About Our Students

Students entering the CSAL program come with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Some come directly out of an undergraduate degree program. Others have been working in higher education or other areas and decide they realized they lacked the foundational knowledge and the credential of the masters degree. Some students were actively involved in student affairs as undergraduates and decided early on to make it a career. Others came later to a realization that working with students in colleges and universities can provide a challenging and rewarding career.

Few undergraduate students have been exposed to student development theory and come to Grand Valley with majors as diverse as zoology, English, business, political science, religious studies, sociology or teacher preparation. There is no single "right" background to prepare a student for the CSAL program. The diversity of backgrounds helps make each cohort of students interesting, unique and dynamic.

Students entering the CSAL program earned undergraduate degrees from ninety-four different institutions in twenty-five states and three other countries including:

Alabama A & M Quinnipiac University
Albion College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Alma College Saginaw Valley State University
Aquinas College Salesian University Equador
Ball State University Seton Hall University
Beaver College Siena Heights University
Bowling Green State University Southeastern Louisiana University
Bridgewater State College Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Calvin College Spring Arbor College
Central Michigan University St. Cloud State University
Colorado State University St. Louis University
Cornerstone University St. Olaf College
Davenport University SUNY-Purchase
DePaul University Taylor University
DePauw University Trevecca Nazarene
Dordt College Unified Teaching Center of Brasilia, Brazil
Eastern Illinois University Universidad San Francisco, Equador
Eastern Michigan University University of California - Davis
East Carolina University The University of Charleston
Ferris State University University of Cincinnati
Geneva College University of Detroit - Mercy
Grand Valley State University University of Illinois
Hillsdale College University of Kansas
Hope College University of Maryland - Eastern Shore
Illinois State University University of Michigan
Indiana University-Bloomington University of Michigan - Flint
Indiana State University University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Iowa State University University of Missouri - Columbia
Kalamazoo College University of Missouri - Rolla
Kuyper College University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lake Superior State University University of Nevada - Reno
Manchester College University of Northern Iowa
Marion College University of Notre Dame
Marquette University University of Victoria, Canada
Miami University of Ohio
 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Michigan State University University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Michigan Technological University University of Wisconsin - Madison
North Carolina State University University of Wisconisin - Oshkosh
North Central College University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Northern Michigan University University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Oakland University University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Ohio Northern University Western Illinois University
Ohio Wesleyan University Western Michigan University
Old Dominion University Westminster College
Otterbein College Wheaton College
Penn State-Altoona Winston-Salem State University
Philadelphia College of Textiles Wright State University































































 

 



Since the first cohort of students entered the CSAL program in the fall of 1995, two
hundred eight students have completed the M.Ed. and have taken positions in 
one hundred forty-five higher education institutions and more than twenty-seven
organizations in thirty-one states.

  Last Modified Date: October 23, 2009
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