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Lanthorn, Vol. 46, No. 07, September 15, 2011 Grand Valley State University Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 9-15-2011 Lanthorn, vol. 46, no. 07, September 15, 2011 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol46 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 46, no. 07, September 15, 2011" (2011). Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012. 7. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol46/7 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Laker football TAKES ON INDIANAPi ^ GVL Archive Vy THE STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPERS AT GRAND VALLEY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 lanthorn.com Hear the Read the blog bells... "Back to School" Julianne Vanden Lanthorn columnist Edward Holman talks Wyngaard chimes in about his experience on her experiences as as a middle-aged GV's campus carillonist undergraduate. GVL / Eric Coulter See A3 Music to our ears: Carillonist Julianne Vanden Wyngaard teaches the carillon (pictured) and plays the Cook Carillon Clock Tower at GVSU. GV responds to record enrollment Julianne Vanden Wyngaard gives a carillon demonstration. www.lanthorn.com Fallfest 2011 West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association brings bluegrass music GVl Archive festival to Lowell, Steady growth: Freshman students pay close attention during the Marshall and Dorian presentation during Transitions. FTIAC freshman enrollment grew to 3,927 students this year. Mich. rollment for the 29th con­ tory with 3,927 students. With a steadily growing the provisions of additional By Anya Zentmeyer secutive year with a total President Thomas J. student body, Haas said the faculty and staff, have all GVL News Editor of 24,662 students, a 0.4 Haas said these numbers university has kept con­ been in an effort to ensure percent increase from last fall in line with the uni­ scious of the subsequently the university stays well What's Inside After receivinga record years ’ total of 24,541. versity’s plan for strategic growing need for all types balanced. number of almost 24,000 Enrollment for first growth of 1 percent each of accommodation. The “I think we have a very, applications for admission. time attending any college year, which he said has expansion of facilities, very good planning hori­ A2 News Grand Valley State Univer­ freshmen was the second- been consistently met dur­ classroom spaces and rec­ zon so that we can continue sity has reached record en­ largest in university his­ ing the past five years. reational fields, as well as A4 Opinion See Enrollment A2 AS Money Matters A6 Downtown 1 Sports GV Athletics saves $11,000 with ©OjbO 4A&E Athletic department uses B5 Marketplace video chat service to cut interviewing costs By Emanuel Johnson GVL Editor in Chief Those who have paid close attention to the inner workings of GrandValley State Universi­ ty Athletics may have heard that the university recently hired a new Associate Athletic Direc­ tor, Keri Becker. But what’s interesting is not who the university hired - it is the amount of money it saved in the process. GVSU Athletics saved about $11,000 this summer by using ooVoo, a Web-based video chat service, to conduct first-round interviews Courtesy Photo / Douglas Trudeau in three job searches. The savings were tracked Digital discussions: Members of Team ooVoo, all Seidman College of Business students, gather around a computer. based on projected expenses that Athletics From left to right: Sarah Swiatek, Christine Davis, Douglas Trudeau, Mike Angerbrandt and Kristin Frens are pictured. would have incurred with a normal interview process, which include travel by plane, train or GVSU Athletic Director Tim Selgo said us­ searches going, (and) we could do them all in car, food, lodging, employee pay and entertain­ ing ooVoo in lieu of traditional interviews also one afternoon instead of spreading them out ment. aided the department to save a great deal of over one week. ” As a result. Athletics is now looking to fully time. Becker, who formerly served as the head implement ooVoo within its department and “To be able to do a first round of interviews softball coach at Ferris State University with use it for future interviews, conference calls via ooVoo was just tremendous from a time Please Recycle and recruiting. standpoint,” he said. “It allowed us to get our See ooVoo, A2 Grand Valley Lanthorn A2 I NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 Enrollment continued from page A1 NEWS a very, very stable Grand BRIEFS Valley State University, re­ garding enrollment as well as financial means to achieve our mission,” Haas said. i am GV He added that in the past nominations open few years, GVSU has moved further and further along to a Grand Valley State residential campus from the University faculty commuter campus the uni­ and staff are asked to versity used to be. beginning nominat ­ Of this year ’s FTIAC ing students for the freshmen, 3291 reside on "I am' Grand Valley" campus, making a total of campaign, which rec­ f over 5,800 students living ognizes students for on campus for fall 2011, said exemplary leadership Andy Beachnau, director of and service. This Janu ­ Housing at GVSU. ary will be the ninth “This is an increase in all year of the campaign. types of residential students About 1,000 "I am - freshmen, transfers and re­ Grand Valley" t-shirts turning students,” Beachnau and certificates will be said. distributed to nomi­ He said more students nated GVSU students are opting to return to on- by the Office of Stu ­ campus housing as well as dent Life. Nominatees more transfers requesting to and nominators them live on campus. In the short will be recognized at term, Beachnau said the the "I am Grand Valley" university should be able to leadership reception meet the growing demand on Jan. 25. because housing always has • GVL Archive Deadline for nomi­ the option to add more beds Growing numbers: This year's freshmen gather in the Fieldhouse Arena during Transitions. Enrollment at GVSU has increased for 29 years in a row. nation submission is to some of the single bed­ This follows a recent However, Jodi Chycin- pleased with the number of this academic year has been Dec. 9th. rooms to accommodatemore transfer student pact with ski, director of admissions transfer students that made one of the best he has ever students. Grand Rapids Community at GVSU, said it is too early the decision to enroll at seen, is certain the positive In the long term, Beach­ College signed by GVSU as to tell whether or not the re­ GVSU this fall.” energy will fuel a successful nau said the university still well as Ferris State and West­ verse transfer agreement was She said though regis­ school year for the increas­ has to assess the demand for ern Michigan Universities. a factor in the increase of tering transfer students for ingly opulent student body. student housing both on- and The agreement, signed transfer students coming to courses closer to the begin­ “The positive energy as Mapworks survey off-campus as part of the in early June, was intended GVSU. ning of the term can be more we welcomed back students underway at GV campus master planning pro­ to act as a steppingstone for “The university has challenging than it is in late and welcomed new students students who transfer out of worked very hard in recent spring, academic advisers to our campus was just in­ cess. Targeting freshman, The university also saw GRCC with an associate de­ years to improve our rela­ and faculty have been work ­ fectious with optimism,” he the 2011 Mapworks a 1.2 percent increase in gree, allowing those students tionships with community ing with those students to said. “I am so proud of what survey began on Sep. to more successfully transfer colleges,” Chycinski said. build class schedules that we are doing.” transfer students, with 1,865 12 and will finish on admitted transfers this fall over credits to the three insti­ “We value students transfer­ meet degree requirements. Oct. 3rd. The survey versus 1,667 last fall. tutions that signed the pact. ring to GVSU. We are very Haas, who said the start of news @ lanthorn .com is used by the Univer­ sity to work with new students and assist in transitioning into col­ ooVoo did a great job communi­ interview. “They walked me face?” for it,” said senior Doug­ lege. cating with me via email or through it and helped me As of right now, Becker las Trudeau, a member of continued from page A1 Freshmen are high ­ phone and explaining to me with a few things ... it was said there are no plans for the Team ooVoo. “We’re doing ly encouraged to par­ added administrative respon­ what was going to happen easy to navigate and set up.” NCAA to discuss how this this for the sole purpose of ticipate in the survey sibilities, said the technology and how ooVoo worked,” technology plays into the sustainability and to save and also get involved was simple and convenient. said Becker, who was on Recruiting recruiting process, but she the university money and in Grand Valley State “The search committee vacation at the time of her The service also offers expects it to be a topic at its encourage different ways to University's student opportunities for coaches to convention in 2013.
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