GVNow is produced by the News and Information Services office as a service to the Grand Valley community and to provide an information source for all of our visitors on the web. http://gvsu.edu/gvnow Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:31 EST http://gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/ 112 33 2013-06-19 00:00:00.0 Juanita Lillie, a senior majoring in Spanish, said it was the doubters and her parents who pushed her to participate in a study abroad program  and she's forever grateful to them.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=9D9D0C7A-C932-0019-2B7B3469A93AC715 2013-06-18 00:00:00.0 From cubicle to Olympic podium, more than 300 interns from West Michigan companies will compete in the Summer Intern Olympics June 20.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=6873885C-9E9E-C9AB-E448C02913D87380 2013-06-18 00:00:00.0 The Allegrina 100, a fun for all-levels 100-mile bicycle ride through the picturesque area around Saugatuck, will stage its fifth edition on June 23. The event raises funds for the John Allegrina Scholarship for nontraditional students at Grand Valley.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=69ACD11E-D8A8-9DFE-7AAF9DA5FEB664CB 2013-06-17 00:00:00.0 Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had articles published are listed below.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=3715EDEA-FF23-D324-F3218D1E9AEDBDC2 2013-06-17 00:00:00.0 The Grand Valley State University Summer Carillon Concert Series brings some of the world's finest carillonneurs to perform on two campuses, rain or shine.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=730AA5B0-04DB-36AA-8CDFF57DA9B6A071 2013-06-17 00:00:00.0 Incoming ninth grade students from Grand Rapids Public Schools visited Grand Valley June 11-14 to experience life as a college student.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=405229C5-DCEB-7553-3F245248FAA89441 2013-06-17 00:00:00.0 James E. McHale, vice president for programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), was recently named the new chair of the Leadership Council for Grand Valley State University's Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=3610563C-AC77-4225-62F7F1FF52551861 2013-06-14 00:00:00.0 A new study from Grand Valley State University's School of Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy reveals trends in the kind of professional development programming nonprofit organizations in Michigan need.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=A05DAF5C-A8DD-D7C9-02B82B83BF7837DB 2013-06-14 00:00:00.0 Grand Valley alumnus Kris Cortez, '11, '13, has been accepted as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in the Transcultural European Outdoor Studies program from the University of Marburg, Germany, and the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=A92B21C3-EC08-3754-4B8924E228F1295D 2013-06-14 00:00:00.0 Following a successful celebration week that honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the planning committee is seeking a theme for the 2014 celebration.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=A630FD1A-DFDB-3502-0041556D2124CA91 2013-06-14 00:00:00.0 Participants in the ninth annual Community Reading Project at Grand Valley will learn about the lives of Mexican-American families as they risk everything for a new life in the United States.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=9F0C4801-D6C8-6467-50ACAF8B29C27034 2013-06-13 00:00:00.0 Alumnus David J. Ruck is working with a team of international underwater archaeologists on what they hope is the oldest known shipwreck in the upper Great Lakes.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=6E7D0DEE-95A9-98E2-E68D312760C9CF79 2013-06-13 00:00:00.0 Health and Wellness is sponsoring its annual Fruit and Veggie Challenge, designed to give faculty and staff members the support they need to eat the daily recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=6BB860B0-D68F-D46C-939CACAC18DADA90 2013-06-12 00:00:00.0 Two Grand Valley students were selected for fellowships by a national organization that strengthens educational ties between the U.S. and Brazil.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=3F4A4139-D5A9-E18A-CF5C369BC285FADC 2013-06-12 00:00:00.0 High school entrepreneurs will compete June 21, at the 2013 Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy Idea Pitch Competition.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=36AC34B0-B331-ED21-0C63C6A85AC526D7 2013-06-12 00:00:00.0 About 700 students earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in a STEM field from Grand Valley each year.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=2FB46B0C-BE7F-0EB7-1E98B9AA288D5004 2013-06-12 00:00:00.0 The Grand Valley community is mourning the death of Bill Bailey, Real Oldies program manager.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=4F77ED98-AC6A-263A-8B1728E9EBE01907 2013-06-11 00:00:00.0 Grand Valley is the first NCAA Division II institution to join the You Can Play campaign, a national effort seeking to change locker room culture and support all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=0217B357-D30C-8057-A5922D57584D0C5E 2013-06-10 00:00:00.0 Students majoring in occupational therapy spent a day at Indian Trails Camp teaching camp counselors how to care for campers with disabilities.

]]> http://gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=CE9FABE6-B331-3719-BB62C3368C9A59B3 2013-06-10 00:00:00.0 Grand Valley signed a reverse transfer agreement with Mott Community College in Flint.

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