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Veterans Day Celebration
November 11, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Grand Valley State University's Office of the President and Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies invite you to join us this Veterans Day as we come together to honor the service and sacrifice...
Common Ground: The Separation of Church & State
January 26, 2027 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Founders had strong, and often conflicting, beliefs about the proper relationship between religion and government, beliefs that still shape how Americans debate religious liberty today. Our panel...
Open Minds Book Club: Artificial Intimacy
January 27, 2027 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
For the January 2027 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Sherry Turkle. "Artificial Intimacy is unique in...
Presidents' Ball
January 30, 2027 7:00 PM
Dress to impress and join CAB for one of GVSU's most elegant traditions—Presidents' Ball! Spend an unforgettable evening dancing, celebrating, and making memories with friends at...
Presidents' Day Luncheon
February 15, 2027 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Every presidency leaves behind lessons in leadership, but few offer as clear a window into the daily decisions of power as a firsthand account from inside the room. Join us for our annual Presidents'...
Open Minds Book Club: The Constitution of Knowledge
February 24, 2027 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
For the February 2027 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch. "Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies....
Top 10 Best and Worst Foreign Policy Decisions
March 25, 2027 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Not every major foreign policy decision ages well, and looking back at the ones that succeeded, and the ones that failed, reveals as much about the nature of American power as any single success story...
Open Minds Book Club: A Bell for Adano
March 31, 2027 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
For the March 2027 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing A Bell for Adano by John Hersey. "This classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story of an Italian-American...
John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
April 22, 2027 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The second president of the United States inherited an office with no real playbook and a nation already pulling in different directions, making his choices about how to lead all the more consequential....