LAKERS TOGETHER: View the university’s COVID-19 response. Also, be sure to complete the online daily self-assessment.
We are as eager as all of you to resume the Hauenstein Center’s thought-provoking in-person events. Though in the meantime, in compliance with the Governor’s executive orders, the CDC recommended guidelines, and Grand Valley’s current policies, please join us for live webinar presentations and on-demand footage from events you missed from our exciting fall lineup of speakers listed inside. We are prepared to transition back to in-person events as soon as we are able to gather safely, so stay tuned!
Events
Bill Barker: Presidents' Day Celebration--Man and Legacy
February 18, 2021 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Kelsey Perdue: Local Leadership from Global Experience
February 26, 2021 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
David Eisenhower: Eisenhower, Hauenstein, and the Men and Women Who Saved Civilization
March 18, 2021 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
H.W. Brands: The Zealot and the Emancipator
April 22, 2021 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Peter C. Cook Leadership Graduation: President Philomena V. Mantella
April 29, 2021 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome
Welcome to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University.
What do we do? We support Grand Valley students and their leadership development. We work to advance knowledge and build community in the following areas:
We are a PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES CENTER. Our special collection of works authored by American presidents has been called “a uniquely valuable resource” by the Library of Congress.
We focus on LEADERSHIP in keeping with the vision of our founder and benefactor, COL Ralph W. Hauenstein, and his friendship with Peter C. Cook. Our primary mission is to foster ethical, effective leadership for the 21st century, and our Peter C. Cook Leadership Academy is at the core of that charge.
We strive to prepare a new generation of leaders to deal effectively with diverse ideas and cultures through our COMMON GROUND INITIATIVE, a program unique in higher education. All of our conferences and events are free and open to the public.
Recent Past Events
GVNext News
Mantella, 3 other GVSU presidents condemn violence in Washington, will host roundtable for campus community
January 13, 2021
Mantella and the other living GVSU presidents will host a series on democracy and Constitution.
White House correspondent to deliver keynote address at virtual MLK event
January 13, 2021
35th annual West Michigan commemoration program is an effort by GVSU, GRCC and Davenport University.
Holmes named acting director of Hauenstein Center; Whitney joins Ford Presidential Foundation
October 06, 2020
Brent Holmes has been named acting director of the Ralph Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.