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Hospitality and tourism students work with 18 destinations statewide to survey visitors.
Patty Janes, Courtesy GVSU
That impact did not go unnoticed by students enrolled in professor Patty Janes’ hospitality and tourism management research classes at Grand Valley State University, who reached out to statewide convention and visitor bureaus responsible for marketing their destinations.
“In my (prior) research classes, we weren’t helping (CVBs),” she said. “My research classes were conducting research about industry topics and issues and (students) were collecting data, but they were pilot research studies. That is what we would call them. We did community-based learning, but we weren’t working with organizations directly. We were working on industry issues overall, but the pandemic and COVID really forced me to look at how we could help individual destinations or organizations.”
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Share February 04, 2021, 7:20 AM Big Gretch vs. the Republican-dominated state legislature went another round this week, with the state Senate voting along party lines to reject five of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s appointees to various state governing boards.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at State of the State
(Photo: State of Michigan) Dissenting state senators demanded that Whitmer work more closely with legislators on responding to Covid-19 before casting their votes Before the Wednesday vote, Sen. Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton, said the Senate was using its power to pressure Whitmer to compromise with the people s representatives. GOP lawmakers want the governor to ease restrictions on businesses and school athletics more quickly.
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A local financial services firm elected two partners following its recent rebranding.
Wyoming-based JVL Wealth Strategies, which changed its name from JVL Associates in December and updated its logo and website, said last week that it elected Matt Kunnen and Chad Soukup as partners.
“As we continue looking forward and serving our clients for the next 25 years, I’m honored to work alongside two knowledgeable and proficient practitioners,” said Jerry VanderLugt, founder and principal of JVL Wealth Strategies. “Matt and Chad are much more than financial advisers; they have meaningful relationships with our clients and coordinate with each families’ team of advisers to proactively ensure long-term financial security.”
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