Area higher education and health care leaders will discuss the region’s health care workforce at a Health Forum of West Michigan event.
“How Higher Education in the Region is Powering the Health Care Workforce” is Friday, March 6, at the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium, on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus, 401 Fulton St. W. A light breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the event will run 8-9:30 a.m.
The forum is free and open to the public; RSVP online at gvsu.edu/vphealth. Parking is available in the Seward Street parking ramp/lot.
Panelists are GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella; Bill Pink, president of Grand Rapids Community College; Pamela Ries, vice president of human resources for Spectrum Health; and Shana Lewis, executive director of talent acquisition for Trinity Health Michigan/Georgia/Florida and National FirstChoice Program. Jean Nagelkerk, GVSU vice provost for health, is the moderator.
The Health Forum of West Michigan monthly series is sponsored by Grand Valley’s Office of the Vice Provost for Health; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center; Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; and the Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement.
