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47-418: The Holland Blast produced two IBL Hall of Fame players: Both have enjoyed successful careers playing basketball overseas. Former assistant coach Terry Smith took over as head coach for the 2007 season after Mike Ahrens submitted his resignation. Coach Smith was Grand Valley State University ’s Men's Basketball Coach from 1997-2004 where he won 110 games. Smith has received many professional honors including

94-525: A committee to study the report and spearhead the planning and promotion to create such an institution. In the following year the Michigan Legislature established the college. A naming contest was held, and out of 2500 submissions, "Grand Valley State College" was chosen. Private donations, including $ 350,000 to purchase land and $ 1,000,000 for construction, were secured from 5,000 individuals, organizations, and business throughout West Michigan . In 1961,

141-484: A comprehensive campaign that raised almost $ 100 million from over 17,000 donors, making it the university's largest campaign to date. Money raised during the campaign has helped fund many construction projects on campus, including the Mary Idema Pew Library and the L. William Seidman Center. In 2012, GVSU announced several more construction projects and land purchases. Future buildings to be constructed include

188-829: A floating buoy will be used and moved to collect data from different locations on the lake. The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine maintains the Secchia Center, a medical campus in downtown Grand Rapids. Along with GVSU and two Grand Rapids hospitals, it is a founding member of the Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners. This partnership allows "educational opportunities for residents, fellows, practicing physicians, physician assistants, nurses and students in other health professions." The Early Assurance Program reserves spaces in MSU's medical program for top-performing GVSU pre-medical graduates. One of

235-618: A joint program specializing in clinical trial management, aimed at providing the foundations for carrying out clinical drug trials in West Michigan. It is an online certificate program, and was started due to requests from local drug trial companies. The program was set to begin for the fall semester of 2011. Each academic library 's collection is tailored to its location and the programs it serves, with daily deliveries between sites. The university libraries offer opportunities for research, collaboration, and individual study. Collectively,

282-503: A learning-living environment. The honors college is in the Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center on the south side of the Allendale campus. GVSU has a National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accredited art program, including emphases in illustration , graphic design , ceramics , printmaking , painting, visual studies , and sculpture. Art students attend classes at

329-619: A new biology laboratory building and an addition and renovation to the Zumberge Library on the Allendale campus. Land purchases in 2012 included property in downtown Grand Rapids adjacent to the medical mile for healthcare program expansion. In 2013, GVSU announced it would add on to Au Sable Hall and construct a building to house the GVSU Laker Store (known as University Bookstore prior to April 2015), with expanded dining facilities. Grand Valley has three primary campuses. The main campus

376-545: A police department, the Grand Valley State University Police can handle cases anywhere in Ottawa County, mainly in Allendale and the area surrounding the campus. The department handles other security issues, such as parking and driving violations, community policing, as well lost and found. Allendale Fire Department serves the campus. The Department of Public Safety also employs several students who assist

423-848: Is LEED silver-certified. The 65-acre (260,000 m ) Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids campus is in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River. It consists of 11 buildings and three leased spaces and includes the Richard DeVos Center, L.V. Eberhard Center, L. William Seidman Center, Beckering Family Carillon Tower , The Depot (houses the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development headquarters), Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Keller Engineering Laboratories, John C. Kennedy Hall of Engineering, Peter F. Secchia Hall (housing), Winter Hall (housing), and

470-719: Is a collection on philanthropy, volunteerism, and nonprofit leadership. It is considered to be one of the most comprehensive in the United States and is the only one of its kind in Michigan. The Office of Student Life at GVSU is in the Kirkhof Center near the center of the Allendale campus. Its offices are home to the Community Service Learning Center, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Laker Leadership Programs, Major Campus Events and Traditions, Student Organizations, and

517-566: Is a recipient of United States government documents and receives 44% of the documents distributed by the Federal Depository Library Program . The Curriculum Materials Library at the Robert C. Pew campus houses instructional materials for preschool through grade twelve and provides spaces where education majors can preview resources, develop lesson plans, create media for the classroom, and try out teaching aides. Seidman House on

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564-551: Is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission . Grand Valley also has baccalaureate program accreditation with AACSB , ABET , APTA , CSWE , NASAD , NASM , NCATE , and NLN . The university consists of seven degree-granting colleges: GVSU is also home to the Frederik Meijer Honors College, which is non-degree-granting but is meant to provide a more challenging interdisciplinary education in

611-539: Is also an Anthony Powell collection, consisting of the many editions of Dance to the Music of Time , his other novels, a complete run of the Anthony Powell Society Newsletters and its journal, Secret Harmonies . A collection of over 15,000 works of art features public sculpture, prints and drawings, American Impressionism, Aboriginal art, Indian art, world photography, contemporary art, and more. Most of

658-553: Is divided into two areas, north and south campus, separated by West Campus Drive. State highway M-45 links the campus in suburban Allendale to US Highway 31 / Lake Michigan to the west and Grand Rapids, Michigan to the east. Lubbers Stadium , the GVSU Fieldhouse and all other athletic facilities for the school's 19 varsity sports are also on the Allendale campus. The campus is dotted with many sculptures, including works by Dale Eldred and James Clover . Academic facilities on

705-680: Is located in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan , about 15 miles (24 km) west of Grand Rapids, Michigan ; two satellite campuses are located in Grand Rapids. The university has regional academic centers in Detroit, Holland, Muskegon, and Traverse City. The Rapid operates bus service between the three primary campuses, funded by the university. The Laker Line , named for GVSU's sports teams, connects all three campuses via Lake Michigan Drive , and additional shuttle services operate on

752-579: Is named the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons, after the late Mary Idema Pew. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the library used part of the $ 21 million allocated for technical assistance projects to improve energy use in commercial buildings. The library was one of only 24 projects in the United States receiving the assistantships that was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act . Grand Valley

799-542: Is not sworn or certified and relies on the Grand Rapids Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies for official law enforcement when necessary. Grand Valley State University is a large, primarily residential comprehensive university that has a large undergraduate enrollment and emphasis. GVSU offers over 200 areas of study, including 82 undergraduate majors and 36 graduate programs that include 74 graduate emphases and certificate programs at

846-672: The Lakers and they compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in all 21 intercollegiate varsity sports. They have won 28 NCAA Division II National Championships. In 1958 the Michigan Legislature commissioned a study that demonstrated a need for a four-year college in the Grand Rapids area, Michigan's second largest metropolitan region. Local businessman Bill Seidman created

893-720: The Van Andel Global Trade Center. Winter Hall is typically occupied by graduate students and is fully furnished along with appliances. These facilities include 57 classrooms, 78 research laboratories, 23 lab prep rooms, 11 computer labs, and the Steelcase Library. The 14.5-acre (59,000 m ) Health Campus is a part of the Grand Rapids Medical Mile area and houses many of GVSU's health programs. The Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences (CHS), which opened in 2003, reached capacity in 2011. To accommodate

940-897: The "Regional Universities (Midwest) tier 1" category for 2014. US News & World Report noted in its "Best Colleges 2011" that 98 percent of Grand Valley graduates find employment or pursue advanced degrees after graduation. During the two years prior to October 2009 university researchers engaged in over 186 research projects funded by more than $ 32.7 million in grants. Grand Valley's Annis Water Resources Institute conducts research on water resources, including: ecosystem structure and function, contaminants and toxicology, hydrology, land use, watershed, stream, and wetland ecology, water quality, and basic and applied limnology. GVSU's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) recently received funding for its $ 3.7 million Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Assessment Project to test wind energy on Lake Michigan . The research should take three years as

987-1011: The 1996 NABC Coach of the Year . GVSU Grand Valley State University ( GVSU , GV , or Grand Valley ) is a public university in Allendale, Michigan , United States. It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College . Its main campus is situated on 1,322 acres (5.35 km ) approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Grand Rapids . The university also features campuses in Grand Rapids and Holland and regional centers in Battle Creek , Detroit , Muskegon , and Traverse City . GVSU enrolled more than 24,000 students as of fall 2021 from all 83 Michigan counties and dozens of other states and foreign countries. It employed nearly 4,000 people, with about 1,800 faculty and 2,000 staff. The university has alumni from 50 U.S. states, Canada, and 25 other countries. GVSU's NCAA Division II sports teams are

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1034-540: The 2000s he and Geling Shang ( 商戈令 ; Shāng Gēlìng ) co-lead it. Word of mouth and announcements in classes were used to promote it. Daniel Golden , author of Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities , stated that the organizers initially had trouble finding interested students. GVSU's undergraduate admissions are classified as "more selective" by U.S. News & World Report as Grand Valley admitted 69% of applicants for

1081-525: The 2008–2009 school year. For the Class of 2025 (enrolling Fall 2021), GVSU received 17,163 applications and accepted 15,730 (91.7%), with 3,807 enrolling. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolling freshmen was 1010-1230. The middle 50% ACT composite score range was 21-27. U.S. News & World Report ranked Grand Valley third in the "Top Public Regional Universities in the Midwest" category and 26th in

1128-437: The Allendale campus (as of Fall 2014). The fall 2014 incoming freshman undergraduate class of 4,199 students, represented 80 Michigan counties, 23 states, and 20 countries. 86% of first year students live on campus: 3,591 freshman chose to live on-campus in fall 2014, while 608 chose to live off-campus. As of fall 2014, more than 400 international students were enrolled at the university representing 82 countries. Grand Valley

1175-495: The Allendale campus and one on the Pew campus. GVSU has 30 fraternities and sororities. As of the winter of 2016, the GVSU fraternity and sorority community consisted of 1,600 undergraduate members, representing approximately 7.8% of the undergraduate population. GVSU has a variety of media outlets offered to its campuses. Kirkhof College of Nursing The Kirkhof College of Nursing

1222-777: The Allendale campus houses the University Archives, which include extensive collections of rare books and Michigan novels, the Harvey Lemmen Collection on Abraham Lincoln , the Young Lords project on line at Young Lords in Lincoln Park [1] , the largest Latino oral history collection in the Mid-West by Jose Cha Cha Jimenez , and the American Civil War , and the papers of acclaimed Michigan author Jim Harrison . There

1269-522: The Allendale campus includes at least 122 classrooms, 144 research laboratories, 20 lab prep rooms, 21 computer labs, and the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons. The Allendale campus is also home to the Kindschi Hall of Science, a science facility that opened in the fall of 2015. The Holton-Hooker Learning and Living Center, with space for 490 students, opened in August 2016. The building

1316-473: The Allendale campus. These bus services are open to the public, and rides on all The Rapid services are free for Grand Valley students, faculty and staff on all Rapid routes with a valid I.D. card. The university's main and original campus in Allendale is the site of most of the university's programs. The Allendale campus is composed of 1,322 acres perched above the Grand River next to a system of ravines and

1363-692: The Calder Art Center, named for contemporary artist Alexander Calder . The building includes exhibition space under the name of the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Art Gallery. The Padnos International Center collaborates with students who wish to study abroad . Grand Valley has more than 4,000 study abroad programs, both affiliated with and independent from GVSU, from which students can choose. In 1995 Peimin Ni ( Chinese : 倪培民 ; pinyin : Ní Péimín ) established GVSU's Shanghai, China study abroad program, and by

1410-561: The Grand Valley State College Board of Control chose a 876-acre (3.55 km ) site in Ottawa County near the Grand River for the new campus, and construction of academic buildings began the following year. Grand Valley State College accepted its first class of 225 students in 1963, Diane (Hatch) Paton was the first student, and was among the first graduation of 138 students on June 18, 1967. The middle-late 1960s saw

1457-603: The Southeast Michigan Region of the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, of which GVSU is the supervisor. Grand Valley State University is governed by an eight-member board of trustees, whose members are appointed by the Governor of Michigan and confirmed by the Michigan Senate for terms of eight years. This setup is provided for by the constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963. Members of

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1504-787: The Transitions Orientation Program. As of fall 2016, GVSU has over 486 student-run organizations. Student organizations include categories in, but are not limited to, Academic and Professional, Student Life Sports, Cultural, Honorary, Interfaith and Religious, Media, Performing Arts, Service and Advocacy, and Special Interests. Grand Valley State University is home to 29 living centers (residence halls) and three on-campus apartment complexes on its main Allendale campus, and two residence halls on its Pew Grand Rapids campus, totaling 6,068 beds. GVSU also has six individual dining halls on campus for students and faculty. These dining halls are housed in five facilities with five halls being on

1551-620: The United States. The Traverse City Regional Center was established in the fall of 1995 in Traverse City, Michigan , and is at the NMC University Center in partnership with Northwestern Michigan College . The center offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, social work, and liberal studies. The GVSU Physician Assistant program enrolls 10-14 students at the TC campus. The Meijer campus, just outside downtown Holland, Michigan ,

1598-482: The addition of the first dormitories and construction of new academic buildings, including the Zumberge Library, named for the university's first president, James Zumberge . In 1969, the Grand Valley Lanthorn printed an issue containing several vulgarities and obscenities. After complaints from some at Grand Valley State College and the surrounding communities, the Ottawa County, Michigan , sheriff arrested

1645-500: The board serve without compensation. The board appoints the president of the university, formulates university policies, controls university finances, and acts as the supreme governing body of the institution. The president of the university administers the policies of the board of trustees. GVSU's general fund budget is $ 351 million, of which $ 275 million is from tuition and $ 72 million is from state appropriations. As of 2019, Grand Valley's amount of university-based student financial aid

1692-399: The certificate, bachelor's , post-bachelor's, master's , post-master's, and doctoral levels. GVSU conferred 4,448 undergraduate degrees and 1,033 graduate degrees in 2012–2013. Its most popular undergraduate majors, by 2021 graduates, were: Grand Valley's student body consists of 21,636 undergraduates and 3,458 graduate students across all campuses and centers with the majority being on

1739-490: The collection is on view and can be found throughout university buildings on campuses in Allendale, Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon, Traverse City, and Detroit. The Digital Collections database contains a selection of photographs, correspondence, diaries, interviews, and publications from the holdings of the Libraries' Special Collections & University Archives, and other University entities. The Dorothy A. Johnson Collection

1786-693: The department by performing a variety of clerical and security based duties and services. The Pew Campus Security and Regional Centers is an entity distinct from the Department of Public safety, and handles security and public safety issues for the Grand Rapids Pew Campus and all Regional Centers including the Holland (MI) Meijer Campus, the Muskegon (MI) campus and the Traverse City (MI) campus. This department

1833-648: The editor, and the prosecutor closed down the newspaper office. The university, then a co-ed college, sued the sheriff and prosecutor for closing the Lanthorn offices. Eventually, Michigan's Attorney General settled the case out of court, siding with the college because the Lanthorn's content was considered covered by Freedom of Speech . During the 1970s Grand Valley organized its academic units into several colleges: College of Arts and Sciences, Thomas Jefferson College, William James College, Seidman College of Business, and College IV. Michigan Governor William Milliken signed

1880-755: The growth in the health sciences, GVSU completed the $ 37.5 million Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall north of the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, and in 2018 broke ground on the next phase, the Daniel and Pamella DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health, a $ 70 million building that is attached to the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences and includes a parking structure shared with nearby Spectrum Health . GVSU has three locations in Muskegon, Michigan . The James L. Stevenson Center for Higher Education at Muskegon Community College

1927-480: The law changing the institution's name to Grand Valley State Colleges in 1973. However, the "s" was dropped and the name was reverted to Grand Valley State College in 1983 when the academic programs were reorganized into divisions. In 1987 the Michigan Legislature passed a law renaming the college to Grand Valley State University. The 1980s and 1990s saw addition of satellite campuses or centers in downtown Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Holland, and Traverse City. In 2004,

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1974-421: The libraries subscribe to over 60,000 print and electronic journals. They also house more than 1,482,633 books including more than 829,463 electronic books. Construction of a new library on the Allendale campus was finished in 2013. The $ 70 million, 140,000-square-foot (13,000 m ) facility holds 150,000 books. It also has an automated storage and retrieval system that can handle 600,000 volumes. The library

2021-427: The program's goals is to select first-generation college students, students from underprivileged areas, and students who have expressed a desire to work in high-demand medical specialties. Students entering the program must agree to work in under-served areas after they complete their medical degrees. The first group of six students entered this program during the fall 2010 semester. The two universities have announced

2068-500: The university's board reorganized the university structure again into a college system consisting of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Community and Public Service, College of Education, College of Health Professions, Kirkhof College of Nursing , Seidman College of Business, and Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing. Grand Valley completed its first 50 years with

2115-575: Was $ 289 million, including $ 90 million of that in scholarships and grants. During the 2013–2014 academic year, full-time dependent students received an average award of $ 13,276. The Grand Valley Police Department provides law enforcement services for the Allendale Campus. While the department is self-empowered to enforce its jurisdiction, officers are also deputized by the Ottawa County Sheriff 's Department. Because Allendale doesn't have

2162-568: Was established in the fall of 1995 as a joint venture between GVSU, Ferris State University , and Western Michigan University . The center offers several GVSU graduate and undergraduate programs. Lake Michigan Center houses the Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI). The Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC), which is the first fully integrated demonstration facility for distributed generation of electricity using alternative and renewable energy technologies in

2209-564: Was opened in 1998 and was named for the Meijer family for their donation of land. The campus houses continuing education programs in 30,693 square feet (2,851.5 m ) of building space and contains 12 classrooms, 2 conference rooms, 3 labs and 11 offices. The Detroit Center was established in 2012 when GVSU purchased the Barden Building adjacent to Comerica Park in downtown Detroit to house its charter school offices. The center also houses

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