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During an eighth-grade class project on chemotherapy, Sydney Vucelich stumbled onto Van Andel Institute’s website. She thought her work would benefit from the perspective of…
For more than a decade, Matt Cook has worked to empower communities. As the vice president of community relations at Lake Michigan Credit Union…
Passion comes in all forms. For some, it's sports or books, but for Jim Cvelbar, it's a deep love for his Mini Cooper vehicle.…
Parkinson’s disease is a challenging diagnosis. It requires adjustments to day-to-day life and a change in regular habits. But for Richard Cebelak, Parkinson’s would not…
Jeffery Roberts remembers saying goodbye to Grand Rapids. As he prepared to further his studies in Chicago, he thought he was leaving a city that…
Dedication, prayer and meditation were key elements fueling Joy Kim’s grueling training efforts. In November, Kim and her sisters ran from Staten Island to Central…
In the summer of 2002, Ann Schoen sat in her doctor’s office, feet numb, mind racing. A sudden cancer diagnosis had stunned her, and she…
Jim and Jane Zwiers are a prime example of how the members of Van Andel Institute’s Board of Governors embody in their everyday lives the…