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Piano majors set to showcase skills at recital

Ty Konell
Apr 19, 2018
GVL / Sheila Babbitt Sexual assault survivors and supporters listen to other survivors share their stories at the Survivor Speak event in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Week on monday April 2nd, 2018.

GVSU hosts annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week

Ty Konell
Apr 5, 2018
GVL / Courtesy - Jordan Vanderham

GVSU students sweep Outdoor Weber Idea Competition

Ty Konell
Mar 29, 2018
GVL / Emily Frye "What were you wearing" exhibit in the multipurpose room on Wednesday March 21, 2018.

Library exhibit raises awareness about sexual assault

Ty Konell
Mar 22, 2018
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Tricks of the trade: GVSU senior writes book detailing her stripping experience

Ty Konell
Mar 15, 2018
GVL / Courtesy - Happy Bee Outfitters

GVSU students create apparel company to promote bee conservation

Ty Konell
Mar 1, 2018
GVL / Courtesy - USA Today

Dinner to raise funds for Haitian students to attend GVSU

Ty Konell
Feb 22, 2018
GVL / Courtesy - Grace Peterson

From the track to med school: GVSU student athlete finds success in sports, the classroom

Ty Konell
Feb 15, 2018
GVL / Ty Konell Triota Event

WGS students inducted into ‘Triota’ honor society

Ty Konell
Feb 8, 2018
GVL / Luke Holmes The Swing Dance Club met Dec. 3 for their second to last meeting before Christmas break.

Swing Dance Club to host upstairs floor at Presidents’ Ball

Ty Konell
Feb 1, 2018

GVSU professor to star in world premiere of ‘Anton, Himself’

Ty Konell
Jan 18, 2018
GVL / Emily Frye John Hall (left) and Duane Lewis (right) pose for a photo in their Wild Boyz apparel on Wednesday January 10, 2018.

GVSU students run independent Wildboyz clothing line

Ty Konell
Jan 11, 2018
GVL/Hannah Zajac-- Transgender Day of Remembrance with keynote speaker Dr. Susan Stryker in Kirkhoff on Monday 13 Nov 2017.

GVSU observes Transgender Day of Remembrance

Ty Konell
Nov 16, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Rachel Britton

GVSU students hold ‘Art Is a Drag’ exhibit in library space

Ty Konell
Nov 9, 2017
GVL / Luke Holmes - Professor Danielle Leek speaks to a group about women's history inside the Women's Center on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.

Center for Women and Gender Equity to host day of service

Ty Konell
Nov 2, 2017
GVL / Emily Frye Students help paint shoes for the Red Shoes Project art installation on Thursday October 5, 2017.

Red Shoes Project brings awareness to gendered violence

Ty Konell
Oct 19, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Valerie Wojo Atis Kleinbergs as Prosporo (left), Haley Jennings as Miranda (right), and Kevin McCasland as Ferdinand (middle) rehearsing "The Tempest."

Annual Shakespeare Festival to entertain, give back

Ty Konell
Sep 28, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - 501 Swing

GVSU students find creative outlet in swing band

Ty Konell
Sep 21, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - facebook.com

GVSU public health program to hold benefit for hurricane victims

Ty Konell
Sep 14, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Eric Lacerna studies inside the LGBT Resource Center on Sept. 29, 2015.

Marking progress

Ty Konell
Aug 21, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Rosemaria Lintjer Kylie Decker and parents

Spreading the ‘Laker Effect’

Ty Konell
Jul 10, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Experience Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Pride Fest to celebrate LGBTQ community

Ty Konell
Jun 5, 2017

Hospitality and tourism management golf outing to raise scholarship funds​

Ty Konell
Jun 5, 2017
GVL - Courtesy of Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan Stomp out Stigma walk

‘Stomp Out Stigma’ 5K walk advocates mental health awareness

Ty Konell
May 8, 2017

GVSU ‘Out List’ promotes solidarity to LGBT youth

Ty Konell
Apr 20, 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 continues with a showing of “It Happened Here” on Friday, April 21, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m

[Photo] Feminist Film Friday to focus on sexual assualt awareness

Apr 20, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Rachel Britton Performer Christopher Royer

Drag club to host ‘Destress Dragapalooza’

Ty Konell
Apr 20, 2017
GVL/Luke Holmes - The Raw Beauty Initiative student organization holds a meeting in Kirkhof on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.

Raw Beauty Intiative event talks about finding God through suffering

Ty Konell
Apr 13, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Delta Zeta

Delta Zeta hosts tournament, raises awareness for hearing

Ty Konell
Apr 6, 2017
GV Swing Dance club hosts interactive workshop

GV Swing Dance club hosts interactive workshop

Ty Konell
Mar 30, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - I Am That Girl

‘I Am That Girl’

Ty Konell
Mar 23, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Tyler Konell

‘Vegucate Yourself’

Ty Konell
Mar 16, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Gamma Phi Beta

GV Gamma Phi Beta hosts tournament to benefit ‘Girls on the Run’

Ty Konell
Mar 2, 2017
GVL/ Hannah Zajac- Betsie Schoedel (center) discusses the latest topic during Talk Back Tuesday inside the Women's Center on Feb. 21, 2017.

Women’s Center promotes self-love at ‘Talk Back Tuesday’

Ty Konell
Feb 23, 2017
COURTESY | PHI MU SORORITY - GVSU’s Phi Mu sisters volunteer for Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital Wednesday, Feb. 8 

Valentine’s for a cause

Ty Konell
Feb 16, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Alex Candela

‘Sweetheart Swing’ 

Ty Konell
Feb 9, 2017
GVL / Courtesy - Jennifer Lewis Jessica Knapp, Kathleen Wittman, Quincy Williams

Alternative Breaks gears up for ‘Service Saturday’

Ty Konell
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.

[Photo] GVSU's Women's Center shows 'Between Allah & Me' to encourage discussion of gender issues

Jan 30, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Marcus Jiles (left) and Leah Taylor (right) hosts Grand Valley State University’s celebration of the Asian New Year Festival 2016, sponsored by the Asian Student Union and the Office of Multicultural Affaris, in the Kirkhof Center on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.

New Year festival to celebrate Asian culture

Ty Konell
Jan 26, 2017
GVL / Sara Carte Andie Bell greets poeple as they come in to the LGBT Resource Center on Tuesday, January 18, 2017.

GVSU ‘Out List’ promotes solidarity to LGBT youth

Ty Konell
Jan 19, 2017
GVL/Archive - Drag queen Gabriella Galore performs during the Rainbow Social on Friday Sept. 11, 2015 inside the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center.

Unsafe for the holidays

Ty Konell
Dec 1, 2016
Lakers host 'Be a Rose' donation drive

Lakers host ‘Be a Rose’ donation drive

Ty Konell
Nov 17, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Eric Lacerna studies inside the LGBT Resource Center on Sept. 29, 2015.

‘Wear the Rainbow’

Ty Konell
Nov 10, 2016
GVL / Courtesy Grand Valley Pokemon Club Austin Freneczi

Pokémon Go bolsters new club at GVSU

Ty Konell
Nov 2, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes - The Swing Dance Club meets Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 for their second to last meeting before Christmas break.

‘A dance to die for’

Ty Konell
Oct 27, 2016
GVL / Luke Holmes - Profesor Danielle Leek speaks in the Women's Center Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 during an event celebrating the history of women.

Women’s Center celebrates 15 years at GVSU

Ty Konell
Oct 20, 2016
GVL/Michael Dykstra LGBT Center

‘Queer the Air’ hosts inclusive open mic event

Ty Konell
Oct 13, 2016
GVL/Ty Konell - Feminist Flick Friday takes place in the Women's Center Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

GVL/Ty Konell - Feminist Flick Friday takes place in the Women's Center Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

GVL/Ty Konell - Feminist Flick Friday takes place in the Women's Center Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

Feminist Film Friday features ‘Lemonade’

Ty Konell
Oct 6, 2016
GVL / Courtesy Peter Wampler

GVSU professor starts first Haiti study abroad trip

Ty Konell
Sep 29, 2016
GVL/Luke Holmes

Student pantry rebranded with new location and name

Ty Konell
Sep 22, 2016
GVL / Sara Carte Eric Lacerna studies inside the LGBT Resource Center on Sept. 29, 2015.

‘Big Queer Lunch’ offers community to students

Ty Konell
Aug 31, 2016