由大峡谷领导 REP4联盟 , which seeks to center student voices in the future of higher education, was among the programs featured at the second 年度听. 学习. 引领. 学生状况 summit on October 30.
Organized by the Kent Intermediate School District, the event at the Eberhard Center on the Pew Downtown Campus focused on ways student voices and priorities can be elevated to the forefront of creating educational experiences.
REP4, which asks students to use design thinking to envision the future of higher education, took center stage during a portion of the program along with other GVSU programs like 大路径计划 that seek to empower students to shape their futures.
Grand Valley 菲洛梅娜五世总统. 曼特拉采访了 the group of students and educators from across Kent County, highlighting several ways the university is working to provide more equity, access and opportunity in higher education.
“Grand Valley is working toward that shared commitment to meeting student needs,” Mantella said. “我的‘怎么做’。 mind is to enable the student voice. 你们一直在谈论的 that today: listening carefully; really understanding our students. But the ‘why’ behind that is the higher level of individual success students will have when their voice is empowered; when they have 代理为自己学习.”