grand valley forum, volume 021, number 23, february 17, 1997
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Monday, Februa1y 17, 1997
Board Elects New Leaders,
A Newsletter for t he GRAND VALL EY STATE UNIVERS I TY
Community
Volume 21, Number 23
Begins Plans For New Holland Campus Donna Brooks
was named chair of the GVSU Board of Control during its meeting on Februa1y 7 in the Eberhard Center, after Judith Hooker stepped down from the lead post.
Holland campus," she sa id. "There are so many exciting things happen ing-this is a rapid ly growing a rea, the university continues to grow, and it's a real joy to be a part of it.
A member of the board since 1993, Brooks also
Donna Brooks, left, newly elected GVSU Board of Control chai1; meets with board member Donnalee Holton.
Paul Hillegonds, recently appointed Board of Control membe1; talks with executive officers Jean Enright and Matt Mclagan bejore the board meeting.
"We're extremely grateful to Me ije r for the donation of the land. " Brooks continued. "There is
definitely a demand in Holland , which is growing rapidly."
serves on the board of the Holland Community Foundatio n. Her term on Grand Va lley's board runs through 2000.
Dorothy Johnson, of Grand Haven, was named vice chair of the boa rd . Johnson, who is an active fund-raiser and president of the Council of Michigan Foundations, was appo inted to GVSU's Board of Control in 1995 . Her term expires in 2002.
During the meeting, the board also approved a 19-acre site donated by Meijer, Inc. for construction of a campus in Holland .
Brooks, a res ident of Holland , was enthusiastic about the plans for a campus in Holland.
"I think we have an exciting fo ur yea rs ahead of us with the new Grand Rapids campus that is about to become a rea lity as well as now the new
The 19-acre site is adjacent to the Meijer store at Waverly Road and 16th Street in Holland. Preliminary plans are for a 30,000-square-foot building that will include classrooms and lab space, as well as parking for 350 cars. Grand Valley officials expect ground-breaking on the $6 million project to happen this fa ll , with the building open for classes in 1998.
GVSU Approves Seven New Charters Grand Va lley's Board of Control
approved seven new public school academies at its February 7 meeting. The action brings to 19 the total number of schools chartered by GVSU.
The schools will be located in Grand Rapids, Walker, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Ka lamazoo. Four of
them will be served with technical and management assistance by the Educational
Development Corporation (EDC), founded in 1995 by J.C. Huizenga.
The schools, w ith their locations and emphases, are:
• Gateway Middle School, in downtown Grand Rapids, will focus on rigorous academics, cultura l dive rsity, and experiential learning.
• Academy of Health and Science, in northeast Grand Rapids, will concentrate on the study of the health professions.
• Family Institute Early Childhood
Development Academy, on the north side of Ka lamazoo, will focus on young students of severely troubled fam ilies .
• Four schools served by EDC, all foc used on academic excellence: Knapp Charter Academy and Walker Charter Academy, both in Grand Rapids ; Compass Charte r Academy, in Grand Haven; and Cardinal Charte r Academy, in Muskegon.
Public school academies were created by the Michigan legislature in
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GVSU Approves Seven New Charters continued from page 1 1993. Their ope ration depends upon state aid , as does the operation of traditio nal public schools, and they receive the same rate per student as other district schools.
According to Patrick Sandro, Grand Valley PSA program director, the schools will become operational by September 1997.
"All of ou r schools are different; they each have a diffe rent focus," sa id Sandro.
Coming Events Two Lunchbreak Concerts Offered This Week
On Tuesday, February 18, duo-pianists Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem will present four-hand works of Schubert at
noon, in the CookDeWitt Cente r. Praised as "consurnmate practitioners of pianism" by the Washington Post, the pianists have toured Italy, Iceland ,
Austria , and major cities of the United States. Graduates of the New England Conservato1y and the Jui ll iard School of Music, Aebersold and Neiweem are members of the artist faculty of Chicago's Music Center of the North Shore .
Cell ist Pete r Rejto will perform during the noon hour on Friday, February 21, on the stage of Cook-DeWitt Center. Hailed as one of America's premie r cellists, Rejto has appea red throughout the United States and abroad in hundreds of recitals and concerto pe rformances. He was the first American cellist to
"All are dive rse, in terms of e thn ic and racia l groups, and they more than represent the diversity in the communities w here they are located ."
In addition to the 19 schools in west Michigan charte red by GVSU, six o the r state unive rsities hold charters on the remaining 81 established and proposed public school academies throughout Michiga n.
tour Bulgaria , and has also pe rformed in England, Italy, Switzerland , Venezuela , Hong Kong, Germany and the Netherlands . His Grand Valley recital will include music by Bach, Schumann and Shostakovich .
Alumni Printmakers Exhibit Opens February 19
The GVSU Department of Art and Design invites the campus community to attend the opening reception for the Alumni Printmakers exhibit on Wednesday, February 19, from 4-6 p.m. at the Calder Ga lle ry. The exhibit w ill be on display through March 28.
Budget Workshop for COT Employees Planned
The COT Development Committee is sponsoring a worksho p to help COT employees better understand month-encl budget reporting. The seminar, schedu led for Thursday, Februa1y 20, from 1- 3 p .m ., in the Muskegon River Room at the Kirkhof Center, w ill include a review of the FRS system and a question-and-answer period. Presenters will be Jim Starkweather, Jeanne Crowe, Maurine VanHuis, Sta r Hine and Tim Sullivan from the Business and Finance Office. Organizers ask that those who attend bring greenbars and questions alo ng . Ca ll x2215 to register.
Violin Concert Concludes Artist-Faculty Series
Christina Fong, an adjunct fa culty member in the Music Department, w ill perform the works of contempora ry composer Philip Glass on Thursday, February 20, in the Lou is Armstrong Theatre at 4 p. m. The concert marks the conclusion of Gra nd Valley's first Artist-Faculty Series, which has fea tured GVSU Music Department faculty during this academic year.
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The concert will be the first complete performance of Glass's works for unaccompanied strings. Fong, the associate concertmaster of the Grand
Rapids Symphony Orchestra , will play solo works on both the violin and viola. She has a fondness for modern compositions and a genuine respect for Philip Glass.
"Philip Glass is the most important living composer of recent history," says Fong. "Only a few composers at a time have risen to change how music has developed. He's like Moza rt o r Bach because he came up w ith an original composition structure. "
Across Campus WRI Captain Served GVSU For Nearly Three Decades
Leonard Lamb, captain of three resea rch and education vessels for Grand Va lley,
Fong, who has established herself as the state's leading performer of new music on the vio lin , has previously given the North American or Michigan premier performances of the works of Nathan Barber, Arved Ashby, and Michael Nyman. She received he r bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern University , and has held positions with the Florida Philharmonic and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She has been an instructor of violin at Grand Valley since 1990. As an artist and instructor, Fong appreciates the opportunity provided by Artist-Faculty Series begun at GVSU last fall.
"Any time there 's a performance opportunity for facul ty members we should jump on it," she says, "If we isolate ourselves from recitals, our performance level goes down. Plus, in the Artist-Facu lty Series I can be the pe rformer and the producer, so I have total artistic freedom. "
Latin American Studies Sponsors Forum Series
Carol Sanchez, assistant professor of Management in the Seidman School of Business, w ill give the first in a series of
died unexpectedly on Janua1y 16. Lamb, appointed captain of the Angus in 1968, delivered and captai ned the D . j. Angus from her launch in 1986 and served in the delivery and operation of the W G. Jackson, which was launched in 1996.
He was active in the Water Resources Outreach Education Program until his death. "Afte r 28 years of service, Leonard wi ll be greatly missed by everyone who had the privilege to work with him," sa id Ron Ward, director of GVSU's Water Resources Institute .
Leonard Lamb
four presentations involving Latin America. Sanchez, who has extensive business experience in Costa Rica and Ecuador, will present "The Role of Business Organizations in a Changing Latin America" at noon, on Friday, February 21, at 210 LSH.
Sponsored by the Latin Ame rican Studies Program, the Forum Series continues w ith the following presentations:
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March 14- Deborah Meadows Steketee, from Indiana University, w ill discuss "The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in Ecuador."
March 28- Dennis Malaret and Linda Rynbrandt, facul ty members in the Anthropology / Sociology Department, will speak on "The Changing Faces of a Small City: Holland Michigan, A Dynamic Dialogue of Diversity."
April 11- Walter Foote, associate professor of English, will talk about "Libe1ty, Fraternity, Ecology: New Themes in Chilean Popular Music."
All presentations will be held at noon , in 210 LSH. Contact Walter Foote, x3186, w ith questions .
Children's Center Welcomes Visitors
From SVSU Sta.ff members from Saginaw Valley State University's child care center spent the afternoon at Grand Valley's Children's Center on February 7. Center Director MaryAnn Krause (hack row, second from right) led them on a tour of tbe facility while comparing notes on activities, equipment and enrollment.
Calendar of Events Cultural Events Arts Hotline: (616) 895-ARTS Galle1y Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. , 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Thurs. All activities on the Allendale Campus unless othe1wise noted.
Tues., Feb. 18 12 noon: Lunchbreak Series. Claire Aebersold & Ralph
Neiweem, duo-pianists. CDC. Thurs., Feb. 20-Mon. Mar. 31 Gallery Hours: GVSU Alumni Print Exhibition. Calder
Gallery, CFAC. Thurs., Feb. 20 4 p.m.: Artist-Faculty Series. Christina Fong plays Philip
Glass. LAT, CFAC. Fri., Feb. 21 12 noon: Lunchbreak Series. Peter Rejto, cellist. CDC. Sat., Feb. 22 7 p.m.: Black History Month Event. African Diaspora Dance
Performance. LAT, CFAC. Sun., Feb. 23 3 p.m.: Department of Music Series. Madrigal Ensemble ,
Chamber Choir, Varsity Men, GVSU Singers, & the Festival Chorale. LAT, CFAC.
8 p.m.: Department of Music Series. University-Community Orchestra Concert. LAT, CFAC.
General Events Tues., Feb. 18 TBA: Black Histo1y Month Event. African American Aware
ness Day. Grand River Room, KC. Call x2177. 10 a.m.: Grand Forrnn. "A Composer Speaking: A Trio for
Flute , Cello & Piano. " EC. Call x6615. 12:30 p.m.: Grand Forum. "Visiting the Native American
Culture. " EC. Call x6615 . 2 p.m.: Human Resources Workshop. "Long Term Care
Insurance. " 202 EC. Call x2220. 4:30-6 p.m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center Seminar.
"Stress Management for the 90's." 204 STU. Call x3266. Wed., Feb. 19 8 a.m. -12 noon: Office for Economic Expansion Internation
al Seminar Series. "NAFTA Update ." EC. Call x6770. 9:30 p.m.: Black History Month Event. "Celebrating Our
Differences" open forum. Robinson Hall lobby. Call x2177.
Student Achievements The office of University Communications is
interested in publicizing the achievements of our students in their hometown media. If you know a student who has won an academic award, scholarship, internship or other honor, please pass the information on to Tim Penning, Ne.ws a_nd Information Services Manager, at 133 LMH, x2228; cc:Mail: [email protected].
2 p.m.: COT Performance Evaluation Training Session. 116 LMH. Call x2215.
4:30-6 p.m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center Seminar. "Stress Management for the 90's. " 204 STU. Call x3266.
Thurs., Feb. 20 10 a .m.: Grand Forum. "The Slender Reed: Women 's Voices
Over the Millennia. " EC. Call x6615. 10:30 a.m.-12 noon: Medicinal Plants Seminar. Cabins D-F,
KC. Call 892-9141.
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11 a. m. & 1 p.m.: Human Resources Workshop. "Long Term Care Insurance. " Cabins A-C, KC. Call x2220.
12:30 p.m.: Grand Forum. "The Rationing of Health Care : Who Gets It and Who Decides1" EC. Call x6615.
3 p.m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center Seminar. "Preparation for the GRE." 203 STU. Call x3266.
4:30-6 p.m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center Seminar. "Stress Management for the 90's." 204 STU. Call x3266.
Fri. , Feb. 21 11:30 a .m.-1 p.m.: AP Committee Open Forum. Grand River
Room, KC. 12 noon: Latin American Studies Forum. "The Role of
Business Organizations in a Changing Latin America. " 210 LSH.
3 p.m.: AP Performance Evaluation & Job Description Training Session. 412 EC. Ca ll x2215.
4:30-6 p.m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center Seminar. "Stress Management for the 90's ." 204 STU. Call x3266.
7 p.m.: Black History Month Event. Ethnic Taste Fest. CDC. Call x2177.
Sports Sports Hotline: 895-3800. Game times subject to change. Wed., Feb. 19 6 p.m.: Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving at GLIAC
Diving at NMU. Thurs., Feb. 20-Sat., Feb. 22 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.: Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving at
GLIAC Championships at NMU. Thurs., Feb. 20 5:30 p.m.: Women's Basketball at SVSU, University Center. 7:30 p.m.: Men's Basketball at SVSU. Sat., Feb. 22 11 a.m.: Men's & Women's Indoor Track & Field at GLIAC
Championships. Hillsdale. 1 p.m.: Women's Basketball at Northwood, Midland. 3 p.rn.: Men's Basketball at Northwood.
Job Openings Clerical, Office, Technical Energy Management Engineer, Facilities - $18.26 Confidential Clerical Executive Secreta1y (Confidentia l), Finance and
Administration - $33,000