Wednesday, August 20

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Move-In 2025

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.    

SAP Farm Stand

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.    

Trivia with Success Coaches

  Allendale Campus
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Faculty and Staff Fall Kickoff Celebration

  Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  

Housing & Residence Life South Neighborhood Party

  Allendale Campus

Thursday, August 21

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.    

Campus Tour

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.    

Trivia with Success Coaches

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  

CAB Craft: Pennant Making

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  

Housing & Residence Life North Neighborhood Party

  Allendale Campus
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.  

Meijer Back-to-College Event

  Allendale Campus
All day  

Choral Ensemble Auditions (OPEN TO ALL GVSU STUDENTS)

  Allendale Campus

Friday, August 22

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.    

Campus Tour

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

University Address

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Laker Line Ride Event

  Allendale Campus
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.    

Campus Tour

  Allendale Campus
5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.  

Commuter & Transfer Student Welcome

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  

Laker Esports Center (LEC) 2025 Opening Day

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.  

Laker Kickoff 2025

  Allendale Campus
9:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.  

Laker Kickoff Night Hike

  Allendale Campus
All day    

Band and Orchestra Auditions (OPEN TO ALL GVSU STUDENTS)

  Allendale Campus

Saturday, August 23

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Beach Clean up

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Black Excellence Welcome

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

CAB Tie Dye

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Kickoff Field Night - Ultimate Frisbee!

  Allendale Campus
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  

CAB Movie on the Field

  Allendale Campus
8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.  

Queer Rave

  Allendale Campus
All day    

Band and Orchestra Auditions (OPEN TO ALL GVSU STUDENTS)

  Allendale Campus
All day    

Red Zone Tailgate

  Allendale Campus

Sunday, August 24

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  

Seidman New Student Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  

Exploratory Study Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  

Nursing Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Anthropology Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Biology Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Biomedical Sciences Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Brooks College Laker Welcome!

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Cell and Molecular Biology Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Early Childhood/PCKT/Secondary Education Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

English and Classics Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Exercise Science Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

History, Modern Languages, Geography, and Philosophy Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Math and Statistics Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Physical Sciences Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Political Science and International Relations Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

School of Communications Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Sociology Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Sport Management Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Visual and Media Arts Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Writing Majors Welcome Event

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.  

College of Health Professions Welcome Session

  Allendale Campus, Health Campus
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Preprofessional Student Panel Q&A

  Allendale Campus
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Grand Valley State University Women's Soccer vs Findlay

  Allendale Campus
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.    

Campus Tour

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m.  

Campus Life Night

  Allendale Campus
All day    

Band and Orchestra Auditions (OPEN TO ALL GVSU STUDENTS)

  Allendale Campus

Monday, August 25

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  

Dehydrated Meal Social Sampler

  Allendale Campus
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

FREE Cookout and Carnival

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  

CAB Speed Friending

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Girl's Craft Night With His House!

  Allendale Campus
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  

CAB Magician, featuring Daniel Martin!

  Allendale Campus
All day    

Band and Orchestra Auditions (OPEN TO ALL GVSU STUDENTS)

  Allendale Campus

Tuesday, August 26

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

To My Future Self Postcards with the UCC

  Allendale Campus
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

GVSU Kirkhof College of Nursing Accelerated Second-Degree (BSN) Program - Virtual Information Session

  Online
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sand Volleyball

  Allendale Campus