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President's Council Speech, Delivered On November 11, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Nov 2014

President's Council Speech, Delivered On November 11, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

President's Council Speech, delivered on November 11, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Alumni Association Speech, Delivered On November 5, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Nov 2014

Alumni Association Speech, Delivered On November 5, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Alumni Association Speech, delivered on November 5, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Reflections On Old Age, Delivered On November 2, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Nov 2014

Reflections On Old Age, Delivered On November 2, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Reflections on Old Age, delivered on November 2, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Charter Schools Speech, Delivered On October 20, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Oct 2014

Charter Schools Speech, Delivered On October 20, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Charter Schools Speech, delivered on October 20, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Occupational Outlook For The Construction Industry In The Greater Grand Rapids-Holland-Muskegon Region, Brian Pittelko, George A. Erickcek Sep 2014

Occupational Outlook For The Construction Industry In The Greater Grand Rapids-Holland-Muskegon Region, Brian Pittelko, George A. Erickcek

Reports

No abstract provided.


Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 670. This collection features documentation of the Great Lakes Folk Festival held from August 13 to August 15, 2004 and hosted by Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, Michigan.


Toast To Peter Turner, Delivered At The Renucci's Party On August 22, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Toast To Peter Turner, Delivered At The Renucci's Party On August 22, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Toast to Peter Turner, delivered at the Renucci's Party on August 22, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Speech To The Improvement Association, Delivered On August 21, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Speech To The Improvement Association, Delivered On August 21, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Speech to the Improvement Association, delivered on August 21, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Alumni-Pathways Scholarship Dinner Remarks, Delivered On August 7, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Alumni-Pathways Scholarship Dinner Remarks, Delivered On August 7, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Alumni-Pathways Scholarship Dinner Remarks, delivered on August 7, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Speech To The Krakow University Of Economics, Delivered On August 6, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Speech To The Krakow University Of Economics, Delivered On August 6, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Speech to the Krakow University of Economics, delivered on August 6, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Memoirs Introduction: The Early Years, Delivered In August 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Memoirs Introduction: The Early Years, Delivered In August 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Memoirs Introduction: The Early Years, delivered in August 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Remarks For Opening Of Art Van Baseball Complex, Delivered On August 1, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Aug 2014

Remarks For Opening Of Art Van Baseball Complex, Delivered On August 1, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Remarks for Opening of Art Van Baseball Complex, delivered on August 1, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Administrative Memoir, Delivered On July 30, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Jul 2014

Administrative Memoir, Delivered On July 30, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Administrative Memoir, delivered on July 30, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Common Ground Speech, Delivered On June 13, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Jun 2014

Common Ground Speech, Delivered On June 13, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Common Ground Speech, delivered on June 13, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Overtime Traffic Enforcement Evaluation: A Methodology For Selecting Agencies And Enforcement Periods, Dario Enrique Romero Santana Jun 2014

Overtime Traffic Enforcement Evaluation: A Methodology For Selecting Agencies And Enforcement Periods, Dario Enrique Romero Santana

Masters Theses

Multiple studies have stated the advantages of police traffic enforcement on crash reduction (Zaidel, February 2002). It is very important to identify locations and time periods where police enforcement produces the greatest crash reductions. The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine the impact of overtime traffic enforcement on crash occurrence; (2) develop procedures to identify police agencies with potential to reduce targeted crashes; and (3) develop procedures to identify additional time periods in which enforcement activities should be conducted. In order to accomplish these objectives, many methodologies were explored. The study used crash and enforcement data collected by …


Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 774. The Thomason Political Folklore Collection includes projects conducted by students from a number of counties in the state of Kentucky and few from nearby states. The collection includes information pertaining to those counties political oral traditions. This project was conducted by students at Western Kentucky University for class credit.


Remarks For Red Cross Event, Delivered On May 1, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers May 2014

Remarks For Red Cross Event, Delivered On May 1, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Remarks for Red Cross Event, delivered on May 1, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Speech To The Hope Academy Of Senior Professionals, Delivered At Hope College On April 23, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Apr 2014

Speech To The Hope Academy Of Senior Professionals, Delivered At Hope College On April 23, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Speech to the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals, delivered at Hope College on April 23, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Archaeology And The Public: Out Of The Ivory Tower And Into The Streets, David A. Armour Apr 2014

Archaeology And The Public: Out Of The Ivory Tower And Into The Streets, David A. Armour

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Gunflints: Fort Michilimackinac, Lyle M. Stone Apr 2014

Gunflints: Fort Michilimackinac, Lyle M. Stone

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Eulogy For Louise Meretsky, Delivered On April 12, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Apr 2014

Eulogy For Louise Meretsky, Delivered On April 12, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Eulogy for Louise Meretsky, delivered on April 12, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Enrichment Dinner Remarks, Delivered In April 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Apr 2014

Enrichment Dinner Remarks, Delivered In April 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Enrichment Dinner Remarks, delivered in April 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


No Fracking Way! A Study On The Spatial Patterns Of And Changes In Perception And Distance From A Michigan Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Site, Shannon Mcewen Apr 2014

No Fracking Way! A Study On The Spatial Patterns Of And Changes In Perception And Distance From A Michigan Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Site, Shannon Mcewen

Masters Theses

The research investigates whether Michigan residents' perception of risk from an oil and natural gas (ONG) well site that employs the use of horizontal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) changes with distance. The research goal is to determine if residents that live farther from a fracking site perceive it to be more dangerous than those who live closer. Secondary research goals include determining if increasing distance from a fracking site cause residents to overestimate their proximity to a fracking site and if gender and education levels have an effect on residents' perception levels. Data were collected from residents in three counties in …


The Sewer Tile Clay Pottery Of Grand Ledge, Michigan, Marsha Macdowell, Kurt Dewhurst Mar 2014

The Sewer Tile Clay Pottery Of Grand Ledge, Michigan, Marsha Macdowell, Kurt Dewhurst

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Remarks For Gvsu Charter Schools Office, Delivered On March 3, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Mar 2014

Remarks For Gvsu Charter Schools Office, Delivered On March 3, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Remarks for GVSU Charter Schools Office, delivered on March 3, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Statement On Charter Schools, Delivered On February 14, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers Feb 2014

Statement On Charter Schools, Delivered On February 14, 2014, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Statement on Charter Schools, delivered on February 14, 2014 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.


Gvsu Press Releases, 2014, Grand Valley State University Jan 2014

Gvsu Press Releases, 2014, Grand Valley State University

University Press Releases, 1961-Present

A compilation of press releases for the year 2014 submitted by University Communications (formerly News & Information Services) to news agencies concerning the people, places, and events related to Grand Valley State University.


Examining The Costs Of Providing An Adequate Education For Michigan's K-12 Public School Students, Sean Haskin Wightman Jan 2014

Examining The Costs Of Providing An Adequate Education For Michigan's K-12 Public School Students, Sean Haskin Wightman

Wayne State University Dissertations

ABSTRACT

EXAMINING THE COSTS OF PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION

FOR MICHIGAN'S K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS

by

SEAN WIGHTMAN

February 2014

Advisor: Dr. Michael F. Addonizio

Major: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Because the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which requires students to perform at predefined proficiency levels on state standardized testing instruments, adequate school funding has become arguably the single most important factor influencing the success of children in schools. Because State legislators are the one's primarily responsible for establishing annual budgets for K-12 public education, it is essential they are made aware …