Educator Events
Midterms 101: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Stakes
Midterm elections are often treated as a referendum on whoever holds the White House, but the historical pattern is more complicated, and more revealing, than that framing suggests. Join us for Midterms 101: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Stakes,...
Veterans Day Celebration
Grand Valley State University's Office of the President and Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies invite you to join us this Veterans Day as we come together to honor the service and sacrifice of West Michigan and Laker veterans past and present....
Common Ground: The Separation of Church & State
The Founders had strong, and often conflicting, beliefs about the proper relationship between religion and government, beliefs that still shape how Americans debate religious liberty today. Our panel will examine what the founders truly believed about...
Top 10 Best and Worst Foreign Policy Decisions
Not every major foreign policy decision ages well, and looking back at the ones that succeeded, and the ones that failed, reveals as much about the nature of American power as any single success story could. Join us for Top 10 Best and Worst Foreign Po...
John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
The second president of the United States inherited an office with no real playbook and a nation already pulling in different directions, making his choices about how to lead all the more consequential. Join us for a conversation with historian Lindsay...