Grand Valley graduate students who joined the university through a pipeline program are now contributing to the West Michigan talent pool.
Jourdan Watson and Danielle Patrick both have Industry Sponsored Graduate Fellowships (IGF). Through this university program, participating companies sponsor a student by providing a paid internship and covering the cost of tuition. 华生正在 Gordon Food Service and Patrick at 的 Christman Company.
Watson and Patrick attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities and came to Grand Valley because of the HBCU/Hispanic Serving Institutions Pipeline 财团, a collaboration with four institutions: Fort Valley State, Savannah State, Saint Augustine's and Alabama State universities.