Grand Valley International Relations
Welcome to the International Relations (IR) at GVSU!
Are you interested in international events and trends? Can you envision a career in global affairs, international business, or law? Have you imagined working for a multinational corporation or an international non-profit institution? The IR program is a good place for you to start.
IR equips majors and minors with the tools they need to understand global and international trends. Our students seek to understand issues of global importance, including development, the environment, security, human rights, migration, and the interconnections between governance, economics, power, and identity.
Our curriculum includes a strong interdisciplinary core, enhanced by a flexible set of electives that allow you to configure your studies to meet your own interests.
Please explore our website and contact our Program Director, Professor Polly Diven, (divenp@gvsu.edu) for additional information.
Events
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., - Upcycling Event
January 20, 2020 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Upcycling is creating products that represent a variety of items needed by community members and non profit organizations. Items used to eliminated waste to produce different, necessary...
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., - Panel Discussion
January 20, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
#NowIsTheTime. GVSU faculty, staff and student's will discuss current social issues we are facing in higher education today.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., - Campus Lunch
January 20, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Free Campus Lunch
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., - Silent March from Zumberge Hall to Fieldhouse
January 20, 2020 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
GVSU MLK Silent March - Assemble at James H. Zumberge Hall
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., - Yusef Salaam Presentation - LIB 100/201 APPROVED!
January 20, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Yusef Salaam was 15 years old in 1989 when he and four other teenagers were wrongly accused and convicted of attacking and raping a woman in New Your City's Central Park. Collectively know...
News
November 26, 2019
Dean Fred Antczak is pleased to announce that serving as commencement marshals will be Professor Polly Diven of Political Science and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein of the School of Communication.
November 18, 2019
International Relations Students Simulate Response to Calamitous Global Event
September 11, 2019
Emmons and Coulter win the Zeeb IR Study Abroad Scholarships for 2019
September 09, 2019
Bretschneider and Mendez Win Malson Memorial Scholarship
Three GVSU IR Majors Win Gilman Scholarship
August 21, 2019
Three GVSU IR Majors Win Gilman Scholarships
Spotlights
2017 Graduate Uses her IR and GIS Skills after Graduation
2002 Graduate Administers Multiple Peace Corps Programs in North Macedonia
Studying at Wayne State Law School
Peace Corps Volunteer and Fulbright Scholar Now Studying Education at U.C. Berkeley
Ellyanne Rosenthal
Working for Lidl UK Global Mobility Team