Grand Views 2025
Wednesday, September 24
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Henning Student Center, Speed Lyceum
This annual event is a platform to elevate ideas and celebrate voices that inspire. Each speaker will present a 7-minute talk aligned with one of our refreshed university values, introduced as part of Grand View's strategic planning initiative:
- Excellence
- Inclusive Community
- Adaptability
- Faith
- Global Curiosity
- Agility
- Positivity



Previous Grand Views Topics & Speakers
2024 |
EXCELLENCE
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“What is Excellence?” - Greg Hagan ’25, Grand View University
INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
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“How To Save A Life” - John Paul Derryberry ’06, Executive Director, 43 North Iowa & Storyteller and Public Speaker
ADAPTABILITY
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“Why Are You Crying? How Crying is Connected to Inclusivity and Adaptability” - Crystal Fierro, Ed.D., Director of Accessibility Services, Grand View University
FAITH
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“What? Why? And How?” - Mark Slavich, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Grand View University
GLOBAL CURIOSITY
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“The Metaskill of the Future” - Rachelle Keck, Ph.D., J.D., President, Grand View University
AGILITY
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“m.A.A.d City Planner” - Caleb Knutson, Senior Planner, Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance
POSITIVITY
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“The Resilience Revolution: How a Positive Mindset and Contagious Optimism Can Transform Your Response to Adversity” -Giselle Sancen Valero ’19, Client Partnership Advocate, Businessolver
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2023 |
RESEARCH & LEARNING
- “How Does Factoring Factor into College and Career Readiness?” - Sergio Loch, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics & Computer Sciences
- “Kurious U: Knowing Thyself” - Krista Tedrow, Director of Development, South Central Iowa Workforce Board
COMMUNITY & BELONGING
- “Building Compassionate Communities” - Paul Leavenworth, Ed.D., Director of The Center for Mentoring, Coaching and Leadership Development
- “Finding Humanity in Others”- Andrew Minear ’08, Diabetes Prevention Coordinator, IDPH
CREATIVITY & EXPRESSION
- “Pivoting Without Passing Out” - Sarah Roemer-Engquist ’19, Lecturer of Business Administration
- “In Search of Meaning” - Josh Woods, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
VOCATION & CHARACTER
- “Progress” - Paul Reedy, Associate Men’s Wrestling Coach
- “I ♥ the Arts and Humanities. You Should, Too.” - Carl Moses, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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2022 |
RESEARCH & LEARNING
- “The Power of What We Don’t Know” - Bonnie Hall, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- “Lifelong Learning: All Ships Rise” - Carrie Sponheim, Director of Annual Giving and Chris Lee, Vice President for Administration and Finance
COMMUNITY & BELONGING
- “What If...?” - Amy Schumann, Assistant Professor of Spanish
- “Belonging in the Yin and Yang” - Stephen Sporer, Associate Vice President for Advancement
CREATIVITY & EXPRESSION
- “Connecting Disciplines, Traveling Often and Touching the Wild” - Paul Brooke, Professor of English
- “Chameleon in the Cornfield-Being Black at a PWI” - Miradieu Joseph, Head Coach, Track & Field and Cross Country
VOCATION & CHARACTER
- “Your Feelings are Irrelevant” - Nick Mitchell, Head Coach, Men’s Wrestling/Assistant Director of Athletics
- “The Room Where it Happens” - Steve Snyder, Professor of Humanities
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