16th Annual Local History Roundtable

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

2024 Theme - Cultivating Connections: Strengthening Communities Through History

The 16th Annual Local History Roundtable will be held on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 from 1:00 - 8:00pm on GVSU's Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids.

This years theme, Cultivating Connections, will examine local communities faced in the past and their impact on the present. The first panel is titled "Reflections on the AIDS Journey in West Michigan: Public Health and Community Care" and will be discussing the AIDS crisis and its impact on West Michigan. This panel will run from 1:30-3:00pm. The second panel will include current and former students, staff, and faculty from Grand Rapids Public Schools discussing Dr. Leanne Kang's project "Podcasts as Oral Histories: Uncovering GRPS Past and Present," and will run from 3:30pm-5:00pm. Dinner will follow, with the keynote address beginning at 6:00pm. Check out our program page for more details.

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Location Information

Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall & Loosemore Auditorium

Richard M. DeVos Center - Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

401 W. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Contact Information

Nora Salas

Director, Kutsche Office of Local History

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 616-331-8099

Ryan Moore

Office Coordinator, Kutsche Office of Local History

Email: [email protected]

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This event was added to the calendar by Ryan Moore (moorer4@eduftp.net) on Monday, March 3, 2025 and was last updated on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.