Case Study: Grand Valley State University achieves greater scholarship transparency and 86% more applications with AcademicWorks

Grand Valley State University - Customer Case Study

Grand Valley State University needed a more transparent, centralized scholarship process that would make opportunities easier for students to find and reduce the administrative burden on staff. Before implementing AcademicWorks, the university struggled with limited visibility into awards, paper applications, and a decentralized process that frustrated students and made it difficult to track recipient details.

Grand Valley State University chose AcademicWorks to simplify scholarship management through a single “My Scholarships” website and improve collaboration between Financial Aid and Advancement. With AcademicWorks, students can apply for multiple scholarships at once, administrators have real-time access to award information, and the university saw an 86% increase in scholarship applications in the most recent cycle, along with greater campus awareness of scholarship opportunities.

Grand Valley State University

Erika Wallace

Associate Director of Scholarships and Outreach