Women’s Health: Empowering Through Education

Women’s Health: Empowering Through Education

Cancer is an obstacle many women will have to encounter in their lives. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approximately 12 percent of women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime. NIH also estimates 60,050...
There Are Too Few Women Leaders

There Are Too Few Women Leaders

When it comes to women in the workforce, we have it much better than our mothers. There’s been progress in career fields regarding gender equity, but is it enough? Even though 50 percent of women are college graduates, women comprise only four percent of the...
5K Gives Boost to Local Breast Cancer Research

5K Gives Boost to Local Breast Cancer Research

For eight years, a local race has been encouraging women affected by cancer with something very important—Bee Brave! On October 8, 2016, the Bee Brave 5K once again invites runners and walkers from all over West Michigan for a morning of exercise and an opportunity to...
Recovery is Possible: Lights of Hope 2016

Recovery is Possible: Lights of Hope 2016

When Barbara Theodosiou discovered two of her four children had fallen prey to drug addiction, she knew she had to do something: She had to announce, to the world—very bravely—that she was an addict’s mom. Theodosiou was not going to hide in shame. She was going...
Fall Arts Celebration 2016

Fall Arts Celebration 2016

The Grand Valley State University’s Fall Arts Celebration is back for 2016, featuring distinguished writers, poets, musicians, artists and scholars with events free and open to the public. “We think there’s something or other that will appeal to...