Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies
Hauenstein Center to host dean of Yale Law School
As the United States approaches the 2018 midterm elections and the Senate considers Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, Grand Valley's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host one of the nation's foremost experts on constitutional law and election law, Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School.
Sep 14, 2018
Hauenstein Center to host eight events during fall speaker series
Speakers hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will generate meaningful discussions about leadership and the search for common ground at a deep level, without the heated political rhetoric of the day.
Aug 29, 2018
Museum exhibit on Hauenstein Center namesake opens July 21
A special exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum that focuses on the life of Ralph Hauenstein, the namesake of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University opens to the public on July 21.
Jul 20, 2018
Museum exhibit to focus on life of Hauenstein Center namesake
Ralph W. Hauenstein, the namesake of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, will be the focus of a special exhibit that opens July 21 at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Jul 16, 2018
Former secretary of defense awarded Hauenstein Fellowship Medal
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency director Robert Gates was presented with the Col. Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship Medal by Grand Valley President Thomas J. Haas on June 18.
Jun 22, 2018
Conference to focus on vibrant history, culture and importance of Midwest
Globalization is transforming politics, economics and culture, but focusing solely on the global aspects of society risks overlooking the critical importance of understanding a much smaller geographic area: regions. With this focus in mind, Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies is hosting the Fourth Annual Midwestern History Conference on June 6, in partnership with the Midwestern History Association.
Jun 4, 2018
Leadership expert to celebrate Cook Leadership Academy graduation
Robert Quinn, one of America's highest-regarded leadership experts, will be the speaker at a Wheelhouse Talk hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies on April 26.
Apr 23, 2018
Bush's legacy will be love, literacy, levity, Hauenstein Center director says
The first time Gleaves Whitney met former first lady Barbara Bush, who died April 17 at the age of 92, he was a middle-school-aged kid who lived in the Houston neighborhood one over from where the Bush family lived. Whitney, who is the director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University, said he remembers being struck by her focus on whomever she was speaking with.
Apr 18, 2018
Progressive/Conservative Summit to tackle difficult political climate, discussions
Americans' political positions are bitterly divided, driven apart by identity politics, partisan news coverage and algorithm-driven social media echo chambers. Meaningful, well-reasoned political discussion can be hard to find in this political climate. With that difficulty in mind, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley will provide substantive conversations about history, political thought and policy without the partisan rhetoric at its annual Progressive/Conservative Summit on April 13-14.
Apr 3, 2018
CEO of Citizen University to lead next Wheelhouse Talk
The divisive politics of 2017 and 2018 have led to an increase in citizen-driven protest and political engagement not seen since the end of the Vietnam War, with citizens leading calls for change on a handful of difficult topics nationwide. With that political climate in mind, Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host Eric Liu, the founder and CEO of Citizen University, a program which promotes and teaches the art of powerful citizenship, as the next speaker in the center's Whee
Mar 7, 2018
