SUMMER 2011 GRAND VALLEY MAGAZINE Admissions tour guides: campus storytellers Contents GRAND VALLEY MAGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1, SUMMER 2011 Features 14 Student tour guides ‘wow’ visitors with stories, sightseeing 18 Honor code sets standards for integrity, honesty 22 Fall Arts Celebration: classical compositions, contemporary issues, global arts 2 SUMMER 2011 | www.gvsu.edu Editorial Staff Mary Eilleen Lyon, M.S., ’05 Assistant Vice President for News and Information Services, Executive Editor Michele Coffill Editor and Writer Dottie Barnes, M.S., ’05 Contributing Editor and Writer Mary Isca Pirkola Contributing Editor and Writer Leah Zuber, B.A. ’10 Contributing Editor and Writer Bernadine Carey-Tucker, B.A., ’99 Photography Services Manager and Contributing Photographer Amanda Pitts, B.S. ’05, M.S. ’10 Photographer Elizabeth Lienau, B.S. ’05 Photography Coordinator Abigayle Sloan ’07 Alumni Editor Sherry Bouwman Editorial and Circulation Assistant Matthew E. McLogan Vice President for University Relations Design Staff Jacqueline Cuppy, B.F.A., ’87 Creative Director Christine Parkes-Schaw, B.S., ’06 Graphic Designer Contact Us Grand Valley Magazine is a publication of News & Information Services. Comments and suggestions are welcome. E-mail
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