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Laker Launch: Win $500 to Kickstart Your GVSU Journey!

Admitted Fall 2025 freshman, we're excited to introduce Laker Launch, an initiative designed to help you get a strong start at Grand Valley! Log in to your Laker Portal to complete your next steps by May 1, 2025 and you could be one of 31 students awarded $500 at Orientation.

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Grand Valley offers over 350 programs, combining rigorous academics with hands-on learning to meet your educational and career goals.

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147 Degrees Offered

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The GVSU Women's Basketball team celebrates winning the Division II National Title

GVSU Women's Basketball turned championship hopes into reality in historic season

The Lakers' season came to a close with confetti falling and a trophy hoisted in the air.

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College tour highlights career pathways for women in tech

The April 1 event marked the first stop of Amazon Web Services' 2025 tour.

Sparks fly as mechanical engineering major Scott Strayer grinds a sword for a video crew at the Kennedy Hall of Engineering on March 21. Workaholic Productions is producing a video of GVSU students making a sword for the Cast in Steel competition. (Photo releases on file)

GVSU in Photos, March 2025: Sparks fly, nature beckons and confetti abounds to celebrate Laker champs

See the images that caught our eye in the last month.

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ENS Winter 2025 Sustainability Showcase (March 31 - April 5)

Grand Valley State University Track & Field vs GVSU Early Meet

Grand Valley State University Women's Volleyball vs Cleveland State - Team Pineapple

Grand Valley State University Women's Volleyball vs DePaul - Team Pineapple

Grand Valley State University Women's Volleyball vs Purdue Fort Wayne - Team Pineapple

Winter 2025

Classes End

April 19

Examination Week

April 19 - 26

Commencement

April 25 - 26

Semester Ends

April 26

Grades Due from Faculty

April 29 by 12:00 pm

Grades Available to Students

May 1

Winter 2025 Grading Calendar

Grading Period 3

April 8

Classes Ending by Saturday, April 5 (Parts of Term: A7, A8, A9, A10, E7, F3, F5, I1, I3, and K1).

April 8 by 12:00 pm