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A carillon tower is photographed through colorful purple, pink and white flowers.

GVSU in Photos, May 2024: Art set off by the sky, a showcase for young environmental stewards and campus remembrances

BY Kendra Stanley-Mills
Image credit - Top image by Macayla Cramer

Jun 3, 2024

An elementary school student tosses their hands in the air and laughs while being interviewed.

Grand Rapids Christian Elementary - Evergreen student Will Mulder, center, jokes with WGVU's Jennifer Moss while being interviewed about their student project during the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative student project showcase on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus May 15.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A college student wearing a blue shirt does yard work among trees.

Student volunteer Alex-Mari Ford works on spreading mulch behind a Grand Rapids home during Operation United. Ford is a senior studying allied health sciences and serves on Student Senate.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A person wearing a blue dress holds their hand over a name engraved on a memorial wall.

Samantha Butcher, '16, '18, holds a hand over the engraved name of Joseph D. Early during a student veteran tribute May 24. Butcher was president of Student Veterans of America while GVSU and helped establish the Joseph Early Emergency Relief Fund.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A robin holds a worm in its mouth near a grassy area.

An American robin finds a worm while on the Allendale Campus this month.

Image credit - Eliana McGlinchey

A squirrel stares at the camera while resting on a tree branch.

A squirrel moves among the trees outside of Lake Superior Hall on May 22.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

An elementary school student holds a camera in front of their face to photograph a colorful art sculpture.

A Kentwood Endeavor Elementary School student took photos of an art sculpture inside Henry Hall. The students were part of a multicultural leadership team that visited the Allendale Campus May 1.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A person rides a bike past a lawn-full of small American flags.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

Small American flags frame a carillon tower on a college campus.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

At right, a person bikes past 1,675 small American flags placed by student veterans on the lawn outside of Cook-DeWitt Center. Each flag, left, represents 20 fallen heroes, symbolizing the estimated 33,519 Michiganders who have died in combat since the Civil War.

A blue art sculpture is seen in front of large puffy white clouds and a blue sky.

The Amaranth, a metal art sculpture by Cyril Lixenberg, is seen in front of a blue and cloudy sky outside of the Muskegon Innovation Hub May 17.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A student is seen through a crack in their student project.

A fourth-grade student shows off their student project during the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative student project showcase on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus May 15.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A group of people take a tour of an innovation center on a college campus.

Fernando Ledezma, center, takes a tour of the Shape Corp Innovation Design Center during an Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) visit May 8.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

Shadows of children and parents make shapes on a brick walkway.

Shadows of children with their parents are cast along the arches of the DeVos Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus May 15 as they leave the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative student project showcase.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

Shadows of people are cast on a memorial wall.

Family, friends and Grand Valley community members observe the student veteran memorial wall before the start of a ceremony to honor the lives of Joseph Early, Adam Forbes and Baron Klein on May 24.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

A student gives a high five to a camera man after an interview.

WGVU's Andrew Murray, left, high fives East Kentwood High School's Ta'Clara Griggs, center, after being interviewed by WGVU's Jennifer Moss about their student project during the Groundswell Stewardship Initiative student project showcase on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus May 15.

Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

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