About Cornerstone University

Cornerstone University is a private, non-denominational Christian university circles in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Cornerstone University has undergraduate and graduate programs, two seminaries (Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and Asia Baptist Theological Seminary based in Chiang Mai, Thailand), and a radio separation called Cornerstone University Radio (WCSG, Mission Network News). The university offers 60 academic programs in the arts, sciences, humanities, Bible, teacher education, computers and business and journalism. The academe maintains Mission Network News (MNN), an evangelical “broadcast ministry”. Students are required to abide by a “Lifestyle Statement” intended to reflect trinitarianism. As of 2020 Cornerstone had an enrollment of 1,998 students, including professional and graduate studies and both seminaries.

The college circles is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the National Association of Schools of Music. Cornerstone’s social be active program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

It is a believer of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the county chair of Kent County. Situated along the Grand River nearly 30 miles (48 km) east of Lake Michigan, it is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. According to 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 201,013, while the greater metropolitan Place had a population of 1,077,370, and a whole statistical Place population of 1,412,470.

A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is house to five of the world’s leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed “Furniture City”. Other nicknames include “River City” and more recently, “Beer City” (the latter definite by USA Today and adopted by the city as a brand). The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others.

Grand Rapids is the childhood house of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried behind his wife Betty upon the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city’s main landing field and one of its freeways are named after him.