Grand Valley Magazine - Fall 2013 - (Page 38)

ALU M NI NEWS Alumni run, walk, wheel at River Bank Run 2013 x2 Timothy Neumair, '12, volunteers at the Social Welfare Institute in Sichuan, China. Community Outreach Week sees double the participation Community Outreach Week celebrated its fifth year of collaboration between the Community Service Learning Center and the Alumni Association. The partnership brought out 930 participants who volunteered in their communities around the country and the world, including Japan, Germany and Thailand. Get spotted volunteering during Community Outreach Week 2014. Send in photos of you and your friends volunteering in your neighborhood between March 24-30, and you could win an alumni Laker prize package. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/cow. Grand Valley alumni cheer on a runner at the 2013 River Bank Run. photo by Megan Swain Photography More than 65 Lakers were a part of the first Laker for a Lifetime Team at the River Bank Run on May 11. Lakers from as far as Denver and Washington, D.C., traveled to Grand Rapids to participate in the largest 25K road race in the country with 25,000 other walkers, runners and wheelchair racers. Friends and family cheered on the participants at the GVSU spirit station along the course, and celebrated at the post-race party on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. The team raised more than $8,600 for the Grand Valley Fund, which supports students with financial assistance, skill development and educational opportunities. Everyone is welcome to participate with the team next year on May 10. $$ Golf outings raise thousands for students The All-Alumni, Football Alumni, Irwin Club and Corky Meinecke golf outings collectively raised more than $40,000 this summer to support Grand Valley scholarships and programs. Approximately 400 golfers and volunteers participated in the events that took place at the Meadows Golf Course on campus. Alumni movers and shakers Wayne Hsieh, '02, assists a student inside Kirkpatrick Living Center. photo by Bernadine Carey-Tucker 38 Fall '13 Alumni, faculty and staff members, and friends pushed, pulled and lifted at the Freshmen Move-In alumni volunteer event on August 20. More than 120 alumni volunteers welcomed students and parents to campus and carried items into Robinson, Swanson, North B and C and other living centers on campus. Alumni Golf Outing first place team: Adams, Miller, Schroder and Adams. http://www.gvsu.edu/cow

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Valley Magazine - Fall 2013

Campus News
Athletics
Arts
Donor Impact
A Laker bucket list
Bridging the justice gap
Seidman House holds hidden national gems
International Education
Research
Why the humanities still matter
Q&A James Smither
Off the Path
Focal Point
Sustainability
Alumni News

Grand Valley Magazine - Fall 2013