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GVSU's NCAA Division II sports teams are called the Lakers. They compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in all 19 intercollegiate varsity sports and have won the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Directors' Cup for NCAA Division II every year from 2004 to 2010 after finishing second in 2002 and 2003. |- | colspan="2" |
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 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.
GVSU's undergraduate admissions are classified as "more selective" by US News & World Report as Grand Valley admitted 69% of applicants for the 2008–2009 school year.
The Early Assurance Program reserves spaces in MSU's medical program for top-performing GVSU pre-medical graduates. One of the goals of the program is to select first-generation college students, students from underprivileged areas, and/or students who have expressed a desire to work in medical specialties that are in high demand. Students entering the program must agree to work in under-served areas after completion of their medical degrees. The first group of six students entered this program during the fall 2010 semester.
The two universities have announced a joint program specializing in clinical trial management, aimed at providing the necessary 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 is set to begin for the fall semester of 2011.
;Curriculum Materials Library (CML) There are two Curriculum Materials Libraries — one in the DeVos Center downtown and another in Zumberge Library in Allendale. The two centers house instructional materials for preschool through grade twelve and provide spaces where education majors can preview resources, develop lesson plans, create media for the classroom, and try out teaching aides.
;Special Collections & University Archives Seidman House on the Allendale Campus houses the University Archives, which include extensive collections of rare books and Michigan novels, the Harvey Lemmen Collection on Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, the Dorothy A. Johnson Philanthropy Center Special Collections, and the papers of acclaimed Michigan author Jim Harrison.
;Digital Collections 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.
Admission into the GVSU art program requires an initial review of the potential student's work. Admitted students then undergo a series of foundation classes that properly introduce them to the formal basics of art. Passing the foundation review allows access to higher level art studies, and a choice of approaching an emphasis. Subsequent reviews may take place depending upon emphases, including both junior and senior level reviews.
;Trumpet ensemble Directed by Richard Stoelzel, Grand Valley's trumpet ensemble has been a top competitor in the National Trumpet Competition for nearly a decade, placing 1st in the ensemble division in 2006 and 2008. The ensemble has commissioned 4 pieces by composer Erik Morales since 2005, two of which went on to become the winning pieces, and one of which is still currently unpremiered. The trumpet ensemble has performed twice during the International Trumpet Guild's summer conferences in 2007 and 2009.
Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
The university is currently home to eleven Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) buildings or building additions. All new construction and major renovations at GVSU must meet LEED standards required by the university.
Grand Valley hosted meetings relating to sustainability, including a summit in which various sustainability issues were explored by university officials and local experts in April 2010, and a meeting of the Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council in July 2010 to discuss offshore wind energy generation.
The Grand Valley Lanthorn is the student-run newspaper, published on Mondays and Thursdays during the academic year. Copies of the paper are free and available at both the Allendale and Grand Rapids campuses in designated newsstands and online. Until the fall of 2006, the paper was only published once per week. Currently 8,000 copies of the paper are published per issue totaling 16,000 copies per week.
GVSU has several electronic media outlets including three radio stations and three television stations. The university owns and operates its own Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television station WGVU-TV in Allendale, Michigan and WGVK-TV, its full time satellite station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In addition, GVSU also operates two National Public Radio (NPR) stations in WGVU (AM) and WGVU-FM with the same call letters, which feature a mixture of jazz, blues, and news, including local and NPR programming. WCKS "The Whale" is the student-run radio station, broadcasting over the internet and on a soon-to-be announced FM channel. GVBN (also known and promoted as GVTV) is the student-run television station on channel 10 on the university cable system.
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