The Office
The Promotions Office is made up of a handful of talented and motivated young professionals, who believe that being actively involved in the campus community (outside of the classroom) will benefit students' growth as individuals. Through our work we seek to create content which informs, educates, and inspires the GVSU community.
Our clients include offices, departments, and student organizations from across the university. We produce a wide range of promotional materials in various mediums including print, video, photo, as well as provide a handful of other services.
Our office is a department within the Division of Student Affairs.
Location
Our office is located in the 0008 Kirkhof Suite (downstairs in Kirkhof, by the library tunnel)
Promotions Office
Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
0008 Kirkhof Center
Allendale, MI 49401
The Team
Full Time Staff
First Name
Leah
Last Name
Erben
Pronouns
(she/they)
Email
[email protected]
Office Phone
616-331-2358
Title
Student Life Marketing Communications Coordinator
About
Leah Erben graduated from Grand Valley in 2021 with a B.A. in Writing; they minored in advertising and public relations as well as digital studies. As a GVSU student, Leah worked in the Promotions Office as a writer and later as the editorial project manager. Through working for the Promotions Office, Leah developed a passion for strengthening student involvement on campus and for helping students discover and grow their own passions. Leah also spent their college career as president of Grand Valley's improv comedy team, Subject to Change. They devoted their time to leading rehearsals, planning events, and working to strengthen the organization's presence on campus. Since then, Leah has worked as a marketing professional for various Grand Rapids comedy organizations as well as a freelance copywriter for local small businesses.
In their free time, Leah pursues their love of comedy through comedy writing, improv, and stand-up performance. They also love creative writing, eating cheese, being very tall (6’3”), and spending quality time with their animals, Howard the cat and Lionel James McFluffers the hamster.
As the Office of Student Life (OSL) marketing communications coordinator, Leah manages the student OSL Marketing Team. Leah also assists in managing the Promotions Office, particularly the Graphic Design Team, and works to support divisional marketing initiatives.
BackStudent Staff
Student Admin Team
Isabel Dillon (she/her) - Promotions Office Project Manager (Lead)
Rosa Argueta (she/her) - Campus Posting Assistant
Michaela
Langenbach (she/her) - Campus Posting Assistant
Student Graphic Design Team
Sam Arnone (she/her) - Graphic Designer
Irlanda Beltran (she/her)
- Graphic Designer (Lead)
Lorina Bista (she/her) - Graphic
Designer
Kaylee Owens (she/her) - Graphic Designer (in
training)
Khoi Tran (he/him) - Graphic Designer
Student Video Team
James Kwiatkowski (he/him) - Project Manager (Lead)
Hannah
Dunaway (she/her) - Art Director & Assistant Project Manager
Parker Stewart - Assistant Project Manager
Chrisna Ngin (he/him) - Video Editor (temp)
Alex Agbabian
(he/him) - Video Editor (temp)
Malcolm Kramp (he/him) - Video
Editor
Irene Kuperus (she/her) - Video Editor
Patrice Scott
(he/him) - Video Editor
Chris Welmerink (he/him) -
Assistant Video Editor
Tanner Hamilton (he/him) -
Cinematographer
Clayton Willis (he/him) - Cinematographer
(Lead)
Aidan Bunkosky (he/him) - Camera Operator
Parker
Stewart - Camera Operator
Morgan Weststrate (she/her) - Camera Operator
Jaden Stroud - Sound Mixer
Student Photo Team
Oscar Cramer - Photographer
Emma Graham (she/her) - Photographer
(Lead)
Charles Groustra (he/him) - Photographer
Emily Riddle
(she/her) - Photographer
Roberto Rojas (he/him) - Photographer
Student Marketing Team
Student Life
Marketing Team:
Braelyn McCalister (she/her) - Marketing Project
Manager (Lead)
Annie Gerrity - Marketing Project Manager (in
training)
Abbie Wisusik (she/her) - Social Media Staff
Assistant
Grace Pattyn - Social Media Assistant (in training)
Autumn Faulkner (she/her) - Involvement Assistant
Jacob Greig
(he/him) - Involvement Assistant
Jaclyn Khoo (she/her) -
Involvement Assistant
Student Affairs
Marketing Team:
Bella Gielniak (she/her) - Editorial Project Manager (Lead)
Grace Hasley (she/her) - Editorial Assistant/Writer
Madi Reifler (she/her) - Digital Marketing Staff Assistant
Joi
Mays (she/her) - Writer
Olivia Mulka (she/her) - Writer (in
training)
Alena Visnovsky (she/her) - Writer (in training)