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New chair debuts thanks to faculty research
While attendees at a Senate
subcommittee meeting were tuned in
to the testimony given by President
Thomas J. Haas and other university
presidents, a few people concentrated
on the furniture in the room.
A brand-new chair built by a West
Michigan firm made its debut February
27 in Loosemore Auditorium at the
Michigan Senate Higher Education
Appropriations Subcommittee meeting,
thanks in part to research by a Grand
Valley faculty member.
Barb Hoogenboom, associate
professor of physical therapy, met izzy+
CEO Chuck Saylor when he needed
therapy for a back injury in 2007. She
said he was interested in "excellent
sitting" and wondered how an office
chair could influence that.
Hoogenboom and several graduate
assistants used the biomechanics lab and
researched chair comfort and support,
and enlisted opinions from many people
in the College of Health Professions.
"We have additional long-term
research studies planned now that the
development of the chair has progressed
and it's been released," she said.
One of the chair's differences is in back
support. Instead of lumbar support, the
Wabi chair focuses on the seat pan to
build a better seating position.
Saylor said: "I really value the
university's support and partnership. This
is a tremendous asset to area businesses."
Hoogenboom offered advice for office
workers who sit for long periods of time.
"Limit time spent sitting, or break up
work tasks to allow for movement," she
said. "When sitting, maintain excellent
posture in a workplace designed for
optimal posture and work."
Facebook likes land university
in top 10
The university's official
Facebook page has been
named as one of the
"Most Engaging College
Facebook Pages of 2013"
by Varsity Outreach.
Grand Valley is included
in a top 10 list of universities
with a fanbase of 20,00074,999 that have been most
successful at consistently
engaging fans. See the list
at gvsu.edu/s/zQ.
Varsity Outreach, a
business that helps colleges
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Spring '14
and graduate schools build
communities for students
within Facebook, analyzed
every Facebook post on
more than 700 college and
university pages in the U.S. and
Canada. The amount of likes,
comments and shares for more
than 300,000 posts in 2013
were analyzed and given an
engagement score.
Since January 2012, organic
growth of the Grand Valley
page has increased by nearly
75 percent.
Chairs from a West Michigan firm were
designed with research help from a physical
therapy professor. The Wabi chairs debuted at
the DeVos Center during a state Senate hearing.
photo by Bernadine Carey-Tucker
CAMPUS CHATTER
This was a grand plan. Love you
both. #gvsu #burrymurray
Posted by Lauren Van Singel,
(@laurenvansingel) on Dec. 14, 2013.
http://www.gvsu.edu/s/zQ
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