Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University, usually shortened to GVSU or Grand Valley, is a public university in Michigan, in the United States. Its main campus stands at Allendale on about 1,322 acres, roughly twelve miles west of Grand Rapids, and it also operates campuses in Grand Rapids and Holland along with regional centers in Battle Creek, Detroit, Muskegon and Traverse City. The institution was established in 1960 under the name Grand Valley State College. As of fall 2025 it enrolled more than 22,000 students drawn from 82 of Michigan's 83 counties as well as many other states and countries, and it employed nearly 4,000 people, among them about 1,800 faculty. Its athletic teams, known as the Lakers, compete in NCAA Division II in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and have won 31 national championships at that level.