Class of 1975 Golden Reunion

Join the 50 Year Reunion Celebration!

In honor of your graduation from Grand Valley fifty years ago, we warmly invite you to celebrate your Golden Reunion.

Join us on Saturday, November 8, 2025 on the GVSU Valley Campus (Allendale) for a reunion celebration, alumni tailgate, and GVSU football game.

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Alumni tours campus surrounded by fall colors
Alumni look at yearbooks in the Seidman Archives
Three alums at the alumni tailgate

Schedule: Saturday, November 8, 2025

Reunion Celebration

10:00 a.m.
Welcome Reception | GVSU Alumni House and Visitor Center 

Enjoy coffee and pastries, connect with classmates, share your Grand Valley stories, and take home your commemorative class gift. Optional campus tours to follow. 


11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 
Homecoming Alumni Tailgate

GVSU Football Game

GVSU Football vs Michigan Tech | 2:00 p.m.
Tickets $13 per person

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The 1970s at Grand Valley

Football 1972, probably first victory under new head coach, Jim Harkema.
Aerial view of Allendale campus looking south from M45, ca. 1972.
Student Mark Carlson welding in art class, March 1972.
Students in Commons lounge.
GVSC College Theater students during performance, May 10, 1972.
Student Gearhardt Wittag and Gordon Stegink, director of the Computer Center, Spring 1972
Student using the Seidman House outdoor study area. The area fell into disrepair and was removed, ca. 1972.
Students and faculty at 1972 Commencement in the Field House dome.
Men's football team, 1972.
Exterior of the Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center, later named the Performing Arts Center, ca. 1972.
Students Linda Dooring of Eastern Michigan University (left) and Kimberly Rowe of Grand Valley State College (right) at German summer school, 1972.
Men's basketball team, 1971-1972.

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The 1960s at Grand Valley

1960's people sitting in chairs
1960's person walking down path
1960's holding up GVSC shirt
1960's person handing over keys to van
1960's people listening to speaker
1960's student on phone
1960's men ironing
1960's people walking into lake superior hall
1960's demolition
1960's students in classroom
1960's people in library
1960's police car

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