GVSU in photos, August 2022: Moving in, ideal places to reset, a giant 'G' and fancy boots
BY Amanda Pitts Above image by Kendra Stanley-Mills
Sep 6, 2022
Incoming students walked past the giant GVSU and under the athletic GV
to get to the Orientation Extravaganza on the Allendale Campus on August 6.
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Walter Kukuk laughs as he plays "Connect Four" with his sister Sophia Ernst and father, Walter Kukuk, while visiting the Allendale Campus during the Orientation Extravaganza on August 6.
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Casey Kornoelje, '08, owns Pharmhouse Wellness, the only locally owned cannabis shop in Grand Rapids.
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Artwork from one of the two winners of the Foundations Scholarship in
the Department of Visual and Media Arts at GVSU is on display in the
hallway of Calder Art Center.
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Students moving into living centers are reflected in a mirror situated in a pile of belongings during move-in week.
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Hugs are a standard part of move-in week.
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Alumni volunteers help with move-in on the Allendale Campus August 22.
Movers carried boxes through the doors of Arnold C. Ott Living Center.
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View of Kirkpatrick Living Center from above as students, their families, and Helping Hands volunteers move students' belongings during move-in week.
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Logan Sewell, 14, drops a stack of baskets and bins while trying to eat ice cream during fall move-in August 22. Sewell was helping older sister Riley Sewell move in.
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A mother and daughter share a heartfelt moment during move-in on August 22.
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First-year students do the "anchor up" hand gesture during the
annual class photo on August 24.
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President Philomena V. Mantella laughs as Faith Kidd, president of
Student Senate, shows off fancy boots during Convocation August 24. Kidd
gave a speech encouraging students to join Student Senate. "You saw
my boots. We're fun," Kidd said.
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A faculty member in full academic regalia looks up and smiles during Convocation on August 24.
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Students hold up their cellphones during Convocation at the Fieldhouse Arena August 24.
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The children of Sara Alsum-Wassenaar, adjunct professor of visual
studies, work on an activity at an event she organized in Holland.
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A child holds up the clay onto which he imprinted a texture while at an
event in Holland. That piece of clay, along with more pieces imprinted
by others at the event, will eventually be turned into plates for an
upcoming dinner.
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Suum Mung, a first-year GVSU student and T4 Scholar, uses a virtual reality headset inside the Atomic Object Technology Showcase in the Mary Idema Pew Library August 24.
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Derek Marsman, a junior studying biomedical science, enjoys the quiet of the library terrace during the first day of classes on August 29.
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Alan Steinman, the Allen and Helen Hunting Research professor, left,
talks with U.S. Senator Gary Peters, right, aboard the W.G. Jackson
captained by Eric Hecox, AWRI fleet captain, foreground.
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Madeline Reitsma, a nursing student, works on a puzzle inside the newly opened Reset Room in Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences on August 31.
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Kaelyn Kramarz, a senior majoring in medical laboratory science, studies in Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences on August 31.
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A storm brought heavy rains to the Allendale Campus on the first day of
classes August 29.