by Kelsea Rounds | Aug 9, 2017 | Career
While men still receive a higher proportion of doctoral degrees across all scientific and engineering fields (53.8%, versus 46.2% for women ), this gap has narrowed since the mid-1980s. (There was a 31.4% gap in 1985.) In some fields, such as the biological,...
by Kelsea Rounds | Apr 19, 2012 | Profile
Writers block doesn’t scare Linda Nemec Foster–she’s always writing. As Grand Rapids’ first poet laureate, from 2003 to 2005, her literary oven is always cooking, although she hesitates to talk about the projects that are still in the works....
by Kelsea Rounds | Feb 16, 2012 | Cityscene
The twenty-third annual Huntington Pillar Awards luncheon on Wednesday, March 14 will be the site of award winning recognition. Attend the luncheon at the JW Marriott Hotel International Ballroom where the Women’s Resource Center will present the 2012...
by Kelsea Rounds | Dec 23, 2011 | Profile
Noddea Moore Skidmore moved to West Michigan in 1997 to attend Grand Valley State University, and had an on-again/off-again love affair with the area for a few years while she studied and traveled. In 2004, Noddea accepted a programming position at Aquinas College and...