ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC) – Another sign of growth at Grand Valley State University goes on display tonight.
That’s when the Allendale-based school holds the first of its three scheduled commencement ceremonies at Van Andel Arena. It’s the first time that GVSU will spread its graduation event over two days, and the first time that three separate ceremonies will be staged.
Shelley Padnos of Holland-based Louis Padnos Iron and Metal Company will be the featured speaker for the 7 PM session this evening, while Sean Patrick Welsh of PNC Bank addresses the graduates in the 10 AM session tomorrow, and Grand Valley alum Erion Feliaj, mayor of Tirana, Albania, makes his remarks in tomorrow’s 3 PM session.
A total of more than three thousand students will participate in these ceremonies this weekend.
