GVSU in photos, November 2023: Celebrating milestones, traditions and new seasons

A warm early morning sun peaks through the snow covered tree branches of many trees.
Students walk through the Great Lakes Plaza to their early morning classes on the Allendale Campus November 28.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
 Middle-school aged children stand in a line with the palm of their hands facing out. Many colorful flags and posters hang behind them.
Students perform the Funga Alafia, a folk international dance, during Blandford's International Night at the Kirkhof Center.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person stands at a podium and looks up at an American flag that is standing near him.
Jason Redman, a retired naval officer and former Navy SEAL, speaks during the 13th Annual Veterans Breakfast November 10.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
 Middle-school age children hold onto each other's shoulders while dancing in a circle with an American flag behind them.
Blandford Environmental Education Program students including Sam Kooyman, center, perform the Hora during Blandford's International Night held at the Kirkhof Center.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person stands on the mat with his hands in the air in victory after a wrestling match while his opponent is still on the ground.
Christopher Donathan (149 pounds) holds his hands up in victory after defeating Cornerstone's Luke Jaworski. Donathan recorded a 20-3 technical fall in just 1:31 to give the Lakers an 11-6 lead.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two wrestlers are crouched with heads and arms entangled while a referee watches from behind them.
Two wrestlers spar during the dual match at the Fieldhouse Arena November 1.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Three male wrestlers sit on the bench in the wrestling locker rooms in anticipation of the upcoming event.
"In about an hour that whistle is going to blow for the first time in 31 years," Grand Valley's men's wrestling coach Joey Simcoe told his team in the locker room on November 1.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person walks on a sidewalk in snowy surroundings wearing a Santa hat.
Ellie Sickles walks to Au Sable Hall for class wearing a Santa hat on a snowy November 28. "I'm a big holiday person," Sickles said. Sickles is studying sport management.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
 A person standing in a crowd indoors wipes a tear from their eye.
Linell Crampton, center, wipes away tears while the drum circle plays after author Robin Wall Kimmerer's presentation. Crampton has endured ridicule for "talking to trees" but hearing Kimmerer talk about nature as living beings was emotional.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person, seen through an opening of books on the shelves at a library, looks out of frame while laughing.
Biomedical sciences major Brooke Hoyt poses for a photo in the Mary Idema Pew Library November 17. Hoyt has been spending much of her time evaluating the health care systems of countries across the world for a research project.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Two people stand close together at a high top table crouching over a tablet together.
First-year T4 Scholars Ngun Hniar and Des'Neiges Jobe interact Nov. 8 during the futurEDlab ribbon-cutting event.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Close up photo of a person's face while they are operating a video camera.
Preston Donakowski operates a video camera set up while filming President Philomena V. Mantella at the futureEDlab ribbon-cutting event November 8.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
 A college football player lets out a scream in front of the student section.
At the sound of the cannon, Sophomore defensive back Terez Reid (2) runs downfield before letting out a scream in front of the student section in Lubber Stadium minutes before kickoff against Grand Valley's competitive rivals, Ferris State.
Image credit - Macayla Cramer
A giant yellow creature that looks like a bug is in the foreground, while there is a student holding a clipboard looking at posters in the background.
A student walks behind a display of a Disappearing Diporeia during Creative Project Day in Peter Riemersma's GEO 105 class on November 16. The project was an opportunity for the students to submit a creative work based on knowledge from the book "Pandora's Locks."
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A person's face is reflected in the screen of a computer.
The face of computer science major Jagger Denhof is reflected in his computer screen during a computer research group meeting November 28 in Mackinac Hall.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A person stands on an indoor balcony looking at the camera and smiling.
Battle Creek Pipeline Scholar Alaysha Cannon poses for a photo in the Padnos Hall of Science November 17. Alaysha is one of the first students to participate in a summer internship through the program.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
People, seen through openings of a poster board sign, participate in games.
Students line up to play games for a chance to win prizes during the 10th birthday celebration of the Mary Idema Pew Library November 28.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Holiday lights hanging from tree branches glow on campus in front of an orange dusk sky.
Students walk through Allendale Campus lit by holiday lights on the evening of November 9.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Birds fly over the Allendale Campus during one of the first snowfalls of the month.
Birds fly over the Allendale Campus during one of the first snowfalls of the month.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

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