The Educational Support Program

Welcome to the Educational Support Program!

The Educational Support Program (ESP) is a federally-funded, comprehensive support program for first-generation and low-income college students. The goal of the program is to do all that's possible to support participants in their quest to graduate from Grand Valley State University. Participants are assigned an advisor and have access to peer mentors who can help them achieve success while in college. We provide a number of services:

Academic advising
Scheduling assistance
Study skills assistance
Time management assistance
Secondary admission assistance
Financial aid counseling
Career counseling
Graduate school counseling
Personal counseling
Study abroad advising

ESP has a long history with GVSU and have found that students in ESP are more likely to graduate, and more likely to graduate in a timely manner, than students who are eligible to participate but chose not to. In addition to the benefits listed above, ESP participants are also eligible to receive:

Grant money
Textbook loans
Laptop computer loans
Graphing calculator loans
Cultural enrichment trips to places like Chicago, Detroit, Traverse City and Detroit

To apply for ESP click the Application button to the right. Spaces are limited each year and we do our best to serve as many as possible.

Funded by a grant from the:
U.S. Department of Education