GVSU to welcome students during move-in week

Grand Valley State University President Thomas J. Haas and hundreds of alumni, faculty and staff members are volunteering to help a new and returning students move in August 23-27.

A record-breaking 6,223 students are living on the Allendale and Pew Grand Rapids campuses this year. 

President Haas and his wife, Marcia Haas, will serve ice cream to families and new students on Wednesday, August 26, beginning at 11 a.m. by Kleiner Commons on the Allendale Campus. 

Faculty and staff members will welcome the newest class of students during Convocation, a celebration that marks the beginning of the academic year, on Friday, August 28. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Fieldhouse on the Allendale Campus. The new P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science will be dedicated at 2 p.m. on the Allendale Campus.