Talent

Michigan musician Kait Rose

Kait Rose, one “Bad Mother,” making her voice heard throughout West Michigan

Michigan musician Kait Rose is becoming more comfortable with herself and her music and expanding her horizons in 2023 with The Band of Thorns.

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Anthony Clark Jr., a former GRCC student who received a scholarship, is now studying at GVSU.
New Michigan Achievement Scholarship could help make college more accessible

The new Michigan Achievement Scholarship could provide students with $2,750 to $5,500 a year to help cover the cost of tuition, helping to remove financial barriers to getting a life-changing college education.

GRFD Fire Cadet Program aims to recruit community members and increase diversity in its ranks

The Grand Rapids Fire Department is seeking to connect and engage with residents in hopes of diversifying their talent pipeline.

The Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance’s “Nonprofit Community Assessment” launched in 2019 to help measure the overall health of the local nonprofit community. The 2022 report was released at an event at Midtown Center in Holland earlier this month.
Nonprofit survey reveals burnout, DEI struggles and triumphs

Employee burnout in the nonprofit sector is a real threat and one that the Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance intends to address.  

GRow1000 returns for its third year to help shape careers of next generation

GRow1000 returns to employ young adults ages 15 to 24 in professional career opportunities and mentorship. One partner organization, Spectrum Health, explains how participants can benefit from this program.

Team members from Zeeland High School's robotics team — known as Built on Brains, or B.O.B. — were one of two teams to compete at the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics World Championship in Houston last month.
Robotics students are next tech workforce

Two area robotics teams competed at the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics state and world championships, but that's just the beginning. Many tech companies mentor the students now and seek them out when it comes time to hire later.

Jocelyn Hines (right) poses with her parents (left) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after Hines received the 2019 Youth Volunteer of the Year award.
MSU grad launches Muskegon Young Black Professionals to support community

Muskegon native and MSU grad Jocelyn Hines was inspired to launch Muskegon Young Black Professionals after seeing a similar networking organization in Detroit.

Nearly a third of Michigan adults report having at least one disability.
Series to explore the state of West Michigan’s growing disability community

This article begins a weekly series that will explore the challenges faced by those with disabilities along with the efforts across West Michigan to address the discrimination and inequity.

Think we can’t fix the talent pipeline issue here? Spectrum and GVSU have thoughts on that.

The BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan Nurse Scholar program seeks to fill the nursing pipeline with an education scholarship program built in partnership with Grand Valley State University and a more than $19 million investment.

Atucún Farmer Efren Madriaga at The Lantern
Checking in with Chad Morton of Roast Umber and Atucún

Chad Morton checks back in with Rapid Growth's Publisher Tommy Allen on the anniversary of this local startup's Published Together piece from 2021. 

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