 2017

Educating about sustainability

April 17, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Madeline MacLean prepares her resume folder. The Career Fair was held in the DeVos Place on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2016.

MPI Research to host career fair

April 13, 2017

‘Back to basics’ series to conclude with look at Nazi Germany

April 10, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Autumn Gorsline-Davis, the academic department coordinator for Modern Languages and Literatures, is awarded the Unsung Hero Award during the Womens Commission Awards inside the Kirkhof Center on Thursday, March 30, 2017.

GVSU community members honored at Women’s Commission award ceremony

April 3, 2017
GVL/Archive - Vice President for Inclusion and Equity Jesse Bernal reviews the results of the Campus Climate Survey Tuesday, March 22, 2016 inside of Grand Valleys Kirkhof Center.

Ready for action

April 3, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Emily M. Gilbert patiently waits for her campus dining shift to end on Monday March 27, 2017.

Weighing the pros, cons of student employment

March 30, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Students gather to listen to the talk by Omar Lizardo, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, who spoke Friday, March 24, 2017 at the P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science.

[Photo] Looking at the relationship between music and sociology

March 27, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Omar Lizardo, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, spoke Friday, March 24, 2017 at the P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Students gather to listen to the talk by Omar Lizardo, a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, who spoke Friday, March 24, 2017 at the P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science.

Looking at the relationship between music and sociology

March 27, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Students speak to the group during the NAACPs Resistance series talk on Monday, Mar. 20, 2017 in the Kirkhof Center.

Addressing ‘environmental injustices’

March 23, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Students gather to hear the keynote speaker at the NAACPs Resistance series talk on Monday, Mar. 20, 2017 in the Kirkhof Center.

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GVL / Luke Holmes - Megan Buchman (left) and Madeline Madison (right) practice giving shots to test dummies in the Center for Health Sciences building downtown on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Student Nurses’ Association wins national award

March 20, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - WGVU Jay Lowe, pictured with his wife Colleen Lowe, receives the Silver Circle Award in Birmingham, Mich. on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017.

WGVU assistant general manager receives Silver Circle Award

March 16, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Limmud FSU Canada Stephen Shedletsky

Starting with “Why”

March 13, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Cheyanna Green-Molett presents during Grand Valley State Universitys NAACP group on Monday Feb. 27, 2017.

Confronting racism

March 2, 2017
GVL/Mackenzie Bush - Guest speaker, Jodi Chycinski, at the Student Senate meeting Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.

Student senators, admissions office discuss recruitment, scholarships

February 27, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Professor Louis Moore speaks during the Democracy: 101 event on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

‘Protest and love’

February 23, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Jaclyn Nash Hillery York, pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

Learning from the past

February 20, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Kara Alaimo, assistant professor at Hofstra University, speaks about her new book, “Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Gloabl Public Relations and Strategic Communications” at downtown’s campus on Feb. 13.

Global relations expert discusses strategic communication practices abroad

February 16, 2017

An officer and a president

February 13, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - CNN.com Mike Rogers, CNN national security commentator

Behind the screen

February 9, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Hadley Knudsen Gift of Life Campus Challenge

Gift of Life Michigan hosts state-wide campus challenge to register most organ donors

February 6, 2017
GVL/Kevin Sielaff Louis Moore

Leading the way

February 2, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Jason Blanks Students gather inside the Kirkhof Center on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 in protest of President Trumps immigration ban.

Creating a safe place

February 2, 2017

Student senators, university leaders discuss financial aid, university budget

January 30, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Grand Valleys Officer Min teaches a group of students about being safe with substances on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2016.

Being smart about alcohol

January 26, 2017

Over 1,000 people attend Teach-In to explore difficult dialogue

January 23, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - TeAsia Martin, member of the Voices of GVSU, sings before the keynote speech inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

Civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses King’s legacy of breaking conventions

January 19, 2017
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - Kimberle Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Colubmia Law School, speaks to the crowd gathered inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL/Meghan McBrady - TeAsia Martin, member of the Voices of GVSU, sings before the keynote speech inside Kirkhofs Grand River Room on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

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GVL / Emily Frye Student presenters during the teach-in on Thursday April 2, 2015.

Fourth annual Teach-In focuses on social justice issues

January 16, 2017
GVL/Luke Holmes - The upcycling for our community event took place in the Kirkhof Center on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

MLK Jr. Commemoration Week crafting/upcycling event to serve local community

January 12, 2017
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Touré, Vice columnist and well known author, visits Grand Valleys Allendale campus on a chilly Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. Hundreds of students gathered inside the Fieldhouse to listen to Tourés keynote speech; the students also participated in a silent march before the event.

‘Black America since MLK’

January 12, 2017
GVL/Luke Holmes - A campus dining worker makes a salad inside of the Connection on Grand Valleys Allendale campus on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

“Tapingo” comes to Campus Dining

January 9, 2017

Toast with T. Haas celebrates GVSU graduates

December 12, 2016

New living center ready for students

December 7, 2016

Activities to do throughout the winter months in West Michigan

December 4, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Hypnotist Tom Deluca performs inside the Kirkhof Centers Grand River Room on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Tom Deluca puts 20 GV students under hypnosis during his annual show

December 1, 2016
GVSU adds new clinical dietetics masters degree

GVSU adds new clinical dietetics master’s degree

November 28, 2016

Provost Davis talks leadership, life lessons at Wheelhouse Talk

November 21, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Alissa Lane

Students encouraged to write supportive messages to international students post-election

November 17, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Drew McWilliams tests water from Lake Michigan for E-Coli inside of the Robert B. Annis Water Resource Institute (AWRI) in Muskegon on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

GVSU satellite campuses provide services throughout Michigan

November 14, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes Mayor Rosalynn Bliss speaks on stage from the podium. Mayor Bliss held her first State of the City Address Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 in downtown Grand Rapids.

New movement focuses on philanthropy throughout West Michigan

November 10, 2016

Celebrating Dia de los Muertos

November 7, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Meghan McBrady 2016 National College Media Day

[Photo] GVSU student visits White House for College Radio Day

November 7, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes - Trees freeze over and snow falls on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

GVSU facilities preps for another Michigan winter

November 3, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Formula SAE Racing Club member Chris Clark watches as welding is completed Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 inside the vehicle bay at Grand Valley’s John C. Kennedy Hall of Engineering.

GVSU partners with Cornerstone for dual enrollment

October 27, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff Jeremy Turnbull speaks to the senators. The Student Senate convenes Sept. 3 inside the Kirkhoff Center at Grand Valleys Allendale campus.

Asian Student Union receives $5,610 for conference

October 24, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Brandon Fitzgerald poses outside of the Kirkhof Center on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016.

Brandon Fitzgerald crowned homecoming regent

October 20, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Rob Franciosi Jewish refugees look outside from within the S.S. St. Louis.

GVSU to host U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum lecturer

October 17, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Alissa Lane Professor Sebastian Maisel of the Oman/United Arab Emirates serves tea to students at the Study Abroad Fair wearing a traditional outfit (2015).

Global Laker Night to bring alumni, current students together

October 13, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Gleaves Whitney pays tribute to Ralph Hauenstein before the start of Senator Warrens wheelhouse talk at Loosemore Auditorium on Grand Valleys Pew Campus Jan. 22, 2016.

Hauenstein Center kicks off Wheelhouse Talk series with presidential election event

October 10, 2016
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Marketing Careers Night takes places inside the Seidman College of Business Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.

[Photo] Marketing career night provides job opportunities for students

October 6, 2016
GVL/Meghan McBrady - Marketing Careers Night takes places inside the Seidman College of Business Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.

Marketing career night provides job opportunities for students

October 6, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Nicole Buchmann Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz visits GVSU to promote voter registration

October 3, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Election coordinator Steven Daitch helps with the registration process during Rock the Vote. Student Senate hosts Rock the Vote as part of Student Civic Assembly week Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 inside the Fieldhouse Arena.

Civic engagement week ends with Rock the Vote concert

October 3, 2016
Traveling office hours introduce dean of students

Traveling office hours introduce dean of students

September 29, 2016
Van Andel Global Trade Center talk focuses on international business

Van Andel Global Trade Center talk focuses on international business

September 26, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Metro Connection

GVSU preps to stay on top of flu season

September 22, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Rescue Race 5K Run/Walk - Grand Rapids

5K race aims to end child slavery in Ghana

September 19, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Science on Tap Grand Rapids David Ringler presents on Thursday, August 13, 2015 as part of the Science on Tap Grand Rapids event.

Science on Tap series focuses on casual academic discussion

September 15, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Imam Abdulah Antepli speaks in the Loosemore Auditorium Thursday, Sep. 8, 2016.

Interfaith speakers discuss finding solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

September 12, 2016
GVL/Archive Downtown Grand Rapids

GVSU teams up with local colleges to offer students a Grand Rapids tour

September 8, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Grand Valley students wait at the Kirkhof bus stop after classes on Aug. 31, 2016.

Laker Line grant caught in congressional gridlock

September 1, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - The Holton-Hooker Learning and Living Center is officially dedicated and opened on Friday, August 26, 2016.

New living center ready for students

August 29, 2016
GVL/Kevin Sielaff - Holton-Hooker Living Center

New housing, parking spaces created over summer

August 23, 2016
MAREC rebranded to focus on innovation, business planning

MAREC rebranded to focus on innovation, business planning

July 19, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff The Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees holds a meeting Friday, July 10, 2015, to discuss the 3.0 percentage increase on tuition rates. The motion passed, meaning that Grand Valley students will be paying $163.00 more per semester in tuition. Matthew E. McLogan updates the board with a general report.

GVSU’s economic impact rises to $780 million

June 6, 2016

Construction for new downtown movie complex approved

May 6, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Sean OMelia Members of the Laker Traditions Team

LakerFest helps students finish the year with fun

April 21, 2016

Breaking down political barriers

April 18, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Rex Larson Geography Honors Society

Geography students present research to national meeting

April 14, 2016
Graduate showcase to exemplify scholarly work

Graduate showcase to exemplify scholarly work

April 11, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - The Women’s Center Assistant Director, Allison Montaie, speaks at the Women’s Center Storytellers Series in the Kirkhof Center on Friday, Apr. 1, 2016.

Storytellers Showcase reflects on art and oppression

April 7, 2016
GVL / Kasey Garvelink - Students were able to take photos with President T. Haas at the Student Life event on Apr. 1, 2016 in Allendale.

April Fools’ Day prank encourages voter registration

April 4, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte - Students get lunch in Fresh on Allendale’s campus on Monday, Mar. 28, 2016.

Fresh Food Co. to be updated by fall 2016

March 31, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - Máximo R. Colón Partido Young Lords, ca. 1970

Young Lords collection focuses on civil rights in Chicago, Grand Rapids

March 24, 2016
GVL / Archive Undergraduate nursing students Lauren Borucki, Gabrielle Troy, and Madison Dapprich, working in The Wesorick Center at Kirkhof College of Nursing with Dr. Evelyn Clingerman -  Executive Director of The Wesorick Center, and KCON faculty - Drs. Cindy Beel-Bates and Elaine Van Doren.

Elsevier partners with KCON for clinical program

March 21, 2016
GV / Emily Frye Chair of the GVSU Board of Trustees Shelley Padnos (left) and Current Board of Trustees member, and former chair, Kate Pew Wolters (right)

Final Wheelhouse Talk to focus on a local leader

March 17, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Students from different organizations and clubs share a little about themselves during the first StrengthQuest event on Wed. Mar. 2, 2016.

StrengthsQuest leadership series offered at GVSU

March 14, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - GVNow

AWRI director appointed to EPA board

March 3, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - The judges discuss the previous presentation together during the 5x5 Night in the MAREC building in Muskegon Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.

MAREC competition helps fund innovative ideas

February 29, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - GVSU CJSA

Criminal justice students talk safety

February 25, 2016

“Conversations of Color” highlights TV stereotypes

February 22, 2016
GVL / Emily Frye Political Science Professor and Director of the Human Rights Minor Program, Richard P. Hiskes talks to his class about the new Human Rights Minor offered at Grand Valley State University on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.

Human rights minor to host kickoff event

February 18, 2016
GVL / Kevin Sielaff - Brian Flanagan, managing director of the Sanger Leadership Center at the University of Michigans Ross School of Business, speaks in Loosemore Auditorium on Grand Valleys Pew Campus Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.

Wheelhouse Talk discusses developing purposeful leaders

February 15, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes Melissa Perla helps strectch out Grant Fall in the Physical Therapy room in the Center for Health Sciences Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016.

GVSU expanding health programs to Traverse City

February 11, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes A student fills out her W-2 form. GVSU provides a tax prep program to help students files their taxes for free.

VITA program to help GVSU students organize tax returns

February 8, 2016
GVL / Courtesy - GVSU.edu Members of the GVSU Panhellenic Association model appropriate attire for recruitment.

Social justice series challenges Greek stereotypes

February 4, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes Kids play a lifesize version of “Hungry Hippo” in the Kirkhof Center for Sibs and Kids Weekend Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.

Sibs N Kids weekend featured Candyland theme

February 1, 2016
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