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GVSU in photos, June 2023: Laker dads, a Sneaker Ball and Zumberge Pond's nighttime flair

BY Kendra Stanley-Mills
Image credit - Above photo by Amanda Pitts

Jul 5, 2023
A blue water fountain is photographed from above in the evening.
The new Zumberge Pond fountain, seen from above, lights up blue after dark.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A person wearing a cap and gown is illuminated against blue lights.
A GVSU student poses in front of the fountain by the Lubbers Student Services Center wearing a cap and gown.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A nursing student talks with a standardized patient during a nursing simulation exercise.
Nursing student Sam Maiyo, right talks with standardized patient, Miriam Johnston, left, during a simulation exercise in the Daniel and Pamella DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health June 9.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student worker teaches a kickboxing class.
Student worker Sarah Messing teaches a kickboxing class at the Recreation Center on the Allendale Campus.
Image credit - Lauren Seymour
A vocalist performs on a stage among sparks and red beams of light.
A vocalist performs the song "Light 'Em Up" during the Enrichment Dinner at DeVos Place on June 13.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A carved sculpture of animals is seen between two green trees.
The carved limestone sculpture "Clans of The Anishinaabek" by artist Jason Quigno rests in the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation Sculpture Garden outside of the L. William Seidman Center.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two people laugh together during an event.
Two people enjoy a moment together at the Sneaker Ball, part of the Black Boys & Men Symposium, on June 15.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A person uses a cellphone to take a photo of a couple.
An attendee at the Sneaker Ball, part of the Black Boys & Men Symposium, photographs fellow attendees on June 15.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Two college students sitting outside are reflected into a window of a building.
Writing Center consultants Christiana Unakalamba and Destinee Partain sit outside Lake Ontario Hall on June 6th.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Two people carry their father on the 50-yard line of a football field.
Bryan Bickford, associate director of advertising and writing in University Marketing, is carried around the field by his sons Tuck and Tybee. Watching Grand Valley football is a family pastime.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A man holds his son upside down as he laughs.
Kyle Boone, director of Housing and Residence Life, shares a few moments with his 3-year-old son, Riley, before dropping him off at the Children Enrichment Center.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two nursing students work together and laugh during a simulation exercise with an infant manikin.
Nursing student Trisha Cheeney, center, laughs after the infant simulation manikin made a noise during a simulation lab exercise June 9.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person is framed by an arch of a college campus as they walk on the sidewalk.
A person is framed by the arch walkway of Secchia Hall on the Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
The shadow of a person wearing a hat projected on the wall.
The reflection and shadow of Lorenzo Bradshaw, the emcee of the Sneaker Ball, at the Amway Grand Plaza on June 15th.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts

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