Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies




Former Sen. Olympia Snowe to address stalemate in Congress at GVSU event

Former United States Sen. Olympia Snowe will discuss bipartisan compromise and how to fix the stalemate in Congress at an event hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and its partners at Grand Valley State University on December 12.

Dec 9, 2013


Grand Valley announces major gift to Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

Grand Valley State University President Thomas J. Haas has announced that Ralph W. Hauenstein has made another substantial investment into the university's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.

Dec 9, 2013


Kennedy expert will highlight JFK achievements

Fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will partner with the Ford Presidential Foundation, Library and Museum to host an event that will showcase Kennedy's achievements while in office.

Nov 25, 2013




Hauenstein Center event to examine significant conservative writing, 60 years later

Still considered his seminal work more than half a century after it was first published, Russell Kirk's "The Conservative Mind" will be the focus of a discussion at an event hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Nov 6, 2013


Hauenstein Center to host first Coffeehouse Debate on Election Day

The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host its first Coffeehouse Debate on Tuesday, November 5. The Election Day debate will focus on the role of government in society and try to answer the question, "Has government gotten too big?"

Nov 4, 2013