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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

President Haas Announces Retirement

After 11.5 years as Grand Valley's president, on Wednesday, February 28, President Thomas J. Haas announced his retirement, set for June 30, 2019.

ALUMNI NEWS
Community Outreach Week, March 24-31

Join a Community Outreach Week Project

Join a Community Outreach Week project, now! The deadline to register is March 16. Already committed to a project? Let us know how it goes! Submit a project recap on our website after you volunteer. Also, don't forget to post on social media using #GVCOW so that fellow Lakers can see the positive change you made in your community. Check out some of the alumni club projects below. For more information, visit our Community Outreach Week website.
PB&J Outreach with Detroit Alumni
Lansing Lakers at the Potter Park Zoo
Dallas Alumni Club at the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon
Phoenix Alumni Club - Feed My Starving Children Packing Session
Chicago Alumni Club - Setup for Teen Essay Reception at Gilda's Club
NYC Alumni Club at the 2018 GrowTogether Conference

Traverse City Alumni Club at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

GVDC Alumni Club at A Wider Circle

Charlotte Alumni Club at the Ronald McDonald House
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Alumna Awarded Fellowship to Research the History of People in Color in Youth Theatre Programs

Shavonne Coleman, '07, is a theatre director and visiting professor  who also founded Acting O.U.T., a creative arts development organization in Detroit. However, a larger concern for the lack of history of people of color in youth theatre has been on her mind since graduate school. Coleman now has the opportunity to uncover the history of African Americans in theatre as a 2018 Theatre for Young Audience Emerging Leader Fellow. 
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23rd Annual Spring Classic & Cash Draw

The Grand Valley State University Football Program would like to invite you to participate in their 23rd Annual Spring Classic and Cash Draw on April 14. These events provide the opportunity to preview the 2018 Laker Football Team and talk with Head Football Coach, Matt Mitchell, plus the entire football staff at a post-game celebration. RSVP today!
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Alumnus, National Guard Physician Assistant Featured in Latest GV Magazine Edition

Since earning two bachelor’s degrees in 2008 and 2009 from GVSU, as well as his master’s in 2011, athletic trainer and physician assistant Brittan Masters has been responsible for the health of high school student athletes, orthopedic patients, and more than 300 soldiers who were stationed with him in the United Arab Emirates. You can read more on Masters in both print and electronic versions of the recent edition of GV Magazine.
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CAMPUS NEWS

GV a Top Producer of Student, Faculty Fulbrights

Grand Valley is the top producer of both students and faculty members earning Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards in the region, according to the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Four students from Grand Valley received Fulbright awards for the 2017-18 academic year, which is more than any other master's institution in the Midwest. 
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Grand Valley Joins Statewide Network to Support STEM Education

Grand Valley State University is now a part of a new regional support system for STEM education in West Michigan. Each of the newly formed 16 regions, referred to as the MiSTEM Network, will receive a portion of nearly $1.3 million in state funding to develop their own strategic plans that create a robust regional STEM culture. Grand Valley's Regional Math and Science Center will lead these initiatives after receiving more than $110,000 in state funding.
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ATHLETICS NEWS

2018 GVSU Lacrosse — Season Preview with Coach Grovestone

Hear from the Lakers' head coach about how the team prepared for the 2018 season. The Lakers are ranked No. 21 nationally in the IWLCA preseason poll and selected first in the GLIAC coaches' poll. Their season began March 3 at Kutztown.

Former Laker Great Cullen Finnerty Nominated for Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

Grand Valley State gridiron great Cullen Finnerty has been nominated for and is on the ballot for election into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Finnerty, who tragically passed away on May 27, 2013 of pneumonia while on a fishing trip, is one of 26 nominees on the 2018 ballot.
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Football Player Earns Spot Through Early Assurance Program

Collin Schlosser, a 2017 graduate and Laker football player, was the first Grand Valley student admitted to the Wayne State University School of Medicine through an Early Assurance Program. 
The partnership between Grand Valley and Wayne State was established in February; Wayne State will reserve five seats in its medical school for qualified Grand Valley students. 
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SUPPORT GV
Brittany Sugg's Laker Effect Video

Brittany's Laker Effect

"Being a Laker is the more that you can use your education to better the lives of your community around you, the better off you'll be in life." - Brittany Sugg, current student
Brittany has been able to work for the Special Olympics, study clinical excerise science, and make an impact on the community due to your continuous support of Grand Valley. Thank you, Lakers!

Support Your Laker

Family encouragement in a college student's life is important. Whether through the gift of your time with The Laker Family Network, or a monetary gift to The Laker Family Fund, you'll be supporting students directly by enriching their Grand Valley experience and beyond.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tigers Spring Training
Tigers Spring Training Game in Tampa Bay
3/24
Global Laker Happy Hour: Chiacgo, IL
Global Laker Alumni Happy Hour: Chicago
3/29
GV Logo
23rd Annual Spring Classic & Cash Draw
4/14
Volunteer at GradFest
Volunteer at GradFest
4/16-4/19
Seidman Center
GVSU School of Accounting Annual Awards Reception
4/19
Southwest Michigan Area Alumni Reception
Southwest Michigan Area Alumni Reception
4/19
Golden Bridge—San Francisco Bay Area Club Alumni Reception
San Francisco Bay Area Club Alumni Reception
4/23
GVSU Night at Comerica Park
7/31
Events Calendar

EVENT PHOTOS
Event speaker
KCON CEU Event
Students and mentor at a round table
COE Roundtable Discussion
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Career Resources
Graduate & Continuing Education
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