page_title: Grand Valley State University
section_title: Colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Valley State University / Academics / Colleges
caption_attribution_description: Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center on GVSU Allendale-campus
context_page_description: Grand Valley State University is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan. It was established in 1960 and its main campus is situated on 1,322 acres approximately 12 miles west of Grand Rapids. The university also offers classes at a campus in downtown Grand Rapids, its international campus in Holland, and through Traverse City established in cooperation with local community colleges.
  GVSU is a comprehensive coeducational university serving nearly 25,000 students as of fall 2018, from all 83 Michigan counties and dozens of other states and foreign countries. It is one of America's 100 largest universities, and employs more than 3,000 people with about 1,780 academic faculty and 1,991 support staff. The university has alumni in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and 25 countries.
  GVSU's NCAA Division II sports teams are called the Lakers, and compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in all 19 intercollegiate varsity sports. They have won 20 NCAA Division II National Championships since 2002 in seven different sports.
context_section_description: The university consists of eight degree-granting colleges:
  F.E. Seidman College of Business
  College of Community and Public Services
  College of Education
  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing
  College of Health Professions
  Kirkhof College of Nursing
  Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
  GVSU is also home to the Frederik Meijer Honors College, which is non-degree-granting, but is meant to provide a more challenging interdisciplinary education in a learning-living environment. The honors college is in the Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center on the south side of the Allendale campus.
caption: Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center is home to the Frederik Meijer Honors College, and is located at GVSU-Allendale campus.
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