Grand Views 2025

Wednesday, September 24

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Henning Student Center, Speed Lyceum

Do you have an idea worth sharing? Know someone whose voice should be heard?
Members of Grand View University and our wider community are invited to nominate speakers - or yourself! - for this year's TED Talk-inspired event, where innovative and thought-provoking monologues take center stage.

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

Nominations due: July 28
Speakers selected and notified: August 1
Speakers and talks announced: August 15

Nominate a Grand Views Speaker Here

Previous Grand Views Topics & Speakers

2024

EXCELLENCE

  • “What is Excellence?” - Greg Hagan ’25, Grand View University

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

  • “How To Save A Life” - John Paul Derryberry ’06, Executive Director, 43 North Iowa & Storyteller and Public Speaker

ADAPTABILITY

  • “Why Are You Crying? How Crying is Connected to Inclusivity and Adaptability” - Crystal Fierro, Ed.D., Director of Accessibility Services, Grand View University

FAITH

  • “What? Why? And How?” - Mark Slavich, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Grand View University

GLOBAL CURIOSITY

  • “The Metaskill of the Future” - Rachelle Keck, Ph.D., J.D., President, Grand View University

AGILITY

  • “m.A.A.d City Planner” - Caleb Knutson, Senior Planner, Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance

POSITIVITY

  • “The Resilience Revolution: How a Positive Mindset and Contagious Optimism Can Transform Your Response to Adversity” -Giselle Sancen Valero ’19, Client Partnership Advocate, Businessolver
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
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