GVSU to host inauguration viewing

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- Grand Valley State University will mark the historic presidential inauguration of Barack Obama with a campus-wide event at the Fieldhouse Arena on the Allendale Campus.

"America United: A Grand Valley Celebration" will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20. Remarks will be given by President Thomas J. Haas; Jeanne Arnold, vice president for Inclusion and Equity; Gleaves Whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies; and faculty members Mark Richards and Louis Moore. The event is free and open to the public; community members who are interested in attending are encouraged to go to the Fieldhouse, the largest host site.

A live Webcast of Grand Valley speakers and a link to the inauguration will be available at www.gvsu.edu.

Locations will be set up for students, faculty and staff members to watch the day’s events. Along with the Fieldhouse Arena, sites are as follows:
• Eberhard Center, Grand Rapids Press Teleconference Auditorium;
• DeVos Center, room 136 E;
• Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, Hager Auditorium;
• Holland Meijer Campus, room 104;
• Muskegon Regional Center, room 1100;
• Traverse City University Center, rooms 215 and 217.

Sign language interpreters will be available at the Fieldhouse and Eberhard Center.

For more information about the event, contact the Office of Inclusion and Equity at (616) 331-3296.