Grand Rapids Business Journal
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Born in a mud hut in central Africa and given only a day to live due to disease and malnutrition, Graci Harkema has walked a long road to her current position.
Harkema is founder of the newly minted, Grand Rapids-based speaking; consulting; and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leadership training firm Graci LLC.
She left her previous position as Founders Brewing Companyâs inaugural diversity and inclusion director on Oct. 25 over what she described as Foundersâ failure to listen to her feedback and counsel as the company sought to âincrease (its) reputation in diversity and inclusion and regain the trust of the LGBTQ and people of color communitiesâ in the midst of former Detroit taproom employee Tracy Evansâ lawsuit accusing the brewery of racial discrimination.
Grand Valley State University forms national alliance to solve equity challenges in higher education
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
The outdoor patio space at the top level of the Mary Idema Pew Library provides an outdoor learning space for students. The Mary Idema Pew library is located on Grand Valley State University s Allendale Campus. Photo provided by GVSU Communications
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ALLENDALE, MI – Grand Valley State University has partnered with five other universities across the country to engage students in developing innovative solutions for challenges in higher education like low completion rates, lack of access and racial gaps.
The REP4 alliance – which stands for Rapid Education Prototyping for Change, Learners, Community, Equity – allows students to design and build prototypes for solutions to problems they see in higher education, which the six colleges will implement nationwide, GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella announced this week.
Grand Rapids Business Journal Keystone Pharmacy’s Thomas A. Magnifico has been inducted as a fellow with the American College of Apothecaries. Magnifico has more than 30 years experience as a pharmacist, working in a breadth of settings from health systems to retail and with a strong background in administration and management. His current focus is as a veterinary compounding specialist.The ACA was founded in 1940 to educate, mentor and train pharmacists. ACCOUNTING
Michael Gruennert, senior audit accountant,
Jessica Giddings, staff accountant, and
Scott Stancill, senior accountant.
Scott Cathey, engineering technician in its Holland office;
Duane Schweigert, inspector in its Grand Rapids office; and
Six mid-Michigan colleges, universities to receive combined $94 million in emergency COVID-19 funds
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
An entrance to Mott Community College in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com
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FLINT, MI Nearly $95 million will be distributed to colleges and universities in Michigan’s 5th Congressional District under the federal government’s last COVID-19 spending bill.
A total of $94,555,085 will be distributed in emergency funds to area colleges and universities to help deal with the financial fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At least half of the funding for each school will be distributed to students in the form of emergency assistance, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township.