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Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

International alliances to be focus of Hauenstein Center event

Around the world, international alliances and partnerships are increasingly under scrutiny, with the U.K. poised to leave the European Union and tensions between the United States and Iran are escalated from the U.S. pullout from the Iran nuclear deal.  With these current international pressures in mind, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University will host its first Common Ground Initiative event of the season, a presentation by historian and best-selling author Lynne Olson.

Sep 1, 2019


Grand Valley alumnus awarded highly selective Phi Kappa Phi fellowship

A Grand Valley alumnus has been awarded a highly competitive scholarship by Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society.  Scott St. Louis of Midland, Michigan, was selected as a recipient of a Marcus L. Urann Fellowship, named after the society's founder. St. Louis is one of only six recipients nationwide to receive the prestigious $20,000 fellowship.

Jul 25, 2019


Not flyover country: Importance of Midwest highlighted at GVSU conference

Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host nearly 200 experts from three countries for the fifth annual Midwestern History Conference, a gathering dedicated to sparking and sustaining a revival of Midwestern studies. 

May 20, 2019


Ambassador Nikki Haley to receive Hauenstein Fellowship Award

Former ambassador and governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley will receive the Col. Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship Medal from the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University. 

May 15, 2019


Haas to share words of wisdom at final Wheelhouse Talk of semester

President Thomas J. Haas will be the keynote speaker at the final Wheelhouse Talk of the academic year on Thursday, April 25. 

Apr 22, 2019


Panel to explore how the humanities might help Americans cross deep political, cultural divides

Politics and culture are contentious factors in modern American life that are driving a major divide between significant segments of the population, but a group of experts will discuss how learning from the past can be significant when facing today's challenges.

Apr 4, 2019


GVSU student selected as finalist for prestigious Truman Scholar Award

Grand Valley State University student Cameron Jones has been selected as a finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Award, the nation's most prestigious domestic award for undergraduate students. 

Apr 3, 2019


Grand Valley to host lecture on history of Nazi group

Grand Valley's Frederik Meijer Honors College and the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host a lecture that will focus on the role of education as it related to the SS-Einsatzgruppen, Nazi mobile killing units that operated between 1941 and 1943. 

Apr 3, 2019


Clark awarded Hauenstein Fellowship Medal

Former Democratic candidate for president and four-star Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) was awarded the Col. Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship Medal at a March 14 event hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies. 

Mar 15, 2019


Former presidential candidate Wesley Clark to speak at Grand Valley event

Former Democratic candidate for president and four-star Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.) will speak at an event hosted by Grand Valley's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies on March 14. 

Mar 6, 2019