From 1970 to today
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Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
From 2009 until the prison closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, students from GVSU's "outside" campuses would travel to the Michigan Reformatory to take classes with "inside" students.
Community Working Classics
From 1998 to 2011, Michael DeWilde, then a faculty member within the GVSU philosophy department, offered the Community Working Classics program at several Michigan prisons.
"The Toughest Yard"
Strapped for cash, Grand Valley State University's brand-new football squad in 1970 agreed to take on a team outside the typical rotation: players incarcerated at Michigan's oldest prison, the Michigan Reformatory.