25th Anniversary Statement, delivered at GVSC in 1985 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001

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Grand Valley State UniversityScholarWorks@GVSUPresidential Speeches University Archives198525th Anniversary Statement, delivered at GVSC in1985Arend D. LubbersGrand Valley State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/presidential_speechesPart of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History CommonsThis Speech is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion inPresidential Speeches by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gvsu.edu.Recommended CitationLubbers, Arend D., "25th Anniversary Statement, delivered at GVSC in 1985" (1985). Presidential Speeches. 105.https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/presidential_speeches/105STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT LUBBERS REGARDING 25th ANNIVERSARY Grand Valley State College has grown significantly since it was chartered 25 years ago by the Michigan State Legislature. In September, 1963 the doors were opened to a freshman class of 226 students, and today our enrollment is more than 7,000. We think our position in West Michigan is vital to this area of the state and that we have responded to the educational needs of our society. I look forward to continued growth and a bright future for our college. I think the Downtown Center will definitely help meet the educational needs of our older adult students, and therefore will be important in our future growth. I have been and am proud to be a part of this college cornrn~nity, and indeed our first 25 years are a cause for celebration. ,I ) 2 When I was considering my remarks for todayJ my thoughts flitted off to a passage from Shakespeare's Richard the II - a most incongruous thing to do when one will face an audience of engineers. Perhaps that is a natural pervisitY for an historian who has come to respect the fact that engineers are in greater demand than historians and are essential to design and feed the economic engines of wealth that allow historians to practice their discipline and students to study Shakespeare, The quotation has no relationship to the :engineering program that we're presenting todaYJ nor any relationship to science and technology at all, I will read it to you and explain: "This royal throne of kingsJ this sceptered isleJ this earth of maJestyJ the seat of MarsJ this other EdenJ demi-ParadiseJ this fortress built by nature for herself against infection in the hand of warJ this happy breed of menJ this little worldJ this Precious stone set in the silver seaJ which serves it in the office of a wall or as a moat defensive to a house against the envy of less happier JandsJ this blessed plotJ this earthJ this realmJ this England," 

25th Anniversary Statement, delivered at GVSC in 1985

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25th Anniversary Statement, delivered at GVSC in 1985

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