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Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. [4] At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893, [5] making it the second-most populous city in Michigan, after Detroit.
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. [4]
Map of the region, employing a narrow definition. West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for a region in the U.S. state of Michigan 's Lower Peninsula. Generally, it refers to the Grand Rapids - Muskegon - Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Peninsula's Lake Michigan shoreline, but there is no official definition.
The Grand Rapids metropolitan area is a triangular shaped Metro Triplex, in West Michigan, which fans out westward from the primary hub city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the other two metro hubs of Muskegon and Holland. The metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,059,113 in 2017. [ 3 ] The region, noted in particular for its western edge abutting the Lake Michigan shoreline and its ...
List of colleges and universities in Michigan. There are ninety-three colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Michigan that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include eight research universities, five doctoral/professional universities, fourteen master's universities, and ...
Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public university in Allendale, Michigan, United States. [ 8 ] It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College. Its main campus is situated on 1,322 acres (5.35 km 2) approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Grand Rapids. [ 3 ] The university also features campuses in Grand Rapids and Holland and regional centers in Battle ...
Buildings lining the Grand River, the origin of the city's name. The recorded history of Grand Rapids in the U.S. state of Michigan, began with settlers in 1806.
The Women's Health Center is a four-story 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) facility designed to combine many of the women based services in Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital, University of Michigan Health - West and other Grand Rapids-based groups. Connected to the building is a five-story parking ramp providing 500 spaces.