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Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences! CLAS is the largest of Grand Valley's colleges. Our students choose from more than 50 bachelor degrees (and a growing number of advanced degrees) in the natural and mathematical sciences, the fine arts and humanities, and the social sciences. In fact, all GVSU undergraduates build the foundation for their major studies in general education courses offered by our College. It all starts here.     


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GVSU Arts Celebration to offer engagement with top artists

Several fall events are planned for the GVSU and West Michigan communities.

Sep 25, 2024

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Partnership agreement opens doors to GVSU advanced degrees for Albany State students

Students at the Georgia institution can earn master's degrees in public administration, health administration or communications at Grand Valley.

Sep 25, 2024

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$241K NSF grant helps experts bring cutting-edge water research instrument to GVSU

Faculty members say undergraduate water research opportunities will expand with this addition.

Sep 24, 2024

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Events

James Carey Memorial Lecture: Formal Objects in the Anthropocene

September 25, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

A rebooted formalism might be able to provide resources for responding to the civilizational problems of the Anthropocene Era. The study of form, however, is complicated by the ubiquity of forms: the...

Gene Therapy and Molecular Imaging: A Marriage Made in Vivio - The Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry

October 3, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dr. Thomas J. Meade, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, will discuss the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases with gene therapy. The heartbreaking nature of these diseases is incalculable....

Non-Invasive, Real-Time Tracking of AAV Gene Therapy via MR Imaging: The Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry

October 4, 2024 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Dr. Thomas J. Meade, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, will describe an entirely new class of MR contrast agents for tracking in vivo gene therapy for treating monogenic diseases....

GV Arts Celebration: The Sonnet Man - INT 100 Approved

October 7, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Prepare to be invigorated by The Sonnet Man.  Devon Glover, The Sonnet Man, will take you on a dynamic journey through the works of William Shakespeare, masterfully deconstructing sonnets through...

Katya Grokhovsky Welcome Event & Artist Lecture

October 9, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This event celebrates Katya Grokhovsky's arrival as the 2024-2025 Padnos Artist-in-Residence. During this public event, Katya will share images of her artwork and discuss what motivates her artistic...

The Two Souths: The American South in Contemporary American Politics

October 10, 2024 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Jay Barth, Ph. D. is Director of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum where he oversees all aspects of the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration facility in...

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GVSU Students Explore Careers in Los Angeles

Geologists studying climate change

How geologists in the field study climate change in South Carolina

Laker Marching Band

Laker Marching Band video



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