Educational Equity

Giving Tuesday will focus on Replenish, helping ensure students have access to food, basic needs

For the second consecutive year, the Grand Valley community will rally around the Replenish Student Food Resource Fund during Giving Tuesday, the national philanthropic day of giving after Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Nov 21, 2023

Lakers helping Lakers giving Tuesday image in tones of blue, creating food security on campus

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Federal $2.2 million grant to help GVSU close equity gaps, boost career-connected educational opportunities

The five-year grant was awarded to the Center for Experiential Learning in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Nov 15, 2023

A building with the words Mackinac Hall has a yellow sculpture in front of it.

Educational Equity

Kimmerer: 'What does the Earth ask of us?'

The author of Braiding Sweetgrass gave a presentation before a standing-room-only crowd in the Kirkhof Center.

Nov 8, 2023

Shannon Martin, left, greets author Robin Wall Kimmerer

Office of Multicultural Affairs

Hispanic Heritage Month: How GVSU students are celebrating

A number of activities hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs allow the GVSU community to learn and celebrate through November 2. Take a look at how four GVSU students are celebrating.

Oct 12, 2023

Two students, Jackelyn Palmas and Jose Medina, stand together laughing and holding Mexican flags.

Enrollment Development

Strategic Enrollment Management Plan sees progress toward recruitment goals

Historic enrollment numbers gave members of the SEMP task force an opportunity to celebrate their work and mission.

Oct 11, 2023

B. Donta Truss speaks during a celebration of the Strategic Enrollment Management Plan

Educational Equity

Indigenous perspective woven into archaeological field school to recognize displaced inhabitants, land they knew

Work included both unearthing artifacts and identifying and removing invasive plant species.

Oct 9, 2023

Two people sit and one stands around an archaeological dig site.

Enrollment Development

Philanthropic Detroit couple opens doors to education for 400 new students

Nearly 400 new students have enrolled at Grand Valley this year largely because of the generosity of a Detroit couple who have expanded access to education for students from working-class families.

Sep 22, 2023