Grand Valley State University has been making a difference for almost 50 years.  Below are some significant milestones in its grand history.

1960



Grand Valley State College (GVSC) is chartered. Campus planning and construction begins.

1963



GVSC opens its doors.

1969



Grey House, home to GVSC’s first administrators, is sold to make way for new offices.

1970s



IBM punch card computers represent the state of the art in technology.

1972



GVSC launches public television for West Michigan. By 1988, WGVU will move to the Meijer Public Broadcast Center.

1980s



Enrollment growth outpaces capacity. Mobile classrooms are a temporary solution.

1987



Grand Valley State College becomes Grand Valley State University.

1996



W.G. Jackson joins the Annis Water Resources Institute fleet founded with the Angus (1965) and D.J. Angus (1986).

2000



Alumni House and Visitor Center opens to welcome all to Allendale campus.

2000



Richard M. DeVos Center is dedicated, along with Peter F. Secchia Hall and Fred M. Keller Engineering Laboratories.

2003



Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences opens.

2007



John C. Kennedy Hall of Engineering opens.

2008



GVSU launches the Shaping Our Future campaign.