Service and Community Engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2017-2018
From the Dean
Many in the general public understand the role of a university part way. They know that faculty are teaching students and that students are preparing themselves for their lives and careers.
GVSU LAKERS CAPTURE THE ECLIPSE
On Monday, August 21, 2017, as the units of the college were preparing for a new academic year, GVSU Lakers took some time out to experience the eclipse of the sun with help from our Regional Math and Science Center.
CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GEOLOGY
Emerson said that we learn geology the morning after an earthquake. There is a movement afoot to ensure that high school students don’t wait that long.
REACHING OUT WITH ANIMATION
Three faculty members have worked together over the last year to connect middle school students at North Park Montessori with the international animation community, GVSU faculty and students, and the real-world challenges they are studying.
SCIENCE GIVING VOICE TO CITIZENS
Sometimes the service that a faculty member provides only appears obliquely in the news, but has profound implications.
IN LOCO PARENTIS AND THE FABRIC OF STUDENT LIVES
Faculty and staff intuit that about midway through the term many students are a bit frayed. This phenomenon sparked a collaboration between CLAS and Housing to pilot the first ever free Repair Clinic on October 22, 2017.
ETHICS BOWL—A LEFT BRAIN CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM
Philosophy’s Ronald Loeffler did not go looking for the role, but it found him anyway.
OUR ACTIONS ARE OUR CLAIMS
Philosophy’s Professor Phyllis “Peggy” Vandenberg is enjoying phased retirement in much the way she has approached her career. She is working to keep her intellectual community vibrant.
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISTS' HIGH IMPACT EXPERIENCE ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE
A respectful hush came over the 1,200 investigative reporters from 130 countries gathered in the Great Hall at Johannesburg’s Wits University as Filipino journalist Patricia Evangelista started to talk.
HOLDING UP THE SKY WITH DWAYNE TUNSTALL
Dwayne Tunstall of Philosophy sees his work on behalf of his professional associations as part of his duty to his discipline.
STEPPING UP FOR THE FOOD COOP
Jason Herlands of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department specializes in Japanese, but his northern California farming community roots and his experiences with food coops in Ann Arbor meant that thinking about food sourcing is engrained in him.
TAXES AND PRAXIS—SERVICE MATHEMATICS STYLE
Feryal Alayont is a mathematics professor who will tell you straight out that she likes problems. By that she really means that she likes finding solutions.