Grand Valley celebrates Founders Day
Oct 22, 2015
The Grand Valley community celebrated Founders Day with cupcakes and a 282-flag display on the Allendale and Pew Grand Rapids campuses.
The annual event marks the time when 282 individuals came together to start the vision and foundation for Grand Valley. Founders Day was celebrated October 22 because the actual date of observance (October 25) falls on a Sunday.
President Thomas J. Haas handed out cupcakes to students and signed a drawing of the WHOJ living centers as part of a reopening ceremony. The living centers are named after some of the university’s founders: Ella Koeze-Weed, Icie Macy Hoobler, Arnold C. Ott and Paul A. Johnson.
This year’s Founders Day celebration falls on the same year as the university’s 55th anniversary.
For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/foundersday. Learn more about Grand Valley’s history at www.gvsu.edu/anniversary.
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