Resources & Opportunities
Campus Resources
GVSU is a community of learners who share a mission to “educate students to transform their lives, professions, and society.” We do this by pairing our deep tradition of liberal education – an education that encourages freedom and growth – with our emphasis on creative thinking, innovation, and development of professional skills.
Padnos Sarosik Civil Discourse Program
The mission of the Padnos Sarosik Civil Discourse Program is to prepare students to be agents of social change who practice and model civil discourse.
Restorative justice is a process to involve, to the extent possible, those who have a stake in the specific offense and to collectively identify and address harms, needs, and obligations, in order to heal and put things as right as possible.
GVSU Voter Education Consultations
This year, the Research Consultants of GVSU are adding nonpartisan candidate information gathering to their services in addition to helping students to find their ballots.
Off-Campus Opportunities & Events
Become a Poll Worker in MI
Election workers are the Most Valuable Players of our democracy, ensuring free and fair elections for all. Right now, our democracy needs election workers more than ever. Election workers are paid for their service and trained before Election Day.
External Resources
National Voter Education Week (NVEW) helps voters bridge the gap between registering to vote and actually casting a ballot. During this week of interactive education, voters have the opportunity to find their polling location, understand their ballot, make a plan to vote in person or remotely, and more. NVEW strives to help voters overcome common barriers to become confident voters and ambassadors of voting in their own communities for every election.
This report covers how college students and communities can collaborate with election officials so that the voting process works for everyone with creating undo confusion or stress for young voters.
Upcoming Events
GVSU Votes! Tabling Downtown
September 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
GVSU Votes! tabling to help get students registered to vote, know their plan to vote, and check where they are registered to vote. We want to get the downtown campus engaged and excited! RSVP...
Democracy 101: Your Voice Matters | By the Numbers
September 11, 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Democracy 101 is a series of civic engagement informational seminars. Our season opener session will focus on breaking down how college students have made change and impacted the turnout of elections...
GVSU Votes! Tabling Downtown
September 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
GVSU Votes! tabling to help get students registered to vote, know their plan to vote, and check where they are registered to vote. We want to get the downtown campus engaged and excited! RSVP...
National Voter Reigstration Day
September 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come get registered to vote at the clocktower! There will be music, popcorn, and yard games. Check your registration status, register to vote if you're not already, and learn about ways to get...
Constitution Day Reacting to the Past (RTTP) with Professor Eick and Professor Murphy
September 17, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A Reacting to the Past Constitution Day role-playing game! It is a continuation of a game from the winter 2024 semester where participants decided on the size of the House of Representatives. This...