Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business senior writer Mark Sanchez talks about a report card grading area hospitals. Kent County voters will decide a lodging tax funding transformational projects. But first, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation has come to a close.
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Julianne Vanden Wyngaard will play the Grand Carillon. A World War II “thank you” gift from the Netherlands to the people of the United States.
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Earlier this year, Grand Valley State University unveiled a new statewide, hybrid delivery model designed to meet adult learners where they live. WGVU spoke with Kara Van Dam, Chief Executive of GVSU Omni.
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FRONTLINE and the Associated Press investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less-lethal force.” WGVU talks with director Serginho Roosblad.
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University leadership says that GVSU’s residential undergraduate expenses remain in the bottom quarter among Michigan public universities
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Commissioners unanimously approved amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance increasing and diversifying affordable dwelling units.
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Advances in public health around the world are grounded in four areas: fluoridation, immunization, water purification and pasteurization. In the 1930s, the U.S. Public Health Service determined tooth decay “an urgent public health problem.” As part of NPR’s series on historical markers, Off the Mark, WGVU revisits Grand Rapids’ fluoride story with two dentists who lived it.
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WGVU talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about Michigan long-term care providers new staffing mandates, a West Michigan bank merger and the Federal Trade Commission ruling noncompete agreements should be banned.
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U.S. House passes bipartisan bill aimed at cutting off Iranian government from U.S. financial systemWest Michigan U.S. Congressman Bill Huizenga introduced the legislation in 2023.
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Grand Valley State University’s Reach Higher Showcase is an interactive, exhibition-style public event celebrating the forward-thinking and cutting-edge work of faculty and staff. The 2024 showcase featured more than 140 projects.