Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2014 - (Page 4)

CA M P US NE WS Grand Valley surprises students with new books Jean Estebez-Figueroa, a ﬁrst-grade teacher at Southwest Community Campus elementary school in Grand Rapids, was surprised with an entire library of books for her classroom. Estebez-Figueroa is one of six area teachers who received hundreds of library books as part of the College of Education's Classroom Library Book Grant program. Faculty members Sheryl Vlietstra and Megan Freudigmann came up with the idea of seeking a grant as a way to help new teachers build their classroom libraries. "New teachers are excited to land their ﬁrst job," said Vlietstra. "They arrive with lots of energy and great ideas but often ﬁnd there aren't any materials to help them teach. It can take new teachers several years of personal spending to develop a functional classroom library." The Classroom Library Book Grant program received a $2,500 Meemic Foundation for the Future of Education grant in February to help support the development of resources for new teacher classroom libraries. The program is open to alumni who began their elementary teaching careers within the last three years and who are teaching in underserved districts in the greater Grand Rapids area. Students at Southwest Community Campus in Grand Rapids show their excitement and surprise at library books presented to their teacher through the College of Education's Classroom Library Book Grant program. photos by Mark Rheaume CAMPUS CHATTER Well I'm done with my undergrad regular classes...I hope I get my perfect attendance award... Yup I never missed a class at gvsu #nerdtweet Posted by @B_mastb on April 18, 2014. First time bringing our hammocks outdoors and we are THRILLED! #HammockLove #GVSU Posted by @meganmariec on April 9, 2014. Summer ready. #GVSU Posted by @lkrman on May 17, 2014. 4 Summer '14

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2014

Table of Contents
Campus News
Fall Arts Celebration
Athletics
Donor Impact
Sustainability
Research
Q&A Karen Gipson
A seat at the table
Students dig program
Deployment to enrollment
Seeing double
Off the path
Arts
Alumni News

Grand Valley Magazine Summer 2014