曼 highlights educational equity, lifetime learning at GVSU Board 受托人会议

菲洛梅娜五世总统. 曼 told members of the 校董会 the campus has been working together to complete 2025年实现更高目标, the university’s strategic plan for the next four years.

The GVSU 校董会 held its November 5 meeting at the Daniel and Pamella DeVos 跨专业健康中心 on the Health Campus.

“The 2025年实现更高目标 plan that we are crafting together is not simply focused on new territory, it pulls from our rich traditions and what is great about Grand Valley,” said 曼. “作为一个社区，我们 commit to advance educational equity, empower the educational experience and assure we are available to Lakers and our community to 支持一生的学习.”

Two students addressed the board as part of 曼’s report. 哈维尔 Guillen is attending Grand Valley through a unique partnership with HBCUs beginning with the historic Fort Valley State University. Guillen said he has received tremendous support in the cell and molecular biology professional master’s program. 

Heather Lewis is an RN and will graduate next month as the first Muskegon Community College concurrent enrollment student, after the 柯克霍夫护理学院 offered its RN to BSN program completely 在线. Lewis said attending Grand Valley helped her make a seamless transition to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

In board action items, the Finance and Audit Committee reviews the endowment fund balances each year and sets the spending rate for the 下一个财政年度. Greg Sanial, vice president for Finance and Administration, reported the proposed spending rate for 2022-2023 is 4.5 percent per year based on a rolling 12-quarter average endowment 价值. 萨尼亚说.5 percent is the most common spending rate among 密歇根州公立大学. 大峡谷创下了纪录 捐赠174美元.6月份为900万.

For fiscal year 2023, the Office of the State Budget invites colleges and universities to submit their top priority capital outlay project. Sanial said Grand Valley’s top priority project is a new classroom/lab building for students in all academic programs to learn and develop essential digital skills and knowledge. 

The proposed Blue Dot Lab would have a series of classrooms, labs, studios and production and fabrication spaces for students to explore, learn and develop the additional digital skills and knowledge the 21st 世纪劳动力需求. 

Board members approved a new program in the College of Education and 社会创新. Changes in teacher certification at the state level prompted the college to expand its degree programs. 一个新的 program will expand the minor in Early Childhood Education into an undergraduate major in Education for Young Children, Birth to Kindergarten, General and Special Education. 学生将专注于 whole child development, special education, family and community relationships and content knowledge and pedagogy with more than 750 现场工作时数. 

During the board meeting, faculty members Steve Mattox and Erica Hamilton were honored by the Michigan Association of State 大学(MASU). Mattox, professor of geology, was named Distinguished Professor of the Year in 2020, but the awards ceremony was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 马萨州立大学首席执行官丹·赫尔利说 attended the board meeting to deliver the award to Mattox and recognize him for his excellence in teaching. 汉密尔顿,副 professor of literacy, educational foundations, and technology, was recognized as a 2021 nominee for Distinguished Teacher of the Year.