News and College Life

White House correspondent April Ryan dances with members of the ECU SGA as they record a TikTok video at the Main Student Center on Wednesday night. 

Ling-Yu Lee, an alumni from Weber State University, plays piano during the inauguration of Weber State University's new president, Brad Mortensen.

Weber State President Brad Mortensen and his wife, center left, watch a video from their children congratulating him during his inauguration. 

Coach Mark Madsen and Todd Phillips bow their heads during a moment of silence for victims of a helicopter crash including, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and their basketball-playing daughter Alyssa; mother and daughter Sarah and Payton Chester; Mamba Academy basketball coach Christina Mauser; and pilot Ara Zobayan. Madsen was a teammate with Bryant in Los Angeles.

Students participate in a Design Thinking Workshop at Grand Valley State University. Design Thinking is a process for creative problem solving. 

A fifth-grade student reacts to his teacher, Sunaide Mack, not pictured, as she teaches fractions to her classroom. Mack is taking part in Muskegon Heights district's Supporting Emerging Educator Development, or SEED, program recently approved by the Michigan Department of Education. For two years, SEED teachers are the primary instructors in their classrooms but at the same time they'll be taking classes online and in the evenings through Grand Valley State University.

Guest choreographer, Justin Koertgen, center, works with Grand Valley State University dance students on a dance he choreographed for their upcoming spring recital. 

Fifth-grade teacher Sunaide Mack, left, comforts one of her students after she was bullied by classmates. Mack is taking part in Muskegon Heights district's Supporting Emerging Educator Development, or SEED, program recently approved by the Michigan Department of Education. For two years, SEED teachers are the primary instructors in their classrooms but at the same time they'll be taking classes online and in the evenings through Grand Valley State University.

Artists from the Cesar and Lois Collective work with students from PS 192 Buffalo Academy during a workshop presented by Coalesce: Center for Biological Art In Hochstetter Hall in January 2020. 

Irish Senator Billy Lawless visits the Special Collections for a tour of the UB James Joyce Collection in January 2020. NYS Sen. Tim Kennedy and Lawless’ wife were also in attendance.