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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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.
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FRONTLINE examines how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlled territory since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. WGVU spoke with director, Paul Kenyon, who has spent a career reporting from world conflict zones including Ukraine.
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GVSU calls it an interactive, exhibition-style public event celebrating the forward-thinking and cutting-edge work of faculty and staff.
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TEP is scheduled for completion in 2027.
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WGVU talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about a study indicating consumer sentiment towards electric vehicles is cooling – and – Grand Rapids industrial commercial real estate market is the tightest in the nation.
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WGVU talks with West Michigan Sports Commission President Mike Guswiler about the economic impact of sports tourism.