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Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University's Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
"We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable," he said. "If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity."
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students' expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: "inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction."
"Whether you've had way too many or just one too many, it's not worth the risk," said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. "There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won't be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you'll be going to jail."
news@lanthorn.com
[10] => As the school year gets into full swing at Grand Valley State University after a long summer, the warm weather and surge of popular on-campus events can often lead to more after-hours partying and drinking. But with Youth Alcohol Enforcement, they can also lead to more police.
Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University's Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
"We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable," he said. "If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity."
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students' expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: "inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction."
"Whether you've had way too many or just one too many, it's not worth the risk," said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. "There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won't be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you'll be going to jail."
news@lanthorn.com
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Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University’s Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
“We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable,” he said. “If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students’ expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: “inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction.”
“Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk,” said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. “There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won’t be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you’ll be going to jail.”
news@lanthorn.com
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Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University’s Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
“We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable,” he said. “If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students’ expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: “inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction.”
“Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk,” said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. “There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won’t be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you’ll be going to jail.”
news@lanthorn.com
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[__article_abstract] => With untested potential at several key positions, the Grand Valley State University football team may have more questions than answers heading into tonight's game against West Texas A&M University.
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[__article_copy] => With untested potential at several key positions, the Grand Valley State University football team may have more questions than answers heading into tonight's game against West Texas A&M University.
The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions - including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback - and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
"We're anxious to get going," said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. "We've put a lot of time an effort into this ... We're ready to get on the field and show everybody our product."
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas' spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas' system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
"He can make any throw on the football field," Mitchell said. "He gets them into a lot of good plays. He's a very intelligent player, and he's kind of crafty. He's got a little Brett Favre in him."
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
"A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us," said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard's absence. "As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete."
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight's game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
"There's going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday - we're on CBS, we're going to have a good crowd," he said. "So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully."
sports@lanthorn.com
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The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions - including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback - and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
"We're anxious to get going," said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. "We've put a lot of time an effort into this ... We're ready to get on the field and show everybody our product."
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas' spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas' system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
"He can make any throw on the football field," Mitchell said. "He gets them into a lot of good plays. He's a very intelligent player, and he's kind of crafty. He's got a little Brett Favre in him."
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
"A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us," said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard's absence. "As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete."
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight's game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
"There's going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday - we're on CBS, we're going to have a good crowd," he said. "So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully."
sports@lanthorn.com
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The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions – including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback – and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
“We’re anxious to get going,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “We’ve put a lot of time an effort into this … We’re ready to get on the field and show everybody our product.”
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas’ spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas’ system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
“He can make any throw on the football field,” Mitchell said. “He gets them into a lot of good plays. He’s a very intelligent player, and he’s kind of crafty. He’s got a little Brett Favre in him.”
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
“A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us,” said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard’s absence. “As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete.”
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight’s game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
“There’s going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday – we’re on CBS, we’re going to have a good crowd,” he said. “So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully.”
sports@lanthorn.com
[11] => With untested potential at several key positions, the Grand Valley State University football team may have more questions than answers heading into tonight’s game against West Texas A&M University.
The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions – including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback – and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
“We’re anxious to get going,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “We’ve put a lot of time an effort into this … We’re ready to get on the field and show everybody our product.”
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas’ spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas’ system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
“He can make any throw on the football field,” Mitchell said. “He gets them into a lot of good plays. He’s a very intelligent player, and he’s kind of crafty. He’s got a little Brett Favre in him.”
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
“A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us,” said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard’s absence. “As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete.”
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight’s game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
“There’s going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday – we’re on CBS, we’re going to have a good crowd,” he said. “So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully.”
sports@lanthorn.com
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Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
"I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty's Salary and Budget Committee said, 'We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,'" he said. "I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty."
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
"(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it's impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive," said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university's struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
"They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars," he said. "I call that irrational."
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
"If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we're doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state," he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature's low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
"If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities," he said. "In some ways their choices are not very good."
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
"A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region," Wolters said in a press release. "We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students' academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future."
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
"What we have here is an ethos, a culture that's student-centered and people will say 'I'm just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,' and that's the magic of this place, I think," he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university's budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
"We've been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities," he said. "When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We've made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better."
One key element of GVSU's plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
"This is a promise that I'm making, and I think it's a very critical one," he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan's 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[10] => Disappearing stimulus dollars, eroding levels of state funding and rising costs are creating a lethal cocktail for colleges nationwide as universities struggle to keep tuition raises to a minimum.
Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
"I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty's Salary and Budget Committee said, 'We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,'" he said. "I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty."
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
"(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it's impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive," said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university's struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
"They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars," he said. "I call that irrational."
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
"If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we're doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state," he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature's low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
"If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities," he said. "In some ways their choices are not very good."
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
"A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region," Wolters said in a press release. "We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students' academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future."
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
"What we have here is an ethos, a culture that's student-centered and people will say 'I'm just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,' and that's the magic of this place, I think," he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university's budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
"We've been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities," he said. "When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We've made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better."
One key element of GVSU's plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
"This is a promise that I'm making, and I think it's a very critical one," he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan's 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
“I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty’s Salary and Budget Committee said, ‘We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,’” he said. “I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty.”
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
“(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it’s impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive,” said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university’s struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
“They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars,” he said. “I call that irrational.”
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
“If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we’re doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state,” he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature’s low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
“If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities,” he said. “In some ways their choices are not very good.”
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
“A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region,” Wolters said in a press release. “We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students’ academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future.”
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
“What we have here is an ethos, a culture that’s student-centered and people will say ‘I’m just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,’ and that’s the magic of this place, I think,” he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university’s budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
“We’ve been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities,” he said. “When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We’ve made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better.”
One key element of GVSU’s plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
“This is a promise that I’m making, and I think it’s a very critical one,” he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan’s 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[11] => Disappearing stimulus dollars, eroding levels of state funding and rising costs are creating a lethal cocktail for colleges nationwide as universities struggle to keep tuition raises to a minimum.
Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
“I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty’s Salary and Budget Committee said, ‘We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,’” he said. “I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty.”
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
“(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it’s impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive,” said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university’s struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
“They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars,” he said. “I call that irrational.”
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
“If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we’re doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state,” he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature’s low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
“If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities,” he said. “In some ways their choices are not very good.”
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
“A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region,” Wolters said in a press release. “We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students’ academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future.”
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
“What we have here is an ethos, a culture that’s student-centered and people will say ‘I’m just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,’ and that’s the magic of this place, I think,” he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university’s budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
“We’ve been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities,” he said. “When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We’ve made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better.”
One key element of GVSU’s plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
“This is a promise that I’m making, and I think it’s a very critical one,” he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan’s 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => Grand Valley State University's Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
"You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support," she said. "As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it's a little more difficult. I have to say, we've had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million."
Shaping Our Future is the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
"When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let's be more comprehensive," Haas said. "Basically you're providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks."
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU's downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU's 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program's success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU's relationship with the community.
"The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment," he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
"Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now," she said. "Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that."
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU's faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
"That's a wow in my opinion," Haas said of the participation level among staff. "I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff."
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
"I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own," he said. "That's a measure of success and I'm so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I'm so proud of that. Now what we'll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we're on track to do that."
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[10] => Grand Valley State University's Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
"You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support," she said. "As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it's a little more difficult. I have to say, we've had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million."
Shaping Our Future is the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
"When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let's be more comprehensive," Haas said. "Basically you're providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks."
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU's downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU's 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program's success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU's relationship with the community.
"The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment," he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
"Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now," she said. "Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that."
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU's faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
"That's a wow in my opinion," Haas said of the participation level among staff. "I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff."
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
"I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own," he said. "That's a measure of success and I'm so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I'm so proud of that. Now what we'll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we're on track to do that."
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
“You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support,” she said. “As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it’s a little more difficult. I have to say, we’ve had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million.”
Shaping Our Future is the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
“When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let’s be more comprehensive,” Haas said. “Basically you’re providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks.”
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU’s downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU’s 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program’s success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU’s relationship with the community.
“The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment,” he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
“Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now,” she said. “Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that.”
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU’s faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
“That’s a wow in my opinion,” Haas said of the participation level among staff. “I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff.”
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
“I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own,” he said. “That’s a measure of success and I’m so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I’m so proud of that. Now what we’ll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we’re on track to do that.”
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
“You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support,” she said. “As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it’s a little more difficult. I have to say, we’ve had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million.”
Shaping Our Future is the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
“When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let’s be more comprehensive,” Haas said. “Basically you’re providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks.”
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU’s downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU’s 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program’s success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU’s relationship with the community.
“The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment,” he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
“Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now,” she said. “Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that.”
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU’s faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
“That’s a wow in my opinion,” Haas said of the participation level among staff. “I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff.”
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
“I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own,” he said. “That’s a measure of success and I’m so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I’m so proud of that. Now what we’ll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we’re on track to do that.”
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university's 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
"We are celebrating this morning," Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, "'Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.'"
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
"We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us," he said. "There's no doubt this will be a grand year."
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem "Five kinds of celebration," which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas' welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
[10] => Returning students and faculty welcomed a new class of Lakers at Grand Valley State University's convocation on Friday.
Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university's 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
"We are celebrating this morning," Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, "'Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.'"
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
"We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us," he said. "There's no doubt this will be a grand year."
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem "Five kinds of celebration," which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas' welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
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Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university’s 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
“We are celebrating this morning,” Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, “‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.’”
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
“We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us,” he said. “There’s no doubt this will be a grand year.”
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem “Five kinds of celebration,” which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas’ welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
[11] => Returning students and faculty welcomed a new class of Lakers at Grand Valley State University’s convocation on Friday.
Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university’s 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
“We are celebrating this morning,” Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, “‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.’”
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
“We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us,” he said. “There’s no doubt this will be a grand year.”
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem “Five kinds of celebration,” which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas’ welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry's map.
During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, "30 Minutes Or Less" will be the latest film from "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes "Parks And Recreations" star Aziz Ansari and "The Social Network" lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, "What's Wrong With Virginia," and the Kurt Russell film, "Touchback," that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
"I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost," said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. "It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here."
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country's most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
"It's definitely been an interesting experience," he said. "Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it's been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft."
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
"Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area," he said. "What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema."
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
"I think it's always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area," he said. "There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it."
"30 Minutes Or Less" has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
[10] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry's map.
During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, "30 Minutes Or Less" will be the latest film from "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes "Parks And Recreations" star Aziz Ansari and "The Social Network" lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, "What's Wrong With Virginia," and the Kurt Russell film, "Touchback," that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
"I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost," said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. "It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here."
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country's most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
"It's definitely been an interesting experience," he said. "Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it's been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft."
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
"Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area," he said. "What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema."
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
"I think it's always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area," he said. "There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it."
"30 Minutes Or Less" has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
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During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, “30 Minutes Or Less” will be the latest film from “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes “Parks And Recreations” star Aziz Ansari and “The Social Network” lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, “What’s Wrong With Virginia,” and the Kurt Russell film, “Touchback,” that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
“I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost,” said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. “It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here.”
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country’s most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
“It’s definitely been an interesting experience,” he said. “Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it’s been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft.”
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
“Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area,” he said. “What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema.”
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
“I think it’s always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area,” he said. “There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it.”
“30 Minutes Or Less” has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
[11] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry’s map.
During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, “30 Minutes Or Less” will be the latest film from “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes “Parks And Recreations” star Aziz Ansari and “The Social Network” lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, “What’s Wrong With Virginia,” and the Kurt Russell film, “Touchback,” that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
“I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost,” said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. “It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here.”
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country’s most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
“It’s definitely been an interesting experience,” he said. “Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it’s been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft.”
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
“Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area,” he said. “What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema.”
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
“I think it’s always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area,” he said. “There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it.”
“30 Minutes Or Less” has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => The Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees had money or their minds at their July 16 meeting where the 2010-11 budget was approved to include a 5.3 percent increase in tuition.
The Board unanimously approved the next fiscal year's budget, which also featured a wage freeze for the majority of GVSU employees and a change in health care coverage that requires employees to pay about 20 percent of their costs out-of-pocket instead of the previous 13 percent.
Jim Bachmeier, vice president for Finance and Administration, recommended the budget to the board.
"We worked hard to maintain affordability," said Jim Bachmeier, vice president of Finance and Administration, as he presented the budget. He added that the university will continue its trend of increasing financial aid options at a higher rate than the tuition increase. About $26 million in financial aid will be offered to GVSU students in 2010-11, an increase of 6.3 percent.
Ferris State University and Central Michigan University recently upped their tuition by 4.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. Bachmeier said some other universities are setting different tuition rates for each semester in hopes of making the increased cost look smaller.
"We're really a transparent organization," Bachmeier said of GVSU's year-long tuition rate.
The increase will cost undergraduate students an average of $299 more each semester and put tuition at $9,088 a year, which is still below the state average.
Board members applauded faculty and staff for agreeing to the wage freeze as well as donating some of their pay to the campaign to fund student scholarships.
"We are very appreciative ... to the faculty and staff for this freeze," said Dorothy Johnson, a board member. "We know you had to make concessions, you had to make sacrifice, you had to use even more creativity."
Bachmeier also commended the faculty for their dedication to the university.
"It is, I would say, broadly accepted that this was the right decision at this time," Bachmeier said of the budget. "There's a time when you have to do a little extra for a little less, and this is that year."
President Thomas Haas maintained his proposal to decrease tuition by 5 percent if the state grants GVSU the average per-student aid that other universities received. However, it is predicted the state will cut its aid by another 3 percent.
Other topics addressed at the meeting included:
*an update on the Developmental Division report
*the approval of a Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching major
*the approval of GVSU's first completely online course for Educational Technology
*a report on charter school performance
*the sale of property on Front Avenue from DeVries Development Properties LLC to GVSU for its new building for the Seidman College of Business
editorial@lanthorn.com
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The Board unanimously approved the next fiscal year's budget, which also featured a wage freeze for the majority of GVSU employees and a change in health care coverage that requires employees to pay about 20 percent of their costs out-of-pocket instead of the previous 13 percent.
Jim Bachmeier, vice president for Finance and Administration, recommended the budget to the board.
"We worked hard to maintain affordability," said Jim Bachmeier, vice president of Finance and Administration, as he presented the budget. He added that the university will continue its trend of increasing financial aid options at a higher rate than the tuition increase. About $26 million in financial aid will be offered to GVSU students in 2010-11, an increase of 6.3 percent.
Ferris State University and Central Michigan University recently upped their tuition by 4.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. Bachmeier said some other universities are setting different tuition rates for each semester in hopes of making the increased cost look smaller.
"We're really a transparent organization," Bachmeier said of GVSU's year-long tuition rate.
The increase will cost undergraduate students an average of $299 more each semester and put tuition at $9,088 a year, which is still below the state average.
Board members applauded faculty and staff for agreeing to the wage freeze as well as donating some of their pay to the campaign to fund student scholarships.
"We are very appreciative ... to the faculty and staff for this freeze," said Dorothy Johnson, a board member. "We know you had to make concessions, you had to make sacrifice, you had to use even more creativity."
Bachmeier also commended the faculty for their dedication to the university.
"It is, I would say, broadly accepted that this was the right decision at this time," Bachmeier said of the budget. "There's a time when you have to do a little extra for a little less, and this is that year."
President Thomas Haas maintained his proposal to decrease tuition by 5 percent if the state grants GVSU the average per-student aid that other universities received. However, it is predicted the state will cut its aid by another 3 percent.
Other topics addressed at the meeting included:
*an update on the Developmental Division report
*the approval of a Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching major
*the approval of GVSU's first completely online course for Educational Technology
*a report on charter school performance
*the sale of property on Front Avenue from DeVries Development Properties LLC to GVSU for its new building for the Seidman College of Business
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The Board unanimously approved the next fiscal year’s budget, which also featured a wage freeze for the majority of GVSU employees and a change in health care coverage that requires employees to pay about 20 percent of their costs out-of-pocket instead of the previous 13 percent.
Jim Bachmeier, vice president for Finance and Administration, recommended the budget to the board.
“We worked hard to maintain affordability,” said Jim Bachmeier, vice president of Finance and Administration, as he presented the budget. He added that the university will continue its trend of increasing financial aid options at a higher rate than the tuition increase. About $26 million in financial aid will be offered to GVSU students in 2010-11, an increase of 6.3 percent.
Ferris State University and Central Michigan University recently upped their tuition by 4.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. Bachmeier said some other universities are setting different tuition rates for each semester in hopes of making the increased cost look smaller.
“We’re really a transparent organization,” Bachmeier said of GVSU’s year-long tuition rate.
The increase will cost undergraduate students an average of $299 more each semester and put tuition at $9,088 a year, which is still below the state average.
Board members applauded faculty and staff for agreeing to the wage freeze as well as donating some of their pay to the campaign to fund student scholarships.
“We are very appreciative … to the faculty and staff for this freeze,” said Dorothy Johnson, a board member. “We know you had to make concessions, you had to make sacrifice, you had to use even more creativity.”
Bachmeier also commended the faculty for their dedication to the university.
“It is, I would say, broadly accepted that this was the right decision at this time,” Bachmeier said of the budget. “There’s a time when you have to do a little extra for a little less, and this is that year.”
President Thomas Haas maintained his proposal to decrease tuition by 5 percent if the state grants GVSU the average per-student aid that other universities received. However, it is predicted the state will cut its aid by another 3 percent.
Other topics addressed at the meeting included:
*an update on the Developmental Division report
*the approval of a Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching major
*the approval of GVSU’s first completely online course for Educational Technology
*a report on charter school performance
*the sale of property on Front Avenue from DeVries Development Properties LLC to GVSU for its new building for the Seidman College of Business
editorial@lanthorn.com
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The Board unanimously approved the next fiscal year’s budget, which also featured a wage freeze for the majority of GVSU employees and a change in health care coverage that requires employees to pay about 20 percent of their costs out-of-pocket instead of the previous 13 percent.
Jim Bachmeier, vice president for Finance and Administration, recommended the budget to the board.
“We worked hard to maintain affordability,” said Jim Bachmeier, vice president of Finance and Administration, as he presented the budget. He added that the university will continue its trend of increasing financial aid options at a higher rate than the tuition increase. About $26 million in financial aid will be offered to GVSU students in 2010-11, an increase of 6.3 percent.
Ferris State University and Central Michigan University recently upped their tuition by 4.7 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. Bachmeier said some other universities are setting different tuition rates for each semester in hopes of making the increased cost look smaller.
“We’re really a transparent organization,” Bachmeier said of GVSU’s year-long tuition rate.
The increase will cost undergraduate students an average of $299 more each semester and put tuition at $9,088 a year, which is still below the state average.
Board members applauded faculty and staff for agreeing to the wage freeze as well as donating some of their pay to the campaign to fund student scholarships.
“We are very appreciative … to the faculty and staff for this freeze,” said Dorothy Johnson, a board member. “We know you had to make concessions, you had to make sacrifice, you had to use even more creativity.”
Bachmeier also commended the faculty for their dedication to the university.
“It is, I would say, broadly accepted that this was the right decision at this time,” Bachmeier said of the budget. “There’s a time when you have to do a little extra for a little less, and this is that year.”
President Thomas Haas maintained his proposal to decrease tuition by 5 percent if the state grants GVSU the average per-student aid that other universities received. However, it is predicted the state will cut its aid by another 3 percent.
Other topics addressed at the meeting included:
*an update on the Developmental Division report
*the approval of a Comprehensive Science and Arts for Teaching major
*the approval of GVSU’s first completely online course for Educational Technology
*a report on charter school performance
*the sale of property on Front Avenue from DeVries Development Properties LLC to GVSU for its new building for the Seidman College of Business
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It has been more than a month since I packed my things and headed out of Michigan. My final destination: Cooperstown, N.Y., and a summer internship in the public relations department at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
When my office phone rang Tuesday afternoon, it was not surprising my boss was on the other end. His words, however, caught me off guard.
"Dante Bichette is in the research library. Do you want to interview him and write a blog?"
At least, I believe that is how he phrased it. My mind stopped after hearing Bichette's name, and again after "interview."
Dante Bichette is not a household name, but most baseball fans will recognize him as the former power-hitting outfielder from the 1990s.
So off I went across the museum to the research library. With less than a minute to prepare, the only questions coming to mind were basic. There was no time to do better.
Former athletes lose their shape shortly after retiring -- or so I thought. Even sitting down, Bichette seemed large in front of me. Besides for two bad knees, the former Colorado Rockies slugger appeared ready to take batting practice.
And with those thoughts on my mind, the interview started. Not more than 10 minutes later, the impromptu meeting came to a successful end with a handshake and a thank you. Bichette headed off to coach his son's baseball game, and I scampered back to my desk to write.
It was just another day at the office.
Work has never been a pleasant experience. Work is a necessary evil: a summer job instead of going to the beach, a 10-page paper due tomorrow when you want to relax tonight.
It is boring, time consuming and does not make a person happy. Yet, this quaint little town of 2,000 people has provided me with a job about which I cannot complain.
Living and working in rural New York is not what I had mind when casually sending off internship applications last fall. Sometimes I am amazed my GPS could even find this tiny place. Still, here I am, one of 22 interns selected out of a group of almost 500 applicants -- I count my blessings constantly.
Working at the Hall is a never-ending learning experience. Not only have I learned plenty about public relations, the amount of baseball crammed into my head has grown exponentially. For someone obsessed with the sport, this is heaven.
The Hall has an incredible collection of more than 38,000 3-D artifacts, and I have seen and touched some of the best of them: game-used bats from Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr., a game-used glove and jersey sweater from Ty Cobb, first base from Armando Galarraga's "perfect" game, baseballs signed by Jackie Robinson and, weirdly, a bottle of Tris Speaker-branded whiskey.
I met almost 30 former major leaguers, including seven Hall of Fame members -- in just one weekend. In case you were wondering, Ozzie Smith is extremely quiet and Bob Feller likes to talk.
But for all of the amazing things I have done in my time here, there is one experience that tops all others: solitude.
There are days when I arrive early to work to walk through the plaque gallery without the waves of tourists. If the weather is nice, the sun shines through the skylights and creates a picturesque scene among the almost 300 baseball heroes. For a short time, it is just me and the best to ever play America's pastime. The experience is unforgettable.
Some visit Cooperstown only once in their life. I have 10 full weeks.
I consider myself lucky.
sports@lanthorn.com
[10] => I have met some great personalities in my time as a writer, but these days every interview has become a new and exciting experience.
It has been more than a month since I packed my things and headed out of Michigan. My final destination: Cooperstown, N.Y., and a summer internship in the public relations department at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
When my office phone rang Tuesday afternoon, it was not surprising my boss was on the other end. His words, however, caught me off guard.
"Dante Bichette is in the research library. Do you want to interview him and write a blog?"
At least, I believe that is how he phrased it. My mind stopped after hearing Bichette's name, and again after "interview."
Dante Bichette is not a household name, but most baseball fans will recognize him as the former power-hitting outfielder from the 1990s.
So off I went across the museum to the research library. With less than a minute to prepare, the only questions coming to mind were basic. There was no time to do better.
Former athletes lose their shape shortly after retiring -- or so I thought. Even sitting down, Bichette seemed large in front of me. Besides for two bad knees, the former Colorado Rockies slugger appeared ready to take batting practice.
And with those thoughts on my mind, the interview started. Not more than 10 minutes later, the impromptu meeting came to a successful end with a handshake and a thank you. Bichette headed off to coach his son's baseball game, and I scampered back to my desk to write.
It was just another day at the office.
Work has never been a pleasant experience. Work is a necessary evil: a summer job instead of going to the beach, a 10-page paper due tomorrow when you want to relax tonight.
It is boring, time consuming and does not make a person happy. Yet, this quaint little town of 2,000 people has provided me with a job about which I cannot complain.
Living and working in rural New York is not what I had mind when casually sending off internship applications last fall. Sometimes I am amazed my GPS could even find this tiny place. Still, here I am, one of 22 interns selected out of a group of almost 500 applicants -- I count my blessings constantly.
Working at the Hall is a never-ending learning experience. Not only have I learned plenty about public relations, the amount of baseball crammed into my head has grown exponentially. For someone obsessed with the sport, this is heaven.
The Hall has an incredible collection of more than 38,000 3-D artifacts, and I have seen and touched some of the best of them: game-used bats from Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr., a game-used glove and jersey sweater from Ty Cobb, first base from Armando Galarraga's "perfect" game, baseballs signed by Jackie Robinson and, weirdly, a bottle of Tris Speaker-branded whiskey.
I met almost 30 former major leaguers, including seven Hall of Fame members -- in just one weekend. In case you were wondering, Ozzie Smith is extremely quiet and Bob Feller likes to talk.
But for all of the amazing things I have done in my time here, there is one experience that tops all others: solitude.
There are days when I arrive early to work to walk through the plaque gallery without the waves of tourists. If the weather is nice, the sun shines through the skylights and creates a picturesque scene among the almost 300 baseball heroes. For a short time, it is just me and the best to ever play America's pastime. The experience is unforgettable.
Some visit Cooperstown only once in their life. I have 10 full weeks.
I consider myself lucky.
sports@lanthorn.com
[__article_copy_formatted] => I have met some great personalities in my time as a writer, but these days every interview has become a new and exciting experience.
It has been more than a month since I packed my things and headed out of Michigan. My final destination: Cooperstown, N.Y., and a summer internship in the public relations department at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
When my office phone rang Tuesday afternoon, it was not surprising my boss was on the other end. His words, however, caught me off guard.
“Dante Bichette is in the research library. Do you want to interview him and write a blog?”
At least, I believe that is how he phrased it. My mind stopped after hearing Bichette’s name, and again after “interview.”
Dante Bichette is not a household name, but most baseball fans will recognize him as the former power-hitting outfielder from the 1990s.
So off I went across the museum to the research library. With less than a minute to prepare, the only questions coming to mind were basic. There was no time to do better.
Former athletes lose their shape shortly after retiring — or so I thought. Even sitting down, Bichette seemed large in front of me. Besides for two bad knees, the former Colorado Rockies slugger appeared ready to take batting practice.
And with those thoughts on my mind, the interview started. Not more than 10 minutes later, the impromptu meeting came to a successful end with a handshake and a thank you. Bichette headed off to coach his son’s baseball game, and I scampered back to my desk to write.
It was just another day at the office.
Work has never been a pleasant experience. Work is a necessary evil: a summer job instead of going to the beach, a 10-page paper due tomorrow when you want to relax tonight.
It is boring, time consuming and does not make a person happy. Yet, this quaint little town of 2,000 people has provided me with a job about which I cannot complain.
Living and working in rural New York is not what I had mind when casually sending off internship applications last fall. Sometimes I am amazed my GPS could even find this tiny place. Still, here I am, one of 22 interns selected out of a group of almost 500 applicants — I count my blessings constantly.
Working at the Hall is a never-ending learning experience. Not only have I learned plenty about public relations, the amount of baseball crammed into my head has grown exponentially. For someone obsessed with the sport, this is heaven.
The Hall has an incredible collection of more than 38,000 3-D artifacts, and I have seen and touched some of the best of them: game-used bats from Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr., a game-used glove and jersey sweater from Ty Cobb, first base from Armando Galarraga’s “perfect” game, baseballs signed by Jackie Robinson and, weirdly, a bottle of Tris Speaker-branded whiskey.
I met almost 30 former major leaguers, including seven Hall of Fame members — in just one weekend. In case you were wondering, Ozzie Smith is extremely quiet and Bob Feller likes to talk.
But for all of the amazing things I have done in my time here, there is one experience that tops all others: solitude.
There are days when I arrive early to work to walk through the plaque gallery without the waves of tourists. If the weather is nice, the sun shines through the skylights and creates a picturesque scene among the almost 300 baseball heroes. For a short time, it is just me and the best to ever play America’s pastime. The experience is unforgettable.
Some visit Cooperstown only once in their life. I have 10 full weeks.
I consider myself lucky.
sports@lanthorn.com
[11] => I have met some great personalities in my time as a writer, but these days every interview has become a new and exciting experience.
It has been more than a month since I packed my things and headed out of Michigan. My final destination: Cooperstown, N.Y., and a summer internship in the public relations department at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
When my office phone rang Tuesday afternoon, it was not surprising my boss was on the other end. His words, however, caught me off guard.
“Dante Bichette is in the research library. Do you want to interview him and write a blog?”
At least, I believe that is how he phrased it. My mind stopped after hearing Bichette’s name, and again after “interview.”
Dante Bichette is not a household name, but most baseball fans will recognize him as the former power-hitting outfielder from the 1990s.
So off I went across the museum to the research library. With less than a minute to prepare, the only questions coming to mind were basic. There was no time to do better.
Former athletes lose their shape shortly after retiring — or so I thought. Even sitting down, Bichette seemed large in front of me. Besides for two bad knees, the former Colorado Rockies slugger appeared ready to take batting practice.
And with those thoughts on my mind, the interview started. Not more than 10 minutes later, the impromptu meeting came to a successful end with a handshake and a thank you. Bichette headed off to coach his son’s baseball game, and I scampered back to my desk to write.
It was just another day at the office.
Work has never been a pleasant experience. Work is a necessary evil: a summer job instead of going to the beach, a 10-page paper due tomorrow when you want to relax tonight.
It is boring, time consuming and does not make a person happy. Yet, this quaint little town of 2,000 people has provided me with a job about which I cannot complain.
Living and working in rural New York is not what I had mind when casually sending off internship applications last fall. Sometimes I am amazed my GPS could even find this tiny place. Still, here I am, one of 22 interns selected out of a group of almost 500 applicants — I count my blessings constantly.
Working at the Hall is a never-ending learning experience. Not only have I learned plenty about public relations, the amount of baseball crammed into my head has grown exponentially. For someone obsessed with the sport, this is heaven.
The Hall has an incredible collection of more than 38,000 3-D artifacts, and I have seen and touched some of the best of them: game-used bats from Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr., a game-used glove and jersey sweater from Ty Cobb, first base from Armando Galarraga’s “perfect” game, baseballs signed by Jackie Robinson and, weirdly, a bottle of Tris Speaker-branded whiskey.
I met almost 30 former major leaguers, including seven Hall of Fame members — in just one weekend. In case you were wondering, Ozzie Smith is extremely quiet and Bob Feller likes to talk.
But for all of the amazing things I have done in my time here, there is one experience that tops all others: solitude.
There are days when I arrive early to work to walk through the plaque gallery without the waves of tourists. If the weather is nice, the sun shines through the skylights and creates a picturesque scene among the almost 300 baseball heroes. For a short time, it is just me and the best to ever play America’s pastime. The experience is unforgettable.
Some visit Cooperstown only once in their life. I have 10 full weeks.
I consider myself lucky.
sports@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => Summer vacation has long since begun at Grand Valley State University, but some of the school's coaches and athletes have been busy preparing not only themselves for upcoming seasons but aspiring collegiate athletes as well.
In service to the community and as a means to earn some fundraising gain, several GVSU athletic teams have begun hosting summer camps geared toward improving younger athletes' skills in a specific sport.
Altogether the school offers instruction in 12 different sports plus a multi-sport camp for elementary and junior high students. Each sport is broken down into several concentrated facets for each session of each camp.
Some camps, such as the GVSU baseball camp, are only offered to young children (in this case ages 7-12). Coordinated by GVSU assistant baseball coach Jamie Detillion and run by current and former players, the baseball camp is designed to teach participants only the basic skills and technique necessary to participate effectively in the sport.
"Our focus is not on competitiveness and it is not on developing collegiate athletes," Detillion said. "Our focus is more so on having fun, enjoying the game, skill development and some of the finer points of the game. The kids that we have at the summer camps are just too young to get caught up into winning and losing."
Other sports, such as football and volleyball, offer more concentrated aid to older participants with the intent of developing a skill set for future collegiate athletes.
The football team offered an offensive and defensive lineman camp on June 28 for high school students and has planned for two specialized sessions offered only to high school seniors on July 11 and 14.
As for the volleyball team, variety is the key word. The team has planned several one-day position camps as well as a few sessions of team camps for July. There will even be a two-day elite camp on July 12 and 13 designed to test highly-skilled players in the same manner as that of GVSU players.
"This year, the variety in our camps is unparalleled," said Camp Director Craig Vlietstra on the camp Web site. "We have added a ball control and scrimmage camp along with a beach volleyball camp. In a nutshell, we are passionate about volleyball and simply want to share this love with as many summer campers as possible."
This sense of passion and service can be seen in most of the camps. GVSU head softball coach Doug Woods, who will head up two days of skill-driven camps in late July, said he is glad to reach out now that the school year is over.
"During the school year it's a little bit tough to get to reach out to the community," he said. "We have both our season and our academics to worry about. But during the summer, it becomes easier for our players to find the time to work with younger athletes."
While the GVSU athletes running the camps gain an opportunity for community service and a minor financial boost for their program, Detillion said what they gain in teaching fundamentals to young athletes is far more valuable in developing their own skill set.
"We typically have some of our older players help out with the camps," he said. "They learn to absorb the game a lot better when they're teaching it than when we're teaching them. It forces them to think about their own skill development when trying to teach it to a younger athlete."
Several sports have already held sessions designed for a specific group of athletes and are preparing for a second round of sessions for July. The women's lacrosse clinic, which has been slated as a Fall 2010 clinic, has yet to release complete details.
For more information about all of GVSU's summer sports camps, go to www.grandvalleystatesportscamps.com.
managingeditor@lanthorn.com
[10] => Summer vacation has long since begun at Grand Valley State University, but some of the school's coaches and athletes have been busy preparing not only themselves for upcoming seasons but aspiring collegiate athletes as well.
In service to the community and as a means to earn some fundraising gain, several GVSU athletic teams have begun hosting summer camps geared toward improving younger athletes' skills in a specific sport.
Altogether the school offers instruction in 12 different sports plus a multi-sport camp for elementary and junior high students. Each sport is broken down into several concentrated facets for each session of each camp.
Some camps, such as the GVSU baseball camp, are only offered to young children (in this case ages 7-12). Coordinated by GVSU assistant baseball coach Jamie Detillion and run by current and former players, the baseball camp is designed to teach participants only the basic skills and technique necessary to participate effectively in the sport.
"Our focus is not on competitiveness and it is not on developing collegiate athletes," Detillion said. "Our focus is more so on having fun, enjoying the game, skill development and some of the finer points of the game. The kids that we have at the summer camps are just too young to get caught up into winning and losing."
Other sports, such as football and volleyball, offer more concentrated aid to older participants with the intent of developing a skill set for future collegiate athletes.
The football team offered an offensive and defensive lineman camp on June 28 for high school students and has planned for two specialized sessions offered only to high school seniors on July 11 and 14.
As for the volleyball team, variety is the key word. The team has planned several one-day position camps as well as a few sessions of team camps for July. There will even be a two-day elite camp on July 12 and 13 designed to test highly-skilled players in the same manner as that of GVSU players.
"This year, the variety in our camps is unparalleled," said Camp Director Craig Vlietstra on the camp Web site. "We have added a ball control and scrimmage camp along with a beach volleyball camp. In a nutshell, we are passionate about volleyball and simply want to share this love with as many summer campers as possible."
This sense of passion and service can be seen in most of the camps. GVSU head softball coach Doug Woods, who will head up two days of skill-driven camps in late July, said he is glad to reach out now that the school year is over.
"During the school year it's a little bit tough to get to reach out to the community," he said. "We have both our season and our academics to worry about. But during the summer, it becomes easier for our players to find the time to work with younger athletes."
While the GVSU athletes running the camps gain an opportunity for community service and a minor financial boost for their program, Detillion said what they gain in teaching fundamentals to young athletes is far more valuable in developing their own skill set.
"We typically have some of our older players help out with the camps," he said. "They learn to absorb the game a lot better when they're teaching it than when we're teaching them. It forces them to think about their own skill development when trying to teach it to a younger athlete."
Several sports have already held sessions designed for a specific group of athletes and are preparing for a second round of sessions for July. The women's lacrosse clinic, which has been slated as a Fall 2010 clinic, has yet to release complete details.
For more information about all of GVSU's summer sports camps, go to www.grandvalleystatesportscamps.com.
managingeditor@lanthorn.com
[__article_copy_formatted] => Summer vacation has long since begun at Grand Valley State University, but some of the school’s coaches and athletes have been busy preparing not only themselves for upcoming seasons but aspiring collegiate athletes as well.
In service to the community and as a means to earn some fundraising gain, several GVSU athletic teams have begun hosting summer camps geared toward improving younger athletes’ skills in a specific sport.
Altogether the school offers instruction in 12 different sports plus a multi-sport camp for elementary and junior high students. Each sport is broken down into several concentrated facets for each session of each camp.
Some camps, such as the GVSU baseball camp, are only offered to young children (in this case ages 7-12). Coordinated by GVSU assistant baseball coach Jamie Detillion and run by current and former players, the baseball camp is designed to teach participants only the basic skills and technique necessary to participate effectively in the sport.
“Our focus is not on competitiveness and it is not on developing collegiate athletes,” Detillion said. “Our focus is more so on having fun, enjoying the game, skill development and some of the finer points of the game. The kids that we have at the summer camps are just too young to get caught up into winning and losing.”
Other sports, such as football and volleyball, offer more concentrated aid to older participants with the intent of developing a skill set for future collegiate athletes.
The football team offered an offensive and defensive lineman camp on June 28 for high school students and has planned for two specialized sessions offered only to high school seniors on July 11 and 14.
As for the volleyball team, variety is the key word. The team has planned several one-day position camps as well as a few sessions of team camps for July. There will even be a two-day elite camp on July 12 and 13 designed to test highly-skilled players in the same manner as that of GVSU players.
“This year, the variety in our camps is unparalleled,” said Camp Director Craig Vlietstra on the camp Web site. “We have added a ball control and scrimmage camp along with a beach volleyball camp. In a nutshell, we are passionate about volleyball and simply want to share this love with as many summer campers as possible.”
This sense of passion and service can be seen in most of the camps. GVSU head softball coach Doug Woods, who will head up two days of skill-driven camps in late July, said he is glad to reach out now that the school year is over.
“During the school year it’s a little bit tough to get to reach out to the community,” he said. “We have both our season and our academics to worry about. But during the summer, it becomes easier for our players to find the time to work with younger athletes.”
While the GVSU athletes running the camps gain an opportunity for community service and a minor financial boost for their program, Detillion said what they gain in teaching fundamentals to young athletes is far more valuable in developing their own skill set.
“We typically have some of our older players help out with the camps,” he said. “They learn to absorb the game a lot better when they’re teaching it than when we’re teaching them. It forces them to think about their own skill development when trying to teach it to a younger athlete.”
Several sports have already held sessions designed for a specific group of athletes and are preparing for a second round of sessions for July. The women’s lacrosse clinic, which has been slated as a Fall 2010 clinic, has yet to release complete details.
For more information about all of GVSU’s summer sports camps, go to www.grandvalleystatesportscamps.com.
managingeditor@lanthorn.com
[11] => Summer vacation has long since begun at Grand Valley State University, but some of the school’s coaches and athletes have been busy preparing not only themselves for upcoming seasons but aspiring collegiate athletes as well.
In service to the community and as a means to earn some fundraising gain, several GVSU athletic teams have begun hosting summer camps geared toward improving younger athletes’ skills in a specific sport.
Altogether the school offers instruction in 12 different sports plus a multi-sport camp for elementary and junior high students. Each sport is broken down into several concentrated facets for each session of each camp.
Some camps, such as the GVSU baseball camp, are only offered to young children (in this case ages 7-12). Coordinated by GVSU assistant baseball coach Jamie Detillion and run by current and former players, the baseball camp is designed to teach participants only the basic skills and technique necessary to participate effectively in the sport.
“Our focus is not on competitiveness and it is not on developing collegiate athletes,” Detillion said. “Our focus is more so on having fun, enjoying the game, skill development and some of the finer points of the game. The kids that we have at the summer camps are just too young to get caught up into winning and losing.”
Other sports, such as football and volleyball, offer more concentrated aid to older participants with the intent of developing a skill set for future collegiate athletes.
The football team offered an offensive and defensive lineman camp on June 28 for high school students and has planned for two specialized sessions offered only to high school seniors on July 11 and 14.
As for the volleyball team, variety is the key word. The team has planned several one-day position camps as well as a few sessions of team camps for July. There will even be a two-day elite camp on July 12 and 13 designed to test highly-skilled players in the same manner as that of GVSU players.
“This year, the variety in our camps is unparalleled,” said Camp Director Craig Vlietstra on the camp Web site. “We have added a ball control and scrimmage camp along with a beach volleyball camp. In a nutshell, we are passionate about volleyball and simply want to share this love with as many summer campers as possible.”
This sense of passion and service can be seen in most of the camps. GVSU head softball coach Doug Woods, who will head up two days of skill-driven camps in late July, said he is glad to reach out now that the school year is over.
“During the school year it’s a little bit tough to get to reach out to the community,” he said. “We have both our season and our academics to worry about. But during the summer, it becomes easier for our players to find the time to work with younger athletes.”
While the GVSU athletes running the camps gain an opportunity for community service and a minor financial boost for their program, Detillion said what they gain in teaching fundamentals to young athletes is far more valuable in developing their own skill set.
“We typically have some of our older players help out with the camps,” he said. “They learn to absorb the game a lot better when they’re teaching it than when we’re teaching them. It forces them to think about their own skill development when trying to teach it to a younger athlete.”
Several sports have already held sessions designed for a specific group of athletes and are preparing for a second round of sessions for July. The women’s lacrosse clinic, which has been slated as a Fall 2010 clinic, has yet to release complete details.
For more information about all of GVSU’s summer sports camps, go to www.grandvalleystatesportscamps.com.
managingeditor@lanthorn.com
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[__article_subhead] => Proposed recreation fields project would include track, picnic area, athletic fields plus wetland area
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[__article_copy] => Grand Valley State University's proposed recreational fields project was accepted in May as one of the first landscapes to participate in the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a program to create national guidelines for sustainable land design.
According to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Web site, the program is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the United State Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance.
"The proposed student recreation fields project at GVSU encompasses approximately 65 acres of development, with several athletic fields and a large storm water treatment wetland project," said James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning. "The three-phase project includes a new rugby field, lacrosse field, 300-meter track, two softball fields, track throws area, picnic shelters and a concessions building."
The proposed project location is to the west of the existing soccer fields, Moyer said. The project is still pending approval by the university.
According to a GVSU press release, a 44-acre wetland complex will be constructed for treatment of storm water runoff generated from the project and the surrounding campus.
Captured storm water in the underground detention, as well as the wetland complex, will be reused in the campus irrigation system. Future walking trails and overlook structures within the wetland complex will provide recreational opportunities for students and the surrounding community.
"As GVSU has transitioned into a more residential campus, there has been an increase in the amount of student life activities," Moyer said. "This transition has placed a burden on all existing facilities. The proposed project is designed to address the recreational needs of the students as well as address storm water management issues at the university."
More than 150 pilot projects such as the GVSU student recreation fields project are participating in the two-year Sustainable Sites pilot project. According to their Web site, these projects represent a diverse cross-section of project types, sizes and geographic locations in various stages of development from design to construction and maintenance.
The Sustainable Sites pilot will be the first program in the United States and abroad to demonstrate a four-star rating system that works on a 250-point scale. Based on achieving all 15 of the prerequisites and at least 100 credit points, a pilot project will become Pilot Certified.
mwaite@lanthorn.com
[10] => Grand Valley State University's proposed recreational fields project was accepted in May as one of the first landscapes to participate in the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a program to create national guidelines for sustainable land design.
According to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Web site, the program is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the United State Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance.
"The proposed student recreation fields project at GVSU encompasses approximately 65 acres of development, with several athletic fields and a large storm water treatment wetland project," said James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning. "The three-phase project includes a new rugby field, lacrosse field, 300-meter track, two softball fields, track throws area, picnic shelters and a concessions building."
The proposed project location is to the west of the existing soccer fields, Moyer said. The project is still pending approval by the university.
According to a GVSU press release, a 44-acre wetland complex will be constructed for treatment of storm water runoff generated from the project and the surrounding campus.
Captured storm water in the underground detention, as well as the wetland complex, will be reused in the campus irrigation system. Future walking trails and overlook structures within the wetland complex will provide recreational opportunities for students and the surrounding community.
"As GVSU has transitioned into a more residential campus, there has been an increase in the amount of student life activities," Moyer said. "This transition has placed a burden on all existing facilities. The proposed project is designed to address the recreational needs of the students as well as address storm water management issues at the university."
More than 150 pilot projects such as the GVSU student recreation fields project are participating in the two-year Sustainable Sites pilot project. According to their Web site, these projects represent a diverse cross-section of project types, sizes and geographic locations in various stages of development from design to construction and maintenance.
The Sustainable Sites pilot will be the first program in the United States and abroad to demonstrate a four-star rating system that works on a 250-point scale. Based on achieving all 15 of the prerequisites and at least 100 credit points, a pilot project will become Pilot Certified.
mwaite@lanthorn.com
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According to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Web site, the program is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the United State Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance.
“The proposed student recreation fields project at GVSU encompasses approximately 65 acres of development, with several athletic fields and a large storm water treatment wetland project,” said James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning. “The three-phase project includes a new rugby field, lacrosse field, 300-meter track, two softball fields, track throws area, picnic shelters and a concessions building.”
The proposed project location is to the west of the existing soccer fields, Moyer said. The project is still pending approval by the university.
According to a GVSU press release, a 44-acre wetland complex will be constructed for treatment of storm water runoff generated from the project and the surrounding campus.
Captured storm water in the underground detention, as well as the wetland complex, will be reused in the campus irrigation system. Future walking trails and overlook structures within the wetland complex will provide recreational opportunities for students and the surrounding community.
“As GVSU has transitioned into a more residential campus, there has been an increase in the amount of student life activities,” Moyer said. “This transition has placed a burden on all existing facilities. The proposed project is designed to address the recreational needs of the students as well as address storm water management issues at the university.”
More than 150 pilot projects such as the GVSU student recreation fields project are participating in the two-year Sustainable Sites pilot project. According to their Web site, these projects represent a diverse cross-section of project types, sizes and geographic locations in various stages of development from design to construction and maintenance.
The Sustainable Sites pilot will be the first program in the United States and abroad to demonstrate a four-star rating system that works on a 250-point scale. Based on achieving all 15 of the prerequisites and at least 100 credit points, a pilot project will become Pilot Certified.
mwaite@lanthorn.com
[11] => Grand Valley State University’s proposed recreational fields project was accepted in May as one of the first landscapes to participate in the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a program to create national guidelines for sustainable land design.
According to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Web site, the program is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the United State Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance.
“The proposed student recreation fields project at GVSU encompasses approximately 65 acres of development, with several athletic fields and a large storm water treatment wetland project,” said James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning. “The three-phase project includes a new rugby field, lacrosse field, 300-meter track, two softball fields, track throws area, picnic shelters and a concessions building.”
The proposed project location is to the west of the existing soccer fields, Moyer said. The project is still pending approval by the university.
According to a GVSU press release, a 44-acre wetland complex will be constructed for treatment of storm water runoff generated from the project and the surrounding campus.
Captured storm water in the underground detention, as well as the wetland complex, will be reused in the campus irrigation system. Future walking trails and overlook structures within the wetland complex will provide recreational opportunities for students and the surrounding community.
“As GVSU has transitioned into a more residential campus, there has been an increase in the amount of student life activities,” Moyer said. “This transition has placed a burden on all existing facilities. The proposed project is designed to address the recreational needs of the students as well as address storm water management issues at the university.”
More than 150 pilot projects such as the GVSU student recreation fields project are participating in the two-year Sustainable Sites pilot project. According to their Web site, these projects represent a diverse cross-section of project types, sizes and geographic locations in various stages of development from design to construction and maintenance.
The Sustainable Sites pilot will be the first program in the United States and abroad to demonstrate a four-star rating system that works on a 250-point scale. Based on achieving all 15 of the prerequisites and at least 100 credit points, a pilot project will become Pilot Certified.
mwaite@lanthorn.com
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[__article_abstract] => As the school year gets into full swing at Grand Valley State University after a long summer, the warm weather and surge of popular on-campus events can often lead to more after-hours partying and drinking. But with Youth Alcohol Enforcement, they can also lead to more police.
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[__article_copy] => As the school year gets into full swing at Grand Valley State University after a long summer, the warm weather and surge of popular on-campus events can often lead to more after-hours partying and drinking. But with Youth Alcohol Enforcement, they can also lead to more police.
Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University's Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
"We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable," he said. "If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity."
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students' expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: "inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction."
"Whether you've had way too many or just one too many, it's not worth the risk," said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. "There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won't be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you'll be going to jail."
news@lanthorn.com
[10] => As the school year gets into full swing at Grand Valley State University after a long summer, the warm weather and surge of popular on-campus events can often lead to more after-hours partying and drinking. But with Youth Alcohol Enforcement, they can also lead to more police.
Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University's Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
"We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable," he said. "If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity."
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students' expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: "inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction."
"Whether you've had way too many or just one too many, it's not worth the risk," said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. "There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won't be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you'll be going to jail."
news@lanthorn.com
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Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University’s Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
“We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable,” he said. “If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students’ expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: “inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction.”
“Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk,” said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. “There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won’t be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you’ll be going to jail.”
news@lanthorn.com
[11] => As the school year gets into full swing at Grand Valley State University after a long summer, the warm weather and surge of popular on-campus events can often lead to more after-hours partying and drinking. But with Youth Alcohol Enforcement, they can also lead to more police.
Youth Alcohol Enforcement is a grant from the Office of Highway Safety Planning that provides police with extra funds they can utilize to help enforce underage drinking laws. The grant program began in 2002 in response to a large and destructive off-campus party that took place in 2001 and resulted in several fights as well as damage to nearby cars and buildings.
The grant was activated for the first time during the new school year during move-in weekend. Twenty-one Minor in Possession charges were issued to individuals. In addition, one person was arrested on campus for resisting and opposing university police. The grant will likely be activated again almost every weekend for the next several weeks.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discourage students from driving while intoxicated and to decrease the number of alcohol-related crashes.
The Holland and Ottawa Sheriff Departments join Grand Valley State University’s Department of Public Safety as beneficiaries of the grant. Police must re-apply for the grant every year if they want to receive any program funding. The current cycle, which had awarded the departments more than $11,000, runs until Sept. 30.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police anticipate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weather also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an increased number of patrols.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that underage alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive behavior.
“We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable,” he said. “If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 95 percent of all violent campus crime and 90 percent of all instances of sexual assault at colleges involve use of alcohol by the assailant and/or victim. In addition, a 2002 study showed that 48 percent of all alcohol use reported by college students is attributable to underage drinkers.
Larceny and malicious destruction of property are the two most common on-campus crimes at GVSU. DeHaan believes the Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant helps to reduce these problems and meet students’ expectations for a safe, secure and clean campus. He also referenced an equation used by the DPS staff in their presentations to students: “inappropriate behavior attention drawing behavior = police interaction.”
“Whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk,” said OHSP director Michael L. Prince in a press release. “There is no justification for driving drunk and Michigan law enforcement won’t be accepting any excuses. Get caught driving drunk and you’ll be going to jail.”
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The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions - including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback - and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
"We're anxious to get going," said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. "We've put a lot of time an effort into this ... We're ready to get on the field and show everybody our product."
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas' spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas' system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
"He can make any throw on the football field," Mitchell said. "He gets them into a lot of good plays. He's a very intelligent player, and he's kind of crafty. He's got a little Brett Favre in him."
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
"A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us," said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard's absence. "As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete."
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight's game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
"There's going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday - we're on CBS, we're going to have a good crowd," he said. "So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully."
sports@lanthorn.com
[10] => With untested potential at several key positions, the Grand Valley State University football team may have more questions than answers heading into tonight's game against West Texas A&M University.
The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions - including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback - and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
"We're anxious to get going," said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. "We've put a lot of time an effort into this ... We're ready to get on the field and show everybody our product."
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas' spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas' system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
"He can make any throw on the football field," Mitchell said. "He gets them into a lot of good plays. He's a very intelligent player, and he's kind of crafty. He's got a little Brett Favre in him."
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
"A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us," said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard's absence. "As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete."
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight's game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
"There's going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday - we're on CBS, we're going to have a good crowd," he said. "So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully."
sports@lanthorn.com
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The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions – including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback – and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
“We’re anxious to get going,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “We’ve put a lot of time an effort into this … We’re ready to get on the field and show everybody our product.”
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas’ spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas’ system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
“He can make any throw on the football field,” Mitchell said. “He gets them into a lot of good plays. He’s a very intelligent player, and he’s kind of crafty. He’s got a little Brett Favre in him.”
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
“A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us,” said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard’s absence. “As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete.”
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight’s game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
“There’s going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday – we’re on CBS, we’re going to have a good crowd,” he said. “So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully.”
sports@lanthorn.com
[11] => With untested potential at several key positions, the Grand Valley State University football team may have more questions than answers heading into tonight’s game against West Texas A&M University.
The Lakers face a formidable opponent in the Buffaloes, who are ranked No. 8 in Division II and won six straight games to close out the 2009 season. GVSU took home a 37-23 victory on the road in the season-opener against the Buffaloes last season.
Sporting new starters at several key positions – including Eastern Michigan University transfer Kyle McMahon at quarterback – and a new head coach, the Lakers look different than they have in recent years.
“We’re anxious to get going,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “We’ve put a lot of time an effort into this … We’re ready to get on the field and show everybody our product.”
Any success that GVSU will have will rely on containing West Texas’ spread offense. The Buffaloes have experience at every offensive position and are led by senior quarterback Taylor Harris.
Mitchell said while Harris is not very mobile, he works well in West Texas’ system. He passed for 306 yards and two touchdowns last year against the Lakers, proving his effectiveness.
“He can make any throw on the football field,” Mitchell said. “He gets them into a lot of good plays. He’s a very intelligent player, and he’s kind of crafty. He’s got a little Brett Favre in him.”
The responsibility to stop Harris falls on a defense that will take to the field without senior defensive end Danny Richard. The preseason All-American tore a ligament in his left knee during a non-contact drill at a Laker practice session earlier this month. The injury will put him out of action for the rest of the season, leaving a massive hole on the GVSU defensive line.
“A couple of guys on the defensive line are going to have to step up and make some plays for us,” said linebacker Justin Victor about Richard’s absence. “As far as the (linebackers and secondary), some of the more experienced guys are going to have to elevate their game and come out and compete.”
On offense, a veteran line will return four starters and anchor the team. McMahon will work with a new core of running backs that includes returning junior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Norman Shuford, a transfer from the University of Akron. At receiver, GVSU returns senior Ryan Bass, who caught eight touchdowns last season, and junior Greg Gay, who will look to replace the highly-productive graduate Blake Smolen.
Returning offensive lineman Cameron Bradfield said tonight’s game is the culmination of all of the off-season work the players put in.
“There’s going to be a good atmosphere out there Thursday – we’re on CBS, we’re going to have a good crowd,” he said. “So there is going to be a big payoff, hopefully.”
sports@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => Disappearing stimulus dollars, eroding levels of state funding and rising costs are creating a lethal cocktail for colleges nationwide as universities struggle to keep tuition raises to a minimum.
Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
"I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty's Salary and Budget Committee said, 'We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,'" he said. "I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty."
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
"(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it's impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive," said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university's struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
"They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars," he said. "I call that irrational."
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
"If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we're doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state," he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature's low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
"If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities," he said. "In some ways their choices are not very good."
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
"A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region," Wolters said in a press release. "We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students' academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future."
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
"What we have here is an ethos, a culture that's student-centered and people will say 'I'm just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,' and that's the magic of this place, I think," he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university's budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
"We've been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities," he said. "When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We've made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better."
One key element of GVSU's plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
"This is a promise that I'm making, and I think it's a very critical one," he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan's 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
"I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty's Salary and Budget Committee said, 'We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,'" he said. "I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty."
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
"(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it's impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive," said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university's struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
"They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars," he said. "I call that irrational."
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
"If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we're doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state," he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature's low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
"If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities," he said. "In some ways their choices are not very good."
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
"A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region," Wolters said in a press release. "We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students' academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future."
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
"What we have here is an ethos, a culture that's student-centered and people will say 'I'm just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,' and that's the magic of this place, I think," he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university's budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
"We've been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities," he said. "When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We've made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better."
One key element of GVSU's plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
"This is a promise that I'm making, and I think it's a very critical one," he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan's 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[__article_copy_formatted] => Disappearing stimulus dollars, eroding levels of state funding and rising costs are creating a lethal cocktail for colleges nationwide as universities struggle to keep tuition raises to a minimum.
Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
“I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty’s Salary and Budget Committee said, ‘We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,’” he said. “I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty.”
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
“(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it’s impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive,” said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university’s struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
“They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars,” he said. “I call that irrational.”
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
“If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we’re doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state,” he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature’s low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
“If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities,” he said. “In some ways their choices are not very good.”
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
“A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region,” Wolters said in a press release. “We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students’ academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future.”
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
“What we have here is an ethos, a culture that’s student-centered and people will say ‘I’m just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,’ and that’s the magic of this place, I think,” he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university’s budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
“We’ve been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities,” he said. “When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We’ve made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better.”
One key element of GVSU’s plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
“This is a promise that I’m making, and I think it’s a very critical one,” he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan’s 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[11] => Disappearing stimulus dollars, eroding levels of state funding and rising costs are creating a lethal cocktail for colleges nationwide as universities struggle to keep tuition raises to a minimum.
Budget containment measures at universities have become increasingly drastic in the last few years, as administrations have been forced to add student activity fees, consolidate campuses and slash salaries in attempts to keep tuition levels competitive. In spite of these measures, some schools, including the University of Georgia and the University of California, have seen increases at 30 percent and higher.
Grand Valley State University was not exempt from these challenges as administrators set out to create a budget for the 2010-2011 school year. For the second year in a row, tuition rates increased 5.3 percent, making undergraduate tuition $9,088 per semester.
The increase kept GVSU below the state average tuition at the 15 public universities, but not without cost. Labor unions representing the police force and the maintenance and grounds staff both agreed to pay freezes for their workers, as did the faculty. Vice President of Finance and Administration Jim Bachmeier praised the willingness of the staff to make sacrifices for the student body.
“I thought it was really a fabulous gesture when the faculty’s Salary and Budget Committee said, ‘We get it, things are tough, we know our students are hurting and we can get by without an increase this year,’” he said. “I think it speaks boatloads about our faculty.”
In addition to pay freezes, faculty are shouldering more of their medical expenses this year in an effort to keep tuition raises to a minimum. The university also prioritized spending, putting off non-vital technology purchases and opting to leave some staff vacancies unfilled.
“(The faculty) understood the nature of the economy here in Michigan, how it’s impacting our students and their families, and this was more than just symbolic. It really is substantive,” said GVSU President Thomas J. Haas.
Adding to the university’s struggles were low per student appropriations from the state legislature. Because state funding is not based on enrollment dynamics, GVSU receives $2,856 in per student appropriations from the state despite a $3,775 per student floor funding level and a per student average of $5,502, a system that President Haas criticized.
“They basically give you what you had last year, and if your numbers of students go up you have to operate with less dollars,” he said. “I call that irrational.”
Over the summer, Haas testified to the House Higher Education Appropriations Committee that he would cut GVSU tuition 5 percent if they were to receive the floor funding level for appropriations. While the state budget has not been finalized, Haas said that at this point the decision was unlikely.
“If you bring in students, you should be able to serve them with the resources that we have and not be punished in a way financially because we’re doing what the state wants us to do, and that is to graduate an increasing, talented student body that will stay here in the state,” he said.
Bachmeier said that while he has been disappointed in the legislature’s low funding for the university, he understands why universities are a frequent target of budget cuts.
“If you look at state budget, you can throw children off of food assistance, you can throw poor people off of medical assistance, you can let prisoners out, or you can reduce funding to universities,” he said. “In some ways their choices are not very good.”
According to the 2010 General Fund Budget, the university lost $62 million in state appropriations as well as $1.7 million in stimulus funds due to cuts from higher education funding at both the state and federal levels. The tuition increase brought in $80 million in revenue.
Kate Pew Wolters, chair of the Board of Trustees, defended the budget.
“A college degree remains an essential tool for individuals and our entire region,” Wolters said in a press release. “We approved this budget with confidence that the university is attentive to students’ academic and financial needs. Helping young people graduate and assume leadership roles in our state is vital to our future.”
Haas said that although the university has had to make some sacrifices in the budget, the cuts have not come at the cost of the student experience at GVSU.
“What we have here is an ethos, a culture that’s student-centered and people will say ‘I’m just gonna have to work a little bit harder so that students are successful,’ and that’s the magic of this place, I think,” he said.
This year, 22 percent of the university’s budget came from state aid according to the Office of Institutional Analysis, compared to 47 percent in 1991.
But long-term planning has helped the university cushion the blow of decreasing state aid, Bachmeier said.
“We’ve been more aggressive and we got aggressive earlier in the game than some of the other universities,” he said. “When there are fewer dollars to go around, necessity is the mother of invention. The fact is that we have been somewhat limited and constrained. We’ve made some decisions that have been hard ones but good ones, and they made us better.”
One key element of GVSU’s plan to keep costs down in the future is to increase 4-year graduation rates. Currently GVSU is ranked 3rd among the 15 public universities in Michigan, but Haas said he believes the university can do better. This year, he introduced the Grand Finish scholarship for incoming freshmen, which gives any student who completes 90 credits by the end of their junior year a $1,000 grant.
Haas said he believes the incentive will not only decrease costs for students but also for the university, as higher 4-year graduation rates would create more stable enrollment levels.
“This is a promise that I’m making, and I think it’s a very critical one,” he said.
In spite of the higher tuition cost, GVSU slipped from 9th to 10th in the costs of Michigan’s 15 public universities, making the university less expensive in relation to other schools. Financial aid also increased by 6.3 percent, helping to cushion the tuition increase. According to Marcus Wood, the Financial Aid Systems Manager, the average gift aid award this year is $5,649, with nearly $64 million in total gift aid distributed thus far.
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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[__article_copy] => Grand Valley State University's Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
"You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support," she said. "As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it's a little more difficult. I have to say, we've had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million."
Shaping Our Future is the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
"When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let's be more comprehensive," Haas said. "Basically you're providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks."
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU's downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU's 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program's success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU's relationship with the community.
"The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment," he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
"Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now," she said. "Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that."
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU's faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
"That's a wow in my opinion," Haas said of the participation level among staff. "I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff."
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
"I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own," he said. "That's a measure of success and I'm so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I'm so proud of that. Now what we'll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we're on track to do that."
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[10] => Grand Valley State University's Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
"You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support," she said. "As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it's a little more difficult. I have to say, we've had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million."
Shaping Our Future is the university's first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
"When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let's be more comprehensive," Haas said. "Basically you're providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks."
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU's downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU's 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program's success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU's relationship with the community.
"The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment," he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
"Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now," she said. "Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that."
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU's faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
"That's a wow in my opinion," Haas said of the participation level among staff. "I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff."
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
"I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own," he said. "That's a measure of success and I'm so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I'm so proud of that. Now what we'll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we're on track to do that."
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[__article_copy_formatted] => Grand Valley State University’s Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
“You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support,” she said. “As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it’s a little more difficult. I have to say, we’ve had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million.”
Shaping Our Future is the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
“When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let’s be more comprehensive,” Haas said. “Basically you’re providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks.”
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU’s downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU’s 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program’s success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU’s relationship with the community.
“The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment,” he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
“Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now,” she said. “Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that.”
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU’s faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
“That’s a wow in my opinion,” Haas said of the participation level among staff. “I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff.”
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
“I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own,” he said. “That’s a measure of success and I’m so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I’m so proud of that. Now what we’ll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we’re on track to do that.”
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
[11] => Grand Valley State University’s Shaping Our Future campaign has increased its fundraising goal to $75 million after surpassing the original $50 million objective a year ahead of schedule.
With $10 million left to raise, University Development Vice President Maribeth Wardrop said that although funds have become more difficult to obtain as the campaign has gone on, she believes it will be successful.
“You always go to your closest friends first, so they truly understand the need and the support,” she said. “As you go further in your goal, your friends are further away from the university, and it’s a little more difficult. I have to say, we’ve had great momentum and are having just extraordinary success. We will reach that extra 10 million.”
Shaping Our Future is the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, offering investors with a variety of choices for their capital. The original campaign goals included funds for the Mary Idema Pew library and the Kennedy Center downtown, as well as endowments to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and a number of student scholarships.
President Thomas J. Haas explained the reasoning behind the campaign.
“When I came here four years ago, the Development Office was doing some things that were very successful project by project, but I talked to Maribeth my first year and I said we have a 50th year coming up, and there are people who want to give to Grand Valley that might not be interested in a particular project, so let’s be more comprehensive,” Haas said. “Basically you’re providing choices to people to invest in Grand Valley that could be scholarship or bricks and sticks.”
Along with the new fundraising goal, University Development added several new projects to the campaign. The largest of these projects will be a new building on GVSU’s downtown campus that will house classrooms and academic offices for the growing Seidman College of Business. The campaign, part of GVSU’s 50th Anniversary celebration, ends in June 2011.
Members of the administration expressed confidence in the program’s success as well as its importance. Jim Bachmeier, vice president of the Finance and Administration department, said he believed the program was instrumental in strengthening GVSU’s relationship with the community.
“The community ultimately is folks who provide jobs and support and bring money that would otherwise have to come from tuition dollars and scholarship dollars to support our growing enrollment,” he said.
For Wardrop, the strongest selling point for the campaign was the need for a new library.
“Obviously, our first library was built in the 1960s for a few thousand students; we have close to 25,000 students right now,” she said. “Those facts right there speak for themselves. When I go to donors and I drop that, when you say why do you need a library and I explain those facts and when I explain that 50 years later we still have this same space, you hardly have to say much more than that.”
The majority of donations to the campaign have come from alumni and private donors in the community, but more than half of GVSU’s faculty and staff have also made monetary gifts. Faculty donations in campaigns at other universities nationwide average less than 20 percent.
“That’s a wow in my opinion,” Haas said of the participation level among staff. “I think that is a remarkable display of what is important to our faculty and staff.”
While it remains to be seen whether the campaign will hit $75 million, Haas said he believes it has already been a success in other regards.
“I know that we were successful in terms of attracting more donors to embrace Grand Valley as their own,” he said. “That’s a measure of success and I’m so proud of that. The faculty coming in at 50 percent, I’m so proud of that. Now what we’ll see is in June, did we hit the target? I think we’re on track to do that.”
sbutcher@lanthorn.com
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[__article_subhead] => President Haas, other faculty, students begin GVSU's 50th year by welcoming freshmen
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[__article_copy] => Returning students and faculty welcomed a new class of Lakers at Grand Valley State University's convocation on Friday.
Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university's 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
"We are celebrating this morning," Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, "'Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.'"
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
"We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us," he said. "There's no doubt this will be a grand year."
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem "Five kinds of celebration," which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas' welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
[10] => Returning students and faculty welcomed a new class of Lakers at Grand Valley State University's convocation on Friday.
Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university's 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
"We are celebrating this morning," Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, "'Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.'"
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
"We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us," he said. "There's no doubt this will be a grand year."
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem "Five kinds of celebration," which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas' welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
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Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university’s 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
“We are celebrating this morning,” Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, “‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.’”
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
“We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us,” he said. “There’s no doubt this will be a grand year.”
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem “Five kinds of celebration,” which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas’ welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
[11] => Returning students and faculty welcomed a new class of Lakers at Grand Valley State University’s convocation on Friday.
Held in the Fieldhouse Arena, freshmen attended the event as one of their Transistions activities.
The university’s 50th anniversary was an ongoing theme as Provost Gayle Davis welcomed the audience and Kristine Mullendore, chair of the University Academic Senate, as well as Jarrett Martus, president of Student Senate, spoke before President Thomas Haas took the stage to add his own words of encouragement about the upcoming academic year.
“We are celebrating this morning,” Haas said. He read a letter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm congratulating GVSU on reaching its 50-year milestone.
Haas started with a short history of GVSU before elaborating on the opportunities available to all GVSU students and referenced how the university has grown throughout its existence.
Several new buildings on campus, a continually growing student body and the emphasis on a liberal education were some of the numerous GVSU advantages Haas pointed out.
He continued to quote Helen Keller throughout the address, saying, “‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.’”
Freshmen were warned about the hard work and dedication required to succeed at GVSU, though Haas also advised them to remember to have fun.
“We are honored here at GVSU that you have chosen us,” he said. “There’s no doubt this will be a grand year.”
Another part of the ceremony included writing professor Patricia Clark reading her poem “Five kinds of celebration,” which she wrote for the occasion.
Freshman Jessica Ferrigan, a business major, said she enjoyed Haas’ welcoming comments and liked getting to see all the faculty as part of the ceremony.
Ferrigan said she was drawn to GVSU after her older sister enrolled, and she said the environment has been welcoming during her first week on campus.
editorial@lanthorn.com
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[__article_abstract] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry's map.
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[__article_copy] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry's map.
During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, "30 Minutes Or Less" will be the latest film from "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes "Parks And Recreations" star Aziz Ansari and "The Social Network" lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, "What's Wrong With Virginia," and the Kurt Russell film, "Touchback," that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
"I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost," said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. "It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here."
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country's most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
"It's definitely been an interesting experience," he said. "Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it's been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft."
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
"Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area," he said. "What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema."
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
"I think it's always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area," he said. "There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it."
"30 Minutes Or Less" has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
[10] => While places such as Chicago, New York and Hollywood have become synonymous with the world of cinema, one area is trying to place itself on the film industry's map.
During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, "30 Minutes Or Less" will be the latest film from "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes "Parks And Recreations" star Aziz Ansari and "The Social Network" lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, "What's Wrong With Virginia," and the Kurt Russell film, "Touchback," that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
"I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost," said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. "It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here."
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country's most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
"It's definitely been an interesting experience," he said. "Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it's been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft."
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, said Harbor Theater owner Brendan Pelto.
"Even though the area is indeed making a lot of money off of these productions, the great thing about them is that they bring awareness to both film as an entity, and especially films and filmmakers working in our area," he said. "What we have seen is a definite rise in the interest in not only Michigan film productions, but overall cinema."
Pelto reopened the Muskegon historic theater in April 2008. He said that he, along with wife, Jen, has seen a definitive uptick in public interest in the films that they have to offer, regardless of the production location.
"I think it's always important for the public to truly support the arts of their area," he said. "There is nothing more important for a community than to get out and support those making art for and within it, no matter the budget behind it."
"30 Minutes Or Less" has a tentative release date of Aug. 12, 2011.
jbrunsting@lanthorn.com
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During the past year with small independent films starting and holding their production in greater West Michigan, a new comedy has launched the area into the world of big budget, Hollywood productions.
Currently filming in Grand Rapids, “30 Minutes Or Less” will be the latest film from “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer. Featuring a cast that includes “Parks And Recreations” star Aziz Ansari and “The Social Network” lead Jesse Eisenberg, the film is one of the biggest productions to hit the Grand Rapids thus far.
The film follows a pizza delivery guy who must rob a bank for a pair of criminals to save his best friend to whom the crooks have attached a bomb. It follows in the steps of films such as the upcoming Dustin Lance Black film, “What’s Wrong With Virginia,” and the Kurt Russell film, “Touchback,” that have brought some of the biggest names in the film world directly to West Michigan.
“I think the interest in the area is not only based around the fact that the area is a genuinely interesting place, but the Michigan tax incentive is a definite boost,” said crew member Nicholas Popma, a GVSU student. “It not only gives filmmakers a reason to look into the area, but it also gives them great incentive to stay and make their films here.”
The Michigan film incentive program is one of the country’s most aggressive incentives of its ilk. Film companies that hold productions in the Grand Rapids area are able to take full advantage of a 42 percent tax break, according to the City of Grand Rapids.
Popma, a broadcasting major, is a stand-in for Ansari during the production.
“It’s definitely been an interesting experience,” he said. “Ben Stiller and his company, Red Hour Films, are producing and it’s been eye opening to see how they set up lighting, camera angles and seeing actors in the midst of their craft.”
While the film has brought an increase in revenue for businesses in the area, it has also helped raise interest in the world of film as a whole, s