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GVSU in photos, August 2024: A fresh start, hands for helping and connecting and the perfect spot on campus

BY Kendra Stanley-Mills
Image credit - Top image by Cory Morse

Sep 3, 2024
A college students gets a handshake through his car window as he enters campus for move-in.
Jaylen White, left, gets a handshake from an RA while waiting in line for move-in on the Allendale Campus August 19.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student smiles while playing a game of pool with other students.
Asian Student Achievement Program Orientation leader, Brandon Minor, plays pool with fellow leaders at the Kirkhof Center.
Image credit - Eliana McGlinchey
A group of resident assistants wearing blue shirts do a cheer by putting their hands together in a circle shape.
The Niemeyer Housing Group RAs do a handshake cheer before vehicles start arriving for move-in on August 19.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person is silhouetted as they carry a box up a set of stairs.
Donald Curry, '11, a GVSU alumni volunteer, helps carry boxes up the stairs of the Holton-Hooker Living Center during move-in.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A man is seen in a side mirror of a vehicle as he waits in a line of cars.
Jose Hernandez is reflected onto a side mirror as he waits in traffic to help move his GVSU exercise science student Lesley Mendez-Velasquez on August 19.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A person uses a power washer to clean a metal art sculpture.
Will Sweetman with Kosters & DeVries, Inc. works on powerwashing the James Clover sculpture "Heaven and Earth" located in the Great Lakes Plaza of the Allendale Campus August 13. After being powerwashed, the sculpture was slated to get a new coat of white paint.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person wearing white uses a paint roller to paint a metal art sculpture white.
Acxel Hernandez paints the James Clover sculpture "Heaven and Earth" located in the Great Lakes Plaza of the Allendale Campus August 14.
Image credit - Cory Morse
An art sculpture is seen against the blue sky as it is sprayed clean.
The James Clover sculpture "Heaven and Earth" located in the Great Lakes Plaza of the Allendale Campus received a cleaning and fresh coat of paint to start the fall semester.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
As seen from a drone college students form the letters GVSU on a football field.
The class of 2028 gathered to spell out "GVSU" on the football field at Lubbers Stadium.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A bee collects pollen from purple Russian sage.
A bee collects pollen from Russian sage outside of the L. William Seidman Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus on August 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Purple and yellow flowers are seen in the foreground of a campus academic building.
The L. William Seidman Center is seen through colorful flowers that decorate the entrance of the building.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two students walk through a college campus during sunrise with backpacks on their backs.
Students walk through the Great Lakes Plaza at sunrise on the first day of class of the fall semester.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Three people lift boxes and belongings as they move into a college living center.
Rebecca Kienitz, center, gets help from her boyfriend, James Mobley, left, and father Mark Kienitz, as she moves into Seidman Living Center August 19.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student wearing headphones writes in a journal while in a library.
Olivia Johnson journals in the Mary Idema Pew Library before her morning class on the first day of the fall semester August 26. Johnson, a first-year social work student, said she is most excited about being in the library this semester. She enjoys how quiet it is and that she can watch the sunrise through the windows.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Tents, people and yellow parking spaces are seen from an above drone photo.
Students visit booths during Campus Life Night on the Allendale Campus August 25.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A university president wearing academic regalia waves to the audience while speaking at a lectern.
President Philomena V. Mantella waves to the audience at the Fieldhouse Arena during Convocation on August 22. "The real magic is our guides, the faculty or staff with a deep commitment to you, your path and your passions," Mantella said. "These are the people shaping and lighting up your journey."
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A large group of college students hold up their cellphone flashlights during a convocation ceremony.
Students hold up their cell phone flashlights during the end of Convocation August 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A faculty member wearing academic regalia pumps up the crowd by throwing his hands into the air during a convocation ceremony.
Gerry Cooke, program director of mentorship for the Seidman College of Business, pumps up the audience while processing with other faculty and staff members.
Image credit - Cory Morse
Seen from a window, cars line up as college students and family members unpack their belongings as they move onto campus.
Vehicles line up outside of Holton-Hooker Living Center as parents and students unload belongings during move-in.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Marching band members surround a college mascot to take selfie photos with their cellphones.
Members of the Laker Marching Band line up to take selfies with Louie the Laker during band practice August 21.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A faculty member wearing a suit is reflected in a white board as he speaks to an audience.
Marouane Kessentini, dean of the College of Computing, speaks as part of a College of Computing brainstorming session at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health on August 8.
Image credit - Cory Morse
Marching band members play their instruments while wearing sunglasses.
Wyatt Szarejko plays the trumpet during Laker Marching Band practice on August 19.
Image credit - Cory Morse
College students wearing blue cowboy hats and sunglasses pose with a university president.
President Philomena V. Mantella, center, greets and poses with students during move-in August 21.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person in a motorized chair puts a leg up on the side of water fountain while working on their laptop on a college campus.
Communications student Remus Caramagno sits near the fountain at Lubbers Student Services Center on the Allendale Campus August 27.
Image credit - Cory Morse

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