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://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:09:10 EST http://main.gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/ 112 33 As long-serving retired vice president for Ronald Van Steeland spoke at the dedication of a living center that bears his name, he addressed the future Grand Valley students who will live there. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=BFA986B9-0A13-FA14-C8CC21B8D62AEBCB Grand Valley Vice President for Inclusion and Equity Jeanne Arnold serves on the board of Heart of West Michigan United Way and has been a longtime supporter. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=A4DB27E6-CD39-AE01-DAD8DDDE6963C3C4 Prominent scholars from the U.S. and abroad will gather at Grand Valley State University for a two-day conference to discuss and evaluate Africa's evolving external relations. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=BF20B443-F8D9-686A-83446E07E188F590 Grand Valley State University is an essential economic engine that recruits, retains and graduates the needed talent for economic diversification and vitality while leveraging its other intellectual resources on behalf of West Michigan. But the university must be aware of its place in the ever-changing economic realities of today. Grand Valley State University President Thomas J. Haas will address Grand Valley's roles and responsibilities in the shifting economy in a breakfast lecture presented by the Seidman College of Business. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=A4DA6E47-B9C9-F54C-AC7853C24D4EBD85 It was appropriate that on the day the Grand Valley community gathered to remember founder L. William Seidman, an announcement was made that his legacy will continue at the university. [VIDEO] http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=AB014133-D214-8E11-557058FA926570F6 A new Web-based tool aimed at helping connect students to the help they need to succeed at Grand Valley will be launched September 14. http://main.gvsu.edu/gvnow/?fuseaction=home.read_news&id=A4D5C3D6-E61E-8336-778529B4AA9F95D9