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The following slides are meant to help you with presentations that you are developing about Grand Valley. We’ve taken the five core marketing messages and presented them accordingly. In order to personify the messages, we’re hoping you will also use some examples from our Success Stories by copying and pasting both the photos and text into your presentations. You can find Success Stories at www.gvsu.edu/successstory/ Consider using photos in your presentation, which can be pulled from the Photo Album at www.gvsu.edu/photo/ and feel free to edit the following slides as needed for your presentation. Call Institutional Marketing for assistance, 331-2525.

Grand Valley State UniversityGrand Valley State University, established in 1960, is a four-year public university. It attracts more than 22,000 students with its high quality programs and state-of-the-art facilities. Grand Valley provides a fully accredited undergraduate and graduate liberal education and has campuses in Allendale, Grand Rapids, and Holland and centers in Muskegon and Traverse City. Grand Valley is the comprehensive regional university for the state’s second largest metropolitan area and offers 69 undergraduate and 25 graduate degree programs. The university is dedicated to individual student achievement, going beyond the traditional classroom experience, with research opportunities and business and agency partnerships. Grand Valley employs more than 1,700 people and is committed to providing a fair and equitable environment for the continued success of all.

Grand Valley State University

Academic Excellence

First-Rate Faculty

Great Return on Investment

State-of-the-Art Facilities

Outstanding Locations

Academic Excellence• Liberal education is the best preparation for life in a fast-

changing world. Grand Valley offers a challenging liberal education that develops the whole person. It fosters the skills of inquiry, reflection, critical analysis, dialogue, knowledge integration, and expression for the benefits of lifelong learning and global citizenship.

• Graduate-level research opportunities for undergraduate students

• Diverse environment that promotes the development of intellect and creativity for both faculty and students

• Nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review

Academic Excellence• Areas of Study 200• Undergrad programs 69• Grad programs 25• Volumes in the library 667,000• Grads employed or

seeking advanced degrees 90%• Average class size 27• Study abroad programs

available to GVSU students 3,900• Student organizations 230• Number of students (Fall ’04) 22,565

Undergrads 18,903Grads 3,662

First-Rate Faculty

• Talented & highly credentialed faculty dedicated to teaching

• Faculty actively engaged in their disciplines

• Faculty frequently developing mentoring relationships that last long after graduation

• Faculty 692

• Support Staff 981

Great Return on Investment

• Smaller class sizes (average size of 27) ensure personal, interactive learning

• Faculty, not graduate students or teaching assistants, teach at all levels

• Exceptional student life (230 student organizations) and service learning experiences in world-class learning, living, and research facilities

• 90 percent of Grand Valley graduates are successfully employed or pursuing advanced degrees

• Recognized for ten years as one of “America’s 100 Best College Buys” by Educational Research and Evaluation, Inc.

Great Return on Investment

• Tuition/semester Lower division Upper division

In-state $3,110 $3,224

Out-of-state $6,255 $6,466

Room and board $3,180

• Alumni 56,000

• Endowment $46.3 million

• Private Funding (in 2005) $27.1 million

State-of-the-Art Facilities • New academic, research, performance, and athletic facilities

provide forums for learning on every level • The Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences, located in the

heart of West Michigan’s life science corridor, prepares the next generation of professionals for advanced opportunities in health care research, education, diagnosis, and treatment

• Wireless academic buildings make connecting to email and the Internet easy and convenient

• Modern living centers are some of the newest in the state, tripling our number of beds over the past five years (We now have 5,291 beds)

Allendale Campus

Allendale Campus

Allendale Campus, Fieldhouse

Outstanding Locations

• The Pew Grand Rapids Campus is located in the heart of Michigan’s second largest city, close to internship, employment, and community outreach programs

• The free campus shuttle links students, faculty, and staff to the entire Grand Rapids transit system

• Grand Valley also offers bachelor’s and master’s degree courses in Holland, Muskegon, and Traverse City

• Acreage in Allendale 1,237

• Acreage in Grand Rapids 37

• Acreage in Holland 20

• Acreage in Muskegon (Lake Michigan Center) 1

• Parking spaces (Grand Rapids and Allendale) 12,071

Outstanding Locations

Affirmative Action Statement of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. It encourages diversity and provides equal opportunity in education, employment, all of its programs, and the use of its facilities. It is committed to protecting the constitutional and statutory civil rights of persons connected with the university.