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This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Grand Valley Forum, 1976- at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2007-2008, Volume 32 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. N 0 0 00 A NEWSLETTER FOR THE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY Published by News & Information Services ••• New philanthrophy journal launched

The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit planning grant to help develop the business Leadership at Grand Valley State University announces a new peer­ plan. reviewed journal for philanthropy, The Foundation Review. Behrens said The Foundation Review will "The field of philanthropy has grown increasingly professionalized over be a quarterly journal, with each year the past 20 years," said Kathy Agard, executive director of the Johnson emphasizing an overall theme and each Center. "The time is now ripe to take another step in the development issue focused on a particular topic within of the field by launching a journal devoted specifically to improving that theme. The theme for the first year is foundation philanthropy. We believe a peer-reviewed journal can help "community change." The first issue will build the field's knowledge base on both the science and the art of phi­ concentrate on comprehensive community lanthropy." initiatives; publication is slated for late 2008. Joel J. Orosz, founding director of The Grantmaking School and distin­ guished professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Johnson Center, sees "Learning more about what is happen­ Kathy Agard The Foundation Review as "a practical tool for the thoughtful philan­ ing in the arena of social change - what thropist and philanthropic professional. We want this to be the 'journal works and what doesn't - is one of the best ways to improve our effec­ of record' for the field, rigorous and impartial, but accessible in style tiveness," said Jim McHale, Kellogg Foundation senior vice president and written for practitioners." for programs. "There is a real hunger for learning from the experiences of others, yet there have been few mechanisms to promote that exchange The editor-in-chief is Teresa Behrens, the former director of evalua­ of information. In keeping with our mission of encouraging the practical tion for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Behrens is a loaned executive application of knowledge, we welcome the opportunity to support the to Grand Valley, helping launch The Foundation Review. The W.K. launch of this important publication." Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, has also provided a ···------Across Campus Charter school changes "I feel particular sadness about Tri-Valley," Richardson said. "It has operated for 12 years and was the first PSA chartered by Grand Valley. Grand Valley's Office of Charter Schools will recommend that the Board My office has done its best in helping TVA in meeting its challenges, but of Trustees renew the contracts of seven university-chartered public the improvements we have long sought in academic performance have school academies (PSAs). The contracts of two PSAs will expire this not occurred." summer and are not being recommended for renewal. The Grand Valley Charter School office will provide an orderly transi­ The PSAs recommended for renewal are William C. Abney Academy tion to Tri-Valley and Kalamazoo Advantage in the event either school in Grand Rapids; Crossroads Charter Academy in Big Rapids; Oakland reaches an agreement with a different charter authorizer. Performance Academy in Portage; Paragon Charter Academy in Jackson; Warrendale review data is available at www.gvsu.edu/gvnow. Charter Academy in Detroit; West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics in Spring Lake; Byron Center Charter School in Byron Center; and, Arbor Academy in Battle Creek. Grand Valley Board action Mathematics receives recognition on these renewals is expected at the Board's next meeting on February 29, 2008. The Mathematics Department has reaccreditation of both the elementary and secondary mathematics education programs, awarded as National The PSAs whose contracts are set to expire are Tri-Valley Academy Recognition, from the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher in Muskegon Heights, on June 30, 2008; and, Kalamazoo Advantage Education. Academy in Kalamazoo, on August 5, 2008. "Receiving this recognition from NCATE was the result of true team "The Charter School office is grateful to the leadership of Tri-Valley effort in my department," said Ed Aboufadel, Mathematics Department and Kalamazoo Advantage, who have worked diligently to serve their chair. "Nearly all of the faculty participated in some part of the creation, students," said its director, Dr. Ed Richardson. "But the student achieve­ implementation, or analysis of assessments of student work in nearly a ment results do not warrant the continued operation of these schools." dozen of our courses."

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY 2 Forum I February 11, 2008 Across Campus Gov. Granholm visits campus "This is another important opportunity for Grand Valley to continue its support of this great community," said Seidman College of Business Dean James Williams. "The university hopes to provide leadership in develop­ ing business, engineering and computing, and energy entrepreneurship skills and innovation necessary to promote alternative and renewable energy opportunities for West Michigan. These kinds of community col­ laborations are critical."

The cost of the event is $125 for the first representative from each com­ pany, and $75 each for additional attendees. For more information, contact Norman Christopher, director of the Sustainability Initiative at Grand Valley, at xl 7461 or [email protected]. Information about the summit is available at www.gvsu.edu/energysummit.

A/P Staff Award nominations open Gov. Jennifer Granholm with President Thomas J. Haas at WGVU-T\I. She was taping an appearance on Online nominations for Administrative/Professional staff awards are now "West Michigan Week." being accepted for the 2007-2008 academic year. Awards are given annu­ ally to recognize both team and individual accomplishments as selected by Alternative Energy helps local economy a group of peers. A/P employees can be nominated by students, faculty, or staff for six separate award categories. Grand Valley is taking a leadership role in helping West Michigan capital­ ize on the burgeoning alternative and renewable energy business oppor­ Nominations must be submitted by March 3. Awards will be presented to tunities. The university is hosting an Alternative and Renewable Energy selected recipients at the A/P Luncheon scheduled for April 29. For more Summit March 11. information or to submit a nomination, please visit www.gvsu.edu/ap/ awards. All persons submitting a nomination will be entered into a special The focus of the summit is to energize and assist the West Michigan man­ prize drawing. ufacturing community, technology developers, current and future supply chain providers, and executive managers, to fully understand the market Faculty and Staff Campaign continues opportunities of alternative and renewable energy for West Michigan's economy. The Faculty and Staff Campaign hit 33 percent participation with signifi­ cant help from volunteers at the end of 2007. As the campaign continues The event is a collaboration between the Seidman College of Business, the through June 2008, faculty and staff will participate by contributing to Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, and more than 200 scholarships and funds, many which were started by indi­ the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center. Other partners vidual faculty and staff members. For questions, contact your campaign include the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, NextEnergy, volunteer or Jennifer Reynolds, at x16606 or [email protected]. The Right Place, Inc. and the West Michigan Strategic Alliance. ···------FORUM Volume 32, Number 27 GVFaces The GVSU Forum is published by the News Tiesha Hogue administrative perspec­ and Information Services Office. The submis­ tive," she said. sion deadline is Tuesday noon. Send publi­ Paralegal, University Counsel cation items to Michele Coffill, editor, c/o Hogue said she's been forum @gvsu.edu. Telephone: 6 I 6-33 1-2221. For Tiesha Hogue, doing legal research comes second spending time visiting Fax: 6 I 6-331-2250. nature. That fact has applications in both her profes­ departments with universi­ Faculty and staff members can find an online sional and personal life. ty attorneys Tom Butcher "Sketches" submission form on the Web at and Patricia Smith "to get www.gvsu.edu/forum. "Sometimes when I hear about a case on TV at home, a feel for how this office News and Information Services Staff: I'll hop online and look up the law so I can figure out interfaces with all of the Mary Eilleen Lyon, assistant vice president for myself what's going on," said Hogue. other offices on campus." Sherry Bouwman, NIS assistant Dottie Barnes, communications specialist Tiesha Hogue Hogue recently joined the staff in the University Before corning to Grand Brian J. Bowe, communications specialist Counsel office as its first paralegal. In that role, Valley, Hogue worked as a paralegal in the Kent Michele Coffill, communications specialist she does legal research and assists with Freedom of Mary !sea Pirkola, communications specialist County Circuit Court clerk's office. Information Act requests. Bernadine Carey Tucker, photography manager Elizabeth Lienau, photography coordinator "Grand Valley is a completely different environment Amanda Pitts, photographer A Grand Rapids native, Hogue is a Grand Valley from the bureaucratic courthouse where I previously Christina Ritsema, student editor alumna. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelor's worked. There I dealt strictly with the public and degree in criminal justice. She is now working on her their constant personal legal issues. Here, I am learn­ Other publications by the News and master's degree in the same department. ing how the law affects the university itself and what Information Services Office include: legal issues are important to attorneys that represent "Grand Valley has been a part of my life since I was higher education institutions." GVNOW 14," she said. "I was a student in the TRIO/Upward Bound Program. I did my undergrad work here, I'm To see video features and daily campus Hogue has a five-year-old son named Tyane "TJ" in grad school here, and now I'm employed here. I news, visit Grand Valley's online publication, Barnes. "I spend all my extra time with him," she am so excited to work at the institution that has been GVNow, at www.gvsu.edu/gv now. said. a permanent fixture in my life." "I grew up with all the odds against me," she said. GRAND VALLEYli These days, she's getting used to seeing Grand Valley "I was raised by a single mother and I found myself from a different perspective. repeating those same mistakes. But with hard work Grand Valley Magazine is published quarterly and solid faith all things are possible, and my son has for the university community. Visit its Web "I'm trying to condition myself to look at the univer­ been my motivation to succeed." site at www.gvsu.edu/gvmagazine. sity from the other side of the spectrum - from an

Grand Vall ey Stale Uni versity is an affimiati ve action/equal opportunity institution. 3 Forum I February 11, 2008 Across Campus GVSU in pilot sustainability rating project "As Grand Valley continues to incorporate sustainability best practices across the campus using an interdisciplinary approach, the STARS will Grand Valley is among more than 90 college and university campuses help us accurately track and assess our performance" Steve Glass, associ­ selected to participate in the pilot phase of a rating system for sustainabil­ ate dean in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies. ity in higher education developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The self-assessment system, The system is similar to the LEED green building rating system. STARS, called STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System), however, is applied to an entire campus rather than a single building or set launched February 4. Participating college and university campuses will of buildings and evaluates social responsibility as well as environmental test the system over the course of 2008, and provide feedback to AASHE stewardship. Campuses may earn credits in three categories - curriculum that will inform STARS version 1.0, planned for release in spring 2009. and research; operations; and administration and finance. For more infor­ mation about STARS, visit www.aashe.org/stars. ···------What·s ahead Sculptors' exhibition explores intimates Fitness challenge begins

For more than 10 years, sculptors Sarah Lindley and Norwood Viviano Human Resources' Health and Wellness program is holding seven-week have worked in a shared studio while sometimes exploring related themes. "Commit To It" challenge, which begins February 11. The program is For the first time, their work will be brought together in a joint exhibition, aimed at faculty and staff who wish to incorporate healthy habits in their "Shifting Scale," at the Grand Valley Art Gallery. daily routine and maintain their current weight. A $10 registration goes to the 'pound pool' which will be used for prizes. The exhibition opening, on Thursday, February 14, includes a reception with the artists from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition For more information call Human Resources at xl2215, or visit runs through Friday, March 14. Admission is www.gvsu.edu/healthwellness. free. The gallery is located in the Performing Arts Center. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. CNN anchor gives talk Mondays-Fridays, with extended hours on Thursdays, until 7 p.m. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration continues this week a visit by CNN anchor Betty Nguyen. Nguyen wi ll give the lecture, Lindley's body of work, Poppenhuis Render­ "Humanitarian Work: It Will Change Your Life on February 13 from 4- ing, includes half-scale and miniature rendi­ 5 :30 p.m. in the Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center. tions of Dutch Cabinet Houses created entirely out of black clay slabs. The instruments, gar­ Nguyen is the co-founder of Help the Hungry, an organization that strives By Sarah Lindley ments and linens of Viviano's First Generation Miniature of Petronella to alleviate global hunger by providing humanitarian relief to poverty­ de la Court Cabinet Artifacts are holl ow bronze casts of discarded stricken fan1i lies. She will discuss her humanitarian aid trips to some of House. Italian immigrant heirlooms. The exhibition the poorest regions of the world. will highlight a transformation of image and material within both bodies of work, raising questions of gender, class, The event is also part of the Professionals of Color lecture series. For more handwork and the legacy of collections. information, visit www.gvsu.edu/oma.

Viviano teaches sculpture in Grand Valley 's Department of Art & Design. He has been a resident artist at Oxbow, in Sau­ Veteran's Benefits, Elder Care workshop gatuck, Mich., and the Royal College of Art in London. He received his MFA from Cranbrook The Grand Valley community is invited to learn about Pension with Aide Academy of Art. His solo exhibitions include and Attendance Benefits available through the Veteran 's Administration. Trace at the Garibaldi Meucci Museum in There is money available through the VA to help war-time veterans and Staten Island, NY, the Public Art Project Bill­ their widows to offset the costs of home-care, assisted living, and skilled board at Lemberg Gallery, in Ferndale, Mich., care faci lities. The workshops are February 20, in 104 KC, or February 21, and White Room at the McMaster Gallery, in 302C DEV. To register, visit www.gvsu.edu/healthwellness and click on University of South Carolina, Columbia. Workshops and Registration, or contact Sue Sloop at xl801 l.

Lindley is an assistant professor of Art at By Norwood Viviano Kalamazoo College, where she is responsible GVSU hosts conference on aging Untitled, Detroit Miniature. for the 3D curriculum and studios. She has an MFA from the University of Washington and Marty Martinson, director of the California Senior Leadership Project at has been an Arts and Industry Resident at the Kohler Company in Wis­ the University of California-Berkeley, will discuss research on older adult consin. Her work Poppenhuis Rendering was a solo exhibition at the Jane volunteerism and its effects on health at the 3rd annual Art & Science of Harstook Gallery in the Green which House Pottery in New York City. Aging Conference sponsored by Grand Valley.

For more information, call the Grand Valley Arts Gallery at x12564. The conference, with the theme, "Civic Engagement in the Second Half of Life," is scheduled for February 22, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., in the De Vos Center. Women's Center fundraiser postponed Martinson's speech, titled, "From Healers to Historians, Gray Panthers to The Women's Center "Indulge In a Cause" fundraiser scheduled for Working Grandmas: The Many Faces of Civic Engagement in Late Life," February 6 was postponed due to the weather. The event has been resched­ explores the dimensions of civic engagement. Martinson will question uled for February 13 from 5-7:30 p.m., in the Hager-Lubbers Exhibition whether civic engagement is about volunteerism, or whether political activ­ Hall of the De Vos Center. Tickets are $30, $10 for students, and are avail­ ism, family caregiving and other activiti es have a place. able through the Women's Center at x12748 or by e-mail at womenctr@ gvsu.edu. Registration for the conference is recommended and can be done on line at www.gvsu.edu/gsga under Gerontology Workgroup/Conference or by "Indulge in a Cause" is the Women's Center's signature event to raise calling xl 7105. The cost of the conference is $15, which includes lunch. money for its programs on both the Grand Valley campus and in the com­ Students and those 60 and over pay $10. munity promoting gender education and equity. The event features the area's best chocolate desserts and a silent auction. 4 Forum I February 11, 2008 ••• ALENDAR OF VENTS General events 5:30 p.m.: Asian Adoptees Part II. 215/216 KC. Fri., Feb. 15 Call x 12177 for more inforation. January 24 - March 21: Inuit Art Exhibit. PAD. 7 p.m.: An Evening of Jazz: From Bebop to Call xl2515 for more information. Afro-American Funk Jazz. Loosemore Wed., Feb. 13 Auditorium, DEV. Call x 12177 for more February 14 - March 14: "Shifting Scale" Art information. Exhibit. 1121 PAC. Call x12564 for more Noon: Toastmasters. 167 LOH. Call x12204 for information. more information. 7 p.m. : Vagina Monologues. Wealthy Street Theater. Call x12748 for more information. Noon: "Commitment to Healthy Living." 201 Mon., Feb. 11 KC. Call x 12215 for more information. Sun., Feb. 17 4 p.m.: Asian Pacific American Heritage 3 p.m.: "Conservative Research at the Nature Celebration presents George Aquino and Conservancy in Michigan." Multi-purpose 3 p.m.: 17th Annual High School Honors Band Emmanuel Barias. Cook-DeWitt Center. Call Room, LMC. Call xl3749 for more informa­ Concert with the Grand Valley Symphonic x 12177 for more information. tion. Wind Ensemble. LAT, PAC. Call x13484 for more information. 7 p.m.: Vagina Monologues. LAT, PAC. Call 4 p.m. : Professional of Color Lecture Series xl 2748 for more information. presents "Humanitarian Work: It Will Change 8 p.m.: Concert Band. LAT, PAC. Call xl3484 Your Life." Grand River Room, KC. Call for more information. 7:30 p.m.: Grand Valley Writers Series presents xl2177 for more information. Linda Gregerson and William Olsen. Alumni House. Call x 13601 for more information. 8 p.m.: Grand Valley Jazz Orchestra. LAT, PAC. Sports Call x13484 for more information.

Tues., Feb. 12 Thurs., Feb. 14 Thurs., Feb. 14 Noon: Grand Valley Quilters. 104 KC. Call 6 p.m.: Women's Basketball hosts Lake Superior x18125 for more information. 7:30 a.m.: Toastmasters. UClub. Call xl 7337 for State University. more information. Noon: Preparing for Graduate School. 204 STU. 8 p.m.: Men's Basketball hosts Lake Superior Call x13266 for more information. 5 p.m.: Opening Reception: "Shifting Scale." State University. 1121 PAC. Call x 12564 for more information. Noon: Asian American Engagement in Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sectors. 204 KC. 6 p.m.: Asian New Year Festival. Grand River Fri., Feb. 15 Call xl2177 for more information. Room. Call x 12177 for more information. 4 p.m.: Track and Field hosts Grand Valley Open. ------•••------Faculty and Staff Sketches In the News January at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San David Austin, professor of mathematics, gave a Diego. presentation titled "Wiki Math," in early January Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, associate professor of at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diego. criminal justice, was recently interviewed by Feryal Alayont, professor of mathematics, gave Austin also created the cover for the February Megan Schmidt, a reporter for the Holland a presentation titled "Inquiry Based Leaming in 2008 issue of the Notices of the American Sentinel, about domestic violence in police fami­ a Proofs Course," in early January at the Joint Mathematical Society. He also wrote an article lies. Mathematics Meeting in San Diego. in that issue about the JPEG image standard. To see the cover and the article, go to www.ams. Bill Ryan, director, and several members of Judy Whipps wrote two essays, "Feminism" org/notices/200802/. Grand Valley's New Music Ensemble were and "Communitarianism," which were pub­ featured on National Public Radio's "Weekend lished in the recent American Philosophy: Paul Fishback, professor of mathematics, and Edition Sunday" on February 3. The segment An Encyclopedia, ed. John Lachs and Robert Grand Valley alumnus Nathan Burch, wrote a helped push their CD to No. 15 on the Amazon Talisse. research article titled "Orthogonal Polynomials CD sales chart. The entire show can be heard at and Regression-based Symmetric Derivatives." www.npr.org. Tae-Wan Park, visiting professor of The artical appeared in The Real Analysis Mathematics, gave a presentation titled Exchange. "Traveling Solution of a Variational Wave Sketches Equation," in early January at the Joint Michael P. Lombardo, professor of biology, Mathematics Meeting in San Diego. wrote the article "Access to mutualistic endo­ Roger Ellis, professor of theatre, performed in symbiotic microbes: an underappreciated ben­ the show "Celebrating the Little Rock Nine," Esther Billings, professor of mathematics, efit of group living," and it was published in on Dr. Martin Luther King Day, in the Ford gave a presentation titled "Connecting ' Best the February issue of Behavioral Ecology and Fieldhouse, Grand Rapids. Practices' in Language Arts and Mathematics," Sociobiology. in late January at the annual meeting of the Christopher Dobson, associate professor of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, associate professor of biology, wrote an article, "Ecological Field in Tulsa, Okla. Billings also published an article criminal justice, published the "Instructors Studies," published in The Science Teacher. with two Grand Valley alumni, Tarah Tiedt and Resource Manual and Test Bank," as well as the Lindsey Slater. The article, "Algebraic Thinking "Study Guide," for Siegel's Criminology, 10th Steve Schlicker, professor of mathematics, gave and Pictorial Growth Patterns," appeared in the edition for Wadsworth-Thomson Learning. a presentation titled "Numbers Simultaneously December 2007/January 2008 issue of Teaching Polygonal and Centered Polygonal," in early Children Mathematics.