Adam Vande Kerkhoff '18
My favorite Grand Valley memory was tailgating with my fraternity brothers before football games. Everyone was decked out in GVSU colors, ready to cheer the team on.
Welcome back, Lakers! The Career Center is here to support you at all stages of your career: exploring options, creating a job search plan, preparing job search materials, practicing for interviews, or networking with employers and fellow alumni. We want to help you strategize, discover, and engage!
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Discover
Learn something new and apply it directly to your career or job search!
Career On-Demand Video Library
Career-Focused Podcast Episodes
Identity-Based Career Resources
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Connect with employers, career coaches, advisors, and fellow alumni.
Connect with fellow Alumni on LinkedIn
Laker Lifetime Learning (L3) Commitment Career Center Advising (0-2 years post-grad)
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Career Events
JCPenney Suit Up - Winter 2024
March 24, 2024 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Careers in Communication and the Arts
March 26, 2024 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
GVSU Education & Teacher Fair 2024
April 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alumni Spotlights
Antoinette Martin '20
My favorite memory of Grand Valley was when one of my meeting and event classes coordinated the Career Center Open house.
Wendy Kettler '92
Hanging in the Kirkhof Center, playing pool and talking with friends between class and studying abroad at Kingston, UK.
Justin Ruehs '00
As a transfer student from Grand Rapids Community College and a commuter, I was so proud to have been elected to lead as the President of GVSU's chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).
Manfred Tatzmann '70
Experiencing the wild late 60's Viet Nam era on campus. TJC, although I was not part of it. Being a co-founder of WGVSU radio with two other students. We had a studio in the basement of Seidman and ran it over the cable throughout campus.