GVSU- Financial Aid & Scholarships including special circumstances and hardship requests, as well as scholarship opportunities for students from underrepresented groups on campus.

Student Employment works with all University departments and the community to create part-time and summer employment opportunities for students. As part of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, we administer the Federal Work-Study Program university-wide. The purpose of Student Employment is to aid students in obtaining employment that will help finance their education and develop work skills for their future career choice.

The Oliver Wilson Scholars program is a learning community that is designed to provide comprehensive academic, professional and social support to students. This program offers multi-dimensional support both in group and one-on-one settings. The Oliver Wilson Scholars program focuses on easing the transition for students from high school to college, with a heavy emphasis on academic preparation, personal development and skill building.

The Robert and Ellen Thompson Scholarship programs provide students with the financial, academic and individualized support needed to successfully pursue and complete their college degree. Working closely with the Thompson Foundation, GVSU strives to engage and connect with our scholars to achieve the student outcomes that Bob and Ellen Thompson envisioned and that their generosity has made possible.

The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals with varying needs. TRIO includes many different programs targeted to serve and assist students to access and complete college. Students in TRIO programs can progress through the academic pipeline starting in middle school to post-baccalaureate programs. TRIO students include those that are first in their families to go to college, have a limited income, or have a disability.

The Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center advocates for institutional equity, promotes community-building, and provides educational opportunities to create an informed, cohesive, and just campus where community members of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender presentations are supported and welcome.

To create meaningful learning about gender and advocate for gender justice through the education, engagement and empowerment of students and the greater GVSU community.

From the CARE Team, for faculty and staff that have concerns about students.

As a faculty or staff member at GVSU, you may be the first to recognize that a student is struggling. Our environment encourages faculty and staff to show care and concern for students. Please check in with them to see how they are doing. There are times when a quick check-in may not be enough and you discover more support is needed. When more support is needed, GV Cares* is an online referral system where trained staff will review each referral and provide appropriate outreach and resources.

Campus resources are available to students.

GVSU lists opportunities to help students with basic needs, including housing, food, financial support, mental health, etc.

Student conduct, conflict resolution, restorative practices.

8 dimensions of wellness, wellness support resources.

Website that encompasses a variety of health resources and options for GV students. Low-cost and free options included.

Free service for students to meet with certified wellness coach or peer wellness navigator. Work to identify strategies to support personal wellness while at GV.

Wellness staff will come to your class to present on a variety of topics that can help support student wellness needs. Presentation topics can be adapted!

Learn more about the importance of rest and sleep, Nap maps are also available!

While students must receive appropriate and reactive care when needed, there are large-scale benefits to proactive, upstream approaches that will allow increasing numbers of students to flourish and thrive. By focusing on the whole — the whole person, the whole educational experience, the whole institution, the whole community — well-being becomes a multifaceted goal and a shared responsibility for the entire campus.

University Libraries strive to ensure all students see themselves reflected in our collections. To that end, we are building an Equity Collection in which students and faculty who are underrepresented in their subject areas can engage with materials that highlight diverse storytellers and practitioners.

Student cohort and retention analysis for Utah Valley University.

This literature review highlights barriers to persistence, retention, and graduation for students of color at institutions of higher learning. Successful strategies, approaches, and initiatives are discussed with consideration to deficit and strengths-based approaches. It is also highlighted that universities may need to address programmatic barriers within the institutions that may exacerbate systemic barriers to success for students of color in higher education.

Article discussing recruitment and retention efforts of historically marginalized student populations.

For this fourth article in our series on supporting the academic success of underrepresented minority students, we interviewed Derek Moore, an academic success coach with Pulaski Technical College. We'll share Moore's tips for developing an effective first-year seminars year seminar for an African American, lower-income student cohort.

Often colleges and universities have prioritized enrolling an ethnically diverse incoming class without planning for the follow-through: academic success and retention, as well as completion rates and career outcomes for minority students.

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the retention of African American students at predominately White colleges and universities continues to be problematic. Although many of these institutions have implemented retention programs for African American students, few have incorporated a comprehensive program that utilizes multi-program components. Using a qualitative methodology, this study explored how a comprehensive retention program at one predominantly White university impacted the matriculation of African American students.

GVSU is a university dedicated to being veteran-inclusive, and we've created a comprehensive program that helps veterans feel supported and connected all the way through graduation and beyond.

The foundation of our work offers multiple social and support groups, creating safe and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ community members.

This guide is meant to serve as a resource for institutional leaders whose decisions shape campus culture and systems. As institutions seek to evolve their practices, processes, and policies to better serve students, a holistic lens—one that considers students’ intersecting identities and differences in lived experiences—is required. Although such changes will come from the entire higher education community, including students themselves, the insights shared here can help senior leaders in their campus-level strategic planning efforts.

NCORE has a variety of webinars available on-demand to view at your convenience. Examples include: “Queer Teaching for Racial Justice and Against White Supremacy” and “When They See Us: Experiences of Black Males Navigating HWI”.

This research study explored the challenges of mental health-seeking services of college students of color in the San Bernardino area.

This study compared mental health among diverse college students to understand whether majority status buffered hypothesized relationships between poor mental health outcomes and minority status.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education Panel Discussion. Part 1.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education Panel Discussion. Part 2