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A NEWSLETTER FOR THE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY Published by News & Information Services ••• Board appoints Davis interim president

Grand Valley's Board of Trustees appointed Gayle R. Davis, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, as the interim president to serve between July 1 and the hiring of a new university president.

The board, at a special meeting June 1 at the De Vos Center, also for­ mally accepted the resignation of President Mark A. Murray, who announced in January that he will leave the university to become presi­ dent of Meijer Inc. Murray's resignation takes effect August 1, but he will begin taking earned vacation time July 1.

Board members unanimously passed the resolution and gave Davis a standing ovation. She said it's very natural for the chief academic officer to be tapped for the interim role and she already is involved with the president's work. Photo by Bernadine Carey-Tucker "Mark and I already work so closely together," Davis said. "There's not Board members and other staff members give Gayle R. Davis, third from right, a standing ovation after she was appointed interim presi­ see 'Davis' on page 4 dent. ···------Across Campus Educators discuss During presentations at high schools, Lopez said he discusses other post-high school plans, challenges that Hispanic, like technical schools. Latino students face "In the Hispanic community, a degree is not the Although more Hispanic and Latino students only factor to success. We do understand that are enrolling in college, educators say more not everyone will go on to college," he said. community partnerships and early connections are needed to help ensure that students finish Juan Olivarez, president of Grand Rapids their degrees. Community College, gave the keynote address at the seminar. Other speakers included Philip Area K-12 and college administrators met Batty, director of Grand Valley's Institutional May 24 at the Eberhard Center to discuss the Photo by Courtney Newbauer Analysis, and Jose Infante, board of trustees unique challenges that affect the success of Juan Olivarez, president of Grand Rapids member. Hispanic and Latino students. The half-day Community College, addresses participants at the first Hispanic/Latino Student Experience seminar, hosted by President Mark A. Murray, seminar, held May 24 at the Eberhard AmeriCorps students addressed issues high school and college stu­ Center. dents face, a historical perspective of the pop­ work on Habitat house ulations and recommendations for the future. from Grand Valley's Admissions office, and Mark Nazario, from Michigan State's Office Sarah Curle is learning that swinging a ham­ Anna Marie Clark, program adviser for of Multicultural Recruitment and Pre-College mer and pounding nails is not that far removed Student Support Services at Grand Rapids Outreach. All three agreed that reaching stu­ from her intended career of nursing. Community College, said many Hispanic and dents in the eighth or ninth grade is paramount Latino students arrive at college unprepared; to success. The health science major from Novi was one therefore, they many find courses too difficult of 250 AmeriCorps members who helped paint and drop out. "Language for them is a big Lopez said that Grand Valley, like most insti­ and put up siding on one of seven Habitat for issue," Clark said. "Something needs to be tutions, has numerous high school outreach Humanity houses in Grand Rapids during an addressed at the K-12 level." and mentorship programs. "Throughout our intensive service project day, May 23. They programs, we're giving overall support and Clark served as a panelist with Michael Lopez, keeping that connection going," he said. continues on page 2

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 2 Forum I June 5, 2006 Across Campus continued from page 1 Social work graduate wins award

were joined briefly by Michigan's Recent graduate Selene Wadhawan received the Lisa Putman Award for First Gentleman Dan Mulhern. Excellence in Child Welfare Services at the annual National Association of Social Workers Curle joined AmeriCorps in Conference in Ann Arbor. March. She and Joseph Savalle, another Grand Valley student, are Social work faculty members of the Michigan Service member David Gabrielse Scholars Program. Students said Wadhawan, who now accepted into the program com­ works for the Department plete 300 hours of community ser­ of Human Services as vice in a year and receive $1,000 a foster care and adop- toward college expenses. tion specialist, drove 140 miles round-trip from "I'm going to be a nurse, so help­ her Midland home to Big ing people is something that has Rapids to finish her mas­ Photo courtesy of David Gabrielse and always will be a part of me," ter's of social work with the Selene Wadhawan, second from right, is she said. "AmeriCorps is a great GVSU cohort there. pictured with Grand Valley social work program that allows you to help faculty members (left to right) Connie Shands-Baab, Jane Hayes, David Gabrielse people and also receive money for "While Selene has been Photo by Courtney Newbauer and Jean McFadden. college. It feels great to help those interested in public social Sarah Curle and Joseph Sava/le take who are less fortunate in any way a break from working on a Habitat welfare policy, her real for Humanity house in Grand Rapids. that I can." love has been working directly with youth who are in the system and need They are members of the Michigan an advocate to negotiate the various systems of social services, juvenile Service Scholars Program. Savalle, a biomedical science courts, mental health and education," Gabrielse said. major from Algonac, has volun­ teered at area hospitals and mentored young people as an AmeriCorps member. He said the skills he's learned will help him become more mar­ Students receive awards ketable after graduation. to offset costs of study abroad

"The networking by being in AmeriCorps will definitely be beneficial and The Padnos International Center announced that Grand Valley students the people skills learned are really helpful," he said. "Speaking in public Casey Rich and Jason Schuurman each received scholarship awards of and in front of large groups has also become easier. I have also learned $3 ,000 to offset the cost of studying abroad in China this summer. my leadership style and how to work with people who have different lead­ ership styles." Savalle plans to join the Peace Corps after graduation. The scholarships were from the Freeman Awards for Study in Asia pro­ gram, established in 2000 to encourage more Americans to study abroad Curle also recognized the benefits she's gained since joining AmeriCorps. in East and Southeast Asia. According to "Open Doors," the annual survey "Nursing is a special field and I believe AmeriCorps is helping me be a strong and independent person," she said. continues on page 4 • •• FORUM Volume 30, Number 40 GVFaces The GVSU Forum is published by the News Michael Leahy, systems analyst presentations and syl­ and Information Services Office every Blackboard administrator labi that their students Monday when classes are in session and can access at any time biweekly during the summer. The submission Since the late 1970s, Michael Leahy has har- from any place. deadline is Tuesday noon. Send publication bored an enthusiasm for computer technology. items to Michele Coffill, editor, c/o forum @ Accompanying his father to the office at the age of Leahy said one of the gvsu.edu. Telephone: 616-331 -222 1. Fax: 616- 10, he took an active interest in the computer sys­ newest Blackboard fea­ 331 -2250. tems there and began developing a knowledge that tures is Turnitin, which Faculty and staff members can find an online would later become crucial to his profession. can help instructors "Sketches" submission form on the Web at monitor the submis­ www.gvsu.edu/forum. Now a systems analyst in the Information sions of their students Other publications by tbe News and Technology department, Leahy is an administrator to prevent plagiarism. Information Services Office include: of the Blackboard system. He's worked at Grand By scanning student documents for unorigi­ Valley for seven years. Michael Leahy nal material, Turnitin GVNOW "Blackboard is a technology that instructors can will alert instructors to To see video features and daily campus choose to use in the classroom, just as they can potential citation issues in an effort to stop pla­ news, visit Grand Valley's online publication, choose to use the chalkboard," he said. "The quality giarism before it starts. Currently undergoing a GVNow, at www.gvnow.gvsu.edu. of the course is ultimately up to the instructor." testing period for the Spring/Summer term, Leahy said Turnitin will soon be fu lly integrated into the The use of the Blackboard system by campus fac­ Blackboard system. GRAND VALLEYII- ulty is on the rise. During the Winter 2006 semes­ ter, 1,000 faculty and staff members had active Away from work, Leahy chairs his church's finan­ Blackboard sites for their courses. The service cial council and serves as an adviser for Alpha Phi Grand Valley Magazine is published quarterly allows them to host classroom files like PowerPoint Omega, a new coed service fraternity on campus. for the university community. Visit its Web site at www.gvsu.edu/gvmagazine.

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What1 s Ahead Banner meetings scheduled AP Open Forum scheduled which runs Sundays at 8 p.m., June through August in Allendale, rain or shine. Concerts at 1\vo open forums regarding Grand Valley's The 14th Annual AP Open Forum is planned for the Beckering Family Carillon Center, at the Banner project are scheduled this month: June Thursday, June 15, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the De Vos Center, begin at noon on Wednesdays in 7, 9 a.m. , in the Kirkhof Center, room 104; and Kirkhof Center, Pere Marquette Room. July. See the full schedule below. June 20, 9 a.m., in the De Vos Center, room 303C. Provost Gayle R. Davis and other executive offi­ Cook Carillon Series cers are scheduled to attend. In previous years, June 25 : Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, Discussions will include Finance and Human they have answered questions about staffing, GVSU Carillonneur Resources phase II projects, Student and university goals, salary issues and spatial con­ July 2: Ray McLellan, Michigan State Financial Aid implementation schedules and cerns. Questions can be submitted in advance University processes, and third-party applications. (then asked by a member of the AP Committee) July 9: Julia Ann Walton, Okemos by sending an e-mail to Kathleen Vanderveen at July 16: Christine Power, Naperville, Illinois Questions can be submitted via e-mail to ban­ [email protected]. July 23: Helen Hawley, Westminster [email protected]. Presbyterian Church, Grand Rapids Beverages and cookies will be provided; partici­ July 30: GVSU Carillon Collaborative: Karen Departments host pants may bring their lunches. Meyers, Anna Colby, Loretta Lanning informal meeting for dads August 6: Todd Fair, University of Denver Summer Carillon Series of young kids August 13: Lee Cobb, Lake Wales, Florida begins August 20: Karel Keldermans, Springfield, Illinois The ChHdren's Center and Work Life Connections are sponsoring an informal meeting The Grand Valley Beckering Family Carillon Series for fathers of young children. Summer Carillon Series July 5: Dennis Curry, Kirk in the Hills, brings many opportuni­ Bloomfield Hills "What Daddies Do Best!" is scheduled for ties on both campuses to July 12: Julianne Vanden Wyngaard hear some of the world's Thursday, June 8, from noon-I p.m. in the July 19: Steven Ball, University of Michigan finest carillonneurs. Kirkhof Center, room 104. July 26: Linda Dzuris, Clemson University, South Carolina Joe Budnick, senior employee assistance consul­ The June 18 per­ tant for Encompass, will facilitate the dialogue. formance by David Lunch will be provided for the first 10 fathers Hunsberger from who register. To register, visit the Web site University of California, Concerts at the Cook www.gvsu.edu/worklife and click on "Upcoming Berkeley, opens the Carillon begin June 78. Events." Cook Carillon Series,

New GVSU exhibition features University's College of Fine Arts in Muncie, Indiana. She creates objects combining metal armatures, organic sculptural elements and col­ textiles and metals orful, enameled floral forms.

"Sources and Resources: Works in Textiles and Metals," a new exhibi­ Mixed-media fiber artist Jo Morasco has tion opening today at the Grand Valley Art Gallery, showcases the work been a weaver for 40 years. She resides of five distinguished artists. in Missouri and the Bahamas. Her vibrant work is influenced by African art, The art, by Ann Baddeley Keister, Patricia Nelson, Anne McKenzie Haitian voodoo banners and her close Nickolson and Jo Morasco, is informed by travel and collecting and connection to water. references specific sources, including fine and decorative European and American art, as well as ethnographic objects. Also included in the Many textile artists of the 1960s and '70s exhibit is work in textiles by the late Diane Itter, who died in 1989 at worked on a large scale using natural, the age of 43. undyed fibers and unevenly tied knots to create hangings and woven sculp­ In the fall, a slide lecture by metalsmith Nelson and fiber artist tures. Diane Itter, who began working in the early 1970s, took a very different This tapestry, "Mood Nickolson will be given on September 7, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., in the Indigo," by Ann Baddeley Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center. On the same date, a reception approach, creating small-scale works Keister is one of the works with the artists will be held in the GVSU Art Gallery from 5-7 p.m. The from fine, vividly colored threads. In displayed in the 'Sources exhibition will continue through September 22. 1979, she completed 40 pieces, working and Resources' exhibition, which begins today at the exclusively in the double- half-hitch knot­ Art Gallery. Ann Baddeley Keister, fiber artist and curator of this exhibit, is an assis­ ting technique from that time onward. tant professor in the Art and Design department at Grand Valley. Her elegant, narrative and abstract tapestries are included in numerous cor­ The GVSU Art Gallery, located in the Performing Arts Center on porate and private collections. the Allendale Campus, is open summer hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Fiber artist Anne McKenzie Nickolson teaches at Indiana University and creates dynamic, detailed, narrative and non-objective textile construc­ The exhibition, lecture and reception with artists are free and open to tions. the public. For more information call x12564.

Metalsmith Patricia Nelson is a professor of art at Ball State 4 Forum I June 5, 2006

Faculty and Staff Sketches

In the News Sketches conjunction with the SMART Student Media Arts Festival. Morse gave a presentation, Roger Moiles, instructor of political science, Christopher Dobson, assistant professor of "International Animation: Reports from the was interviewed by WOOD-AM for a story biology, wrote an article, "Becoming a Science Festivals." about President Bush's address on immigration Educator," published in Focus on Microbiology reform, by the Holland Sentinel about state and Education. Kim Roberts, associate professor of commu­ local campaigns, and by Michigan Public Radio nications, gave a presentation, "An Overview about the race for the seat held by U.S. Rep. Jerry Scripps, instructor of computing and of Video Installation," at the 14th Annual Vernon Ehlers. information systems, gave a presentation, Conference for Midwest Animators in Grand "Clustering in the Presence of Bridge-Nodes," Rapids. Mark Richards, associate professor of political at the SIAM Conference on Data Mining in science, was interviewed by WXMI-TV Channel Bethesda, Maryland. Jeanine Biese, assistant professor of occupa­ 17 for a story about the legal issues regarding tional therapy, gave a presentation, "Splinting DVD copying software. William Crawley, assistant professor of crimi­ for Humeral Fractures and Radial Nerve Injury nal justice, received a grant from the Department Splinting," at a conference in Milwaukee Chris Plouff, director of Career Services, was of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to intro­ sponsored by the American Society of Hand interviewed by the Grand Rapids Press, WXMI­ duce and support a variety of anti-gang strate­ Therapists and the University of Wisconsin­ TV Channel 17 and WZZM-TV Channel 13 for gies throughout the Western Federal District of Milwaukee. stories about students and the job market. Michigan. Matthew Cooper, research assistant at the Annis Troy Farley, assistant director of Career Robert Beasecker, director of Special Water Resources Institute, gave a presenta- Services, was interviewed by the Grand Rapids Collections for University Libraries, gave a pre­ tion, "Di stribution of Round Gobies in Coastal Press for a story about his work with a student sentation, "The First Seventy Years of Michigan Areas of Lake Michigan: Are Wetlands Resistant music entrepreneur. Novels: 1816-1886," at the Vander Veen Center to Invasion?" at the 49th annual meeting of for the Book, Grand Rapids Public Library. the International Association for Great Lakes Wendy Wenner, dean of the College of Research in Windsor, Ontario. AWRI faculty Interdisciplinary Studies, was interviewed by Deanna Morse, professor of communications, members Carl Ruetz and Don Uzarski were co­ WGVU Radio for a story about the annual state coordinated the 14th Annual Conference for authors. conference of the Michigan ACE Network. Midwest Animators at the Wealthy Theatre, in ••• Across Campus continued from page 2 students - Joshua Kling, Laura Eckelkamp and of international student mobility conducted by the Institute of International Mara Tornga - on the Education, 60 percent of all U.S. students studying abroad go to Europe, spot. while only about 6 percent study in Asia. Kling said he is excited to Since it was established, Freeman-Asia has supported more than 2,500 U.S. begin working in a field undergraduates with their study abroad plans in Asia. that puts him "on the front line of diagnosis." CLS students earn jobs at Mayo Clinic "I have a strong passion The second class of the Clinical Laboratory Science program participated in for the biological sciences, Photo courtesy of Linda Goossen a graduation ceremony on May 19, and many students had additional rea­ and particularly how the Recent graduates of the Clinical Laboratory sons to celebrate - jobs. body responds to adverse Science program (left to right) Mara Tornga, conditions," he said. "In Joshua Kling and Laura Eckelkamp will work at the Mayo Clinic. Because of a demand in the field, most of the 13 class members had job most situations, I'll be con­ offers, including three who will work at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in veying the diagnosis to the Rochester, Minnesota. doctor after the results have been obtained in the laboratory." Kling com­ pleted his clinical work at Spectrum Health and at St. Mary's Health Care. "There are 2,500 people working in the labs at the Mayo Clinic," said Linda Goossen, associate professor and director of the CLS program. She Goossen said students work in clinical settings for 18 weeks, which is why said clinic recruiters visited Gran~ Rapids recently and hi red three GVSU CLS students graduate later than most Grand VaJJey students. ···------Davis says she's not interested in permanent job as president continued from page 1 "We are right on schedule, perhaps even ahead ciate vice president for Academic Affairs at a lot I'm not familiar with, and Mark and I plan of schedule," said Brooks. "I am very pleased Wichita State University in Kansas, a position to work even more closely in the next month get­ with the candidates we have so far." she held from 1994. Davis was a faculty mem­ ting me prepared to serve as interim president for ber in the department of Women's Studies at as Jong as I'm needed." Davis, who has been at Grand Valley since 2002, Wichita State and served as chair from 1992-95. said she does not want the job permanently. She earned a doctorate in American Studies and Donna Brooks, chair of the President Search She stressed that she 's very comfortable work­ a master's degree in Art History from Michigan Advisory Committee, said the university may ing with the academic side of the university and State University. only need an interim president for a short period looks forward to working with another strong of time. The SAC is charged with getting a list leader as president. of suitable candidates to the Presidential Search Committee by June 30. Prior to joining the university, Davis was asso-