Monday, September 28

11:00 a.m.    

Laker Blue Smoothies

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

Get Involved in Undergraduate Research: Professional Communication - A Workshop for Interested Students (INT 100 Approved)

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

Homecoming CAB Event - Sunglasses Decorating

  Allendale Campus
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.    

Master of Public Health (MPH) Virtual Information Session

  Online
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  

Know Your Neighbor Interfaith Dinner - Religion & Relationships

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  

Outdoor Mindfulness Mondays

  Allendale Campus
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Homecoming CAB Event - Line Dancing & Texas Roadhouse Rolls

  Allendale Campus
All day

[N] Grand Valley State University Men's Golf at Midwest Collegiate

  Off Campus
All day

[N] Grand Valley State University Women's Golf vs 18th Annual Gilda's Club Laker Fall Invite

  Allendale Campus

Tuesday, September 29

12:00 a.m. - 11:59 a.m.

Spirit Week Day 2 - Twin Day

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  

Meet Corewell Health: Campus Takeover

  Allendale Campus, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

CareerLab: Employer Office Hours with Corewell Health

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m.    

Laker Blue Smoothies

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

Open Door Discussion: Bear With Me for a Moment

  Allendale Campus
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

Concert @ Beckering Family Tower Carillon

  Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

Concert @ Cook Tower Carillon

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

Homecoming CAB Event - DIY Passports

  Allendale Campus
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  

MBSAC Kickoff Meeting: Help Shape GVSU Marketing

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

Weekly Hikes (on campus)

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

NUR 101: Facts vs. Fiction

  Allendale Campus
All day

[N] Grand Valley State University Men's Golf at Midwest Collegiate

  Off Campus

Wednesday, September 30

12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.

Spirit Week Day 3 - Dress Like Louie

11:00 a.m.    

Laker Blue Smoothies

  Allendale Campus
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lemonade Bar and Friendship Bracelets

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

Geology Alumni Dr. Esther Posner presents "Inside Earth's Core: What High-Pressure Experiments and Geophysics Reveal about Planetary Interiors"

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

Intro to Indoor Climbing

  Allendale Campus
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  

Open Minds Book Club: When the Declaration of Independence Was News

  Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Immigration 101 INT 100/201 Approved)

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

Goal Setting & Cider

  Allendale Campus

Thursday, October 1

12:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.

Spirit Week Day 4 - Black Out

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  

The ABC's of CBD & THC

  Online
11:00 a.m.    

Laker Blue Smoothies

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Alumna-in-Residence Dr. Beth Lubeck Grand Valley to Government: Science Across Settings

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m.  

Alumni-in-Residence: Capt. Zachary Carson : "Off the Flight Path: Embracing Turbulence and the Journey"

  Allendale Campus
1:00 p.m.  

Alumni-in-Residence Honoree Hollin De La Cruz: "Languages, Non-Profit, and the Impact of Study Abroad"

  Allendale Campus
2:00 p.m.  

Alumni-in-Residence Honoree Dr. Jared J. Homola: "Evolutionary Insights to Guide Lake Whitefish Recovery in the Great Lakes"

  Lake Michigan Center
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.  

Distinguished Alumni-in-Residence Alumni Panel: "Staying Human: Distinguished Humanities Alumni Discuss Their Studies, Their Stories, and Their Accomplishments"

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

"Making Your Own Path: Building a Career in Scientific Publishing" and "Is Graduate School Right for Me? Preparing for the Next Step in Science".

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

Laker Club Talk with Damon Arnold

  Allendale Campus
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Political Science & International Relations Open House

  Allendale Campus
5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Student Senate General Assembly

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.  

Grand Valley Writers Series presents Katie Jean Shinkle (INT 100 Approved)

  Allendale Campus
6:15 p.m.

GVSU Philosophy Alumni get-together

  Off Campus
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

NPHC Yardshow

  Allendale Campus
All day  

Walktober: October 1-31

  Online

Friday, October 2

12:00 a.m. - 11:59 a.m.

Spirit Week Day 5 - Laker Pride

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  

Alumni in Residence: Joshua Munk

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

Department of Writing 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebration

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m.

Careers in English: A Series Sponsored by Lighthouse Journal

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  

Understanding and Interrupting Implicit Bias 101

  Online
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

[W] Grand Valley State University Women's Soccer at Davenport

  Off Campus
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

[N] Grand Valley State University Cross Country at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite

  Off Campus
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

[N] Grand Valley State University Cross Country at SVSU Red October Meet

  Off Campus
11:00 a.m.    

Laker Blue Smoothies

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.    

TORNADO / OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN TESTING

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

Study Abroad Funding 101 Workshop

  Allendale Campus
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  

Alumni in Residence: Hannah Gaff, Theatre "Play, Connection, and Impact: The Garbage Monster"

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

[N] Grand Valley State University Softball at Aquinas - 10 Innings

  Off Campus
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  

JCPenney Suit Up - Fall 2026

  Off Campus
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  

Harvest Party

  Off Campus
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

Alumni Awards Dinner

  Allendale Campus
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

[W] Grand Valley State University Women's Volleyball vs Wayne State

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Kirkhof Center Trivia Night (Homecoming Edition)

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m.

CAB Concert in the Arb

  Allendale Campus
7:00 p.m.  

Men's Soccer vs Maize

  Allendale Campus
7:30 p.m.    

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM presented by the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival

  Allendale Campus
8:00 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.  

Homecoming Black Alumni Weekend: Meet & Greet at Clique Lanes

  Off Campus
All day  

[N] Grand Valley State University Men's Tennis at Davenport Tournament

  Off Campus
All day  

[N] Grand Valley State University Women's Tennis at Davenport Tournament

  Off Campus
All day  

Department of Writing Silver Jubilee

  Allendale Campus

Saturday, October 3

9:00 a.m.  

GVSU Baseball Alumni & Friends Alumni Weekend 2026!

  Allendale Campus
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  

Rowing Alumni Homecoming Celebration

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  

Laker Store Alumni Celebration

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Black Alumni Tailgate

  Allendale Campus
10:00 a.m.  

Men's Lacrosse Alumni Game

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

Military & Veterans Resource Center Open House

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

[N] Grand Valley State University Swimming & Diving vs Blue and Black Intrasquad

  Off Campus
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

On-Campus Renaissance Fair

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

Health Program Fair - Fall 2026 (October 3, 2026)

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

Alumni Homecoming Tailgate

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

Join Us!! Master of Athletic Training 50th Kickoff Celebration

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  

Alumni House & Visitor Center Open House

  Allendale Campus
12:00 p.m.  

Class of 1976 Golden Reunion

  Allendale Campus
1:30 p.m.

Women's Rugby vs Ferris

  Allendale Campus
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

[W] Grand Valley State University Football vs Wayne State

  Off Campus
3:00 p.m.  

Women's Hockey vs Indiana Tech

  Off Campus
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

[L] Grand Valley State University Women's Volleyball at Ferris State

  Off Campus
7:30 p.m.    

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM presented by the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival

  Allendale Campus
8:00 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.  

Homecoming Black Alumni Weekend: Post-game Wind Down at WMCAT

  Off Campus
All day  

[N] Grand Valley State University Men's Tennis at Davenport Tournament

  Off Campus
All day  

[N] Grand Valley State University Women's Tennis at Davenport Tournament

  Off Campus

Sunday, October 4

9:00 a.m.  

GVSU Women's Lacrosse Golf Outing 2026!

  Off Campus
9:00 a.m.  

Softball Triple Header

  Allendale Campus
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Grand Valley State University Softball at Western Michigan

  Off Campus
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

[W] Grand Valley State University Women's Soccer vs Roosevelt - Senior Day

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

Grand Valley State University Softball vs Jackson College

  Off Campus
1:00 p.m.  

Club Sports Cornhole Tournament

  Allendale Campus
2:00 p.m.    

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM presented by the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival

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

Auditions for EDGES: THE MUSICAL (open to all GVSU students)

  Allendale Campus