Welmoed Marsman

Viaa

Viaa in Zwolle, the Netherlands, is a Christian University of Applied Sciences. In 1987 two Reformed educational institutions - the Gereformeerde Sociale Academie (GSA) and the Gereformeerde PABO - merged to become GH. Formerly known as GHBO. As from the start of the academic year 2014-2015 the name has been changed in Viaa. The GSA (a Social Academy) had been founded in 1972 and offered bachelor programs in Social Work and Personnel Policy & Human Resources. A four-year nursing program was added to the GSA in 1981. The Gereformeerde PABO (Reformed Teacher Education for Primary Education) was established in the 1950's in Enschede. In 1984 the PABO settled in Zwolle, to merge with the GSA a few years later. Today Viaa is a dynamic organization; a knowledge center, actively participating in the development of education, health care, social work and theology. It offers fulltime as well as parttime bachelor programs in Teacher Education, Nursing, Social Work, Religion Teacher Education and Theology. Together with two theological universities it also offers a masters program in Religion Teacher Education.