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In 2012, Grand Valley State University is poised to do more of what our region depends upon us to do: produce human capital, strengthen our economic ties to the communities that host our campuses and create opportunity.

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"Trying to predict the economy for the next 12 months is a little like picking up pieces of sand: not impossible, but clearly tedious and slow. As I read various economic reports nationally and engage with business and industry leaders locally, tedious and slow are good descriptors in my mind of the upcoming year."