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Presidential Historian H.W. ‘Bill’ Brands Speaks at GVSU Wednesday Night
Presidential Historian H.W. ‘Bill’ Brands Speaks at GVSU Wednesday Night
Presidential Historian H.W. ‘Bill’ Brands Speaks at GVSU Wednesday Night
The Prez: Machiavelli visits The White House. What, Machiavelli? The White House? For centuries the name Machiavelli has been synonymous with amoral calculation in politics. And, believe me, no American president would ever want to be described as Machiavellian. Yet should the canny Florentine return to life and visit twenty-first century America, he would have some useful and surprising advice fo
“From Success to Significance” Thursday, November 15th at Barnes & Nobel in Woodland Mall
“From Success to Significance” Thursday, November 15th at Barnes & Nobel in Woodland Mall
“From Success to Significance” Thursday, November 15th at Barnes & Nobel in Woodland Mall
The author of "From Success to Significance," Kris Mathis, grew up here in Grand Rapids. Living in the inner city was a tough life.  Raised by a single mother, his father left the family when he was four, the adversities he faced were rough.  Gangs, drugs, a rare facial paralysis, and more, that seemed to block his way out of his life of poverty.  But through it all, and with the strengt