GVSU in photos, July 2021: Relishing summer, diving into research and a special Laker's first day on the job

Alumni of the Seidman College of Business and brothers, Ross and Jordan Bremer, planted a "U-pick" sunflower field during the COVID-19 pandemic to lighten locals' spirits.

Oliver Wilson Scholars Summer Student Success Program participants do team building exercises on the Grand Valley State University Allendale Campus July 10. Participants were able to make their own GVSU tie-dye shirts outside of the HHLLC.

Matt Bozzo, career navigator of the GVSU Battle Creek Outreach Center and participants of the sHaPe (Summer Health Activities and Professions Exploration) Camp cross the Blue Bridge on the GVSU Allendale Campus on June 18.

Kalee Burns, a GVSU biology student, reads from her textbook on her phone for a summer music class she's taking. Burns was waiting July 28 in the grass near the Fieldhouse for her father to come help her with some car trouble.

Biology graduate student Benjamin Gunnett and researcher Matt Bain prepare for a day of collecting insect samples from the Grand River in Grand Rapids on July 27.

Oliver Wilson Scholars Summer Student Success Program participants do team building exercises on GVSU's Allendale Campus July 10. Students were instructed to work together to retrieve an object 6 feet away without anyone's feet stepping over a barrier.

Participants of the sHaPe (Summer Health Activities and Professions Exploration) Camp tour Grand Valley State University on July 18.

Summer Scholars student Ian Curtis is doing his research on the validity of plagiarism accusations regarding plates in the Encyclopédie (1751-72), which is housed in the Special Collections and University Archives in the Seidman Center.

Krista and Rohan Eapen, children of Abraham Eapen of the Grand Valley State University Career Center, play Jenga July 10 at the Oliver Wilson Scholars Summer Student Success Program tabling event.