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GVSU in photos, June 2025: The beauty of simplicity -- a family hug, a good laugh and a quiet place to reflect

 Two people smile with each other as one autographs a book.
Patricia Clark, right, former GVSU professor and Poet-in-Residence, signs her poetry book "O Lucky Day" for Ellen Adams, associate professor of art history in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, after Clark read her poem "Char," inspired by the artwork of the same name, at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health in downtown Grand Rapids on June 5.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 A person sits at a table while they are reflected into glass.
Danny C. Vélez, associate vice president for Admissions & Recruitment, is reflected in a hallway while working inside the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health on the City Campus in Grand Rapids on June 16.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 Miss Michigan contestants wearing their crowns and gowns laugh with one another while they mingle on a beach.
Miss Ludington Area Natalee Urbon, left, jokes with other contestants including Miss Great Lakes Bay Samantha McGaughy on the beach as part of a Miss Michigan competition welcome party at The Deck, a restaurant and bar on Lake Michigan, in Muskegon on Monday, June 9. Urbon is majoring in communications with a certificate in digital media.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A family gives their daughter a group hug and kiss while she moves into a college dormitory.
Denai Dorkins, center, is the focus of a group family hug, from left, brother Laiden Dorkins, sister Destini Dorkins, and parents Damon and La-Keesha Dorkins after moving her into Maple Living Center during the Oliver Wilson Scholars move-in June 22. Big sister, Destini Dorkins, is also a Grand Valley student.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
 A man is silhouetted as he carries a box down a hallway.
Bill Adams helps move his son, Mason Adams, into Maple Living Center during the Oliver Wilson Scholars move-in June 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
 Two people sit on a bench and talk near a large horse sculpture in front of blue skies.
Engineering major Hannah Schrauben, left, and recent nursing graduate Aysia Taylor talk near the artwork "Char" on the fifth-floor terrace of the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health in downtown Grand Rapids on June 5. The piece was made by sculptor Deborah Butterfield. Patricia Clark, former GVSU professor and Poet-in-Residence, read her poem "Char" inspired by the artwork at the site a few hours later.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A group of people stand around a smiling person holding a white paper with words and sticky notes attached.
Mary Albrecht, assistant vice president for Academic Affairs, center, takes part in the Reach Higher Retreat at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health in Grand Rapids on June 4. Also pictured are (from left) Adebayo "Bayo" Ogundipe, dean of Padnos College of Engineering; Evan Potter, assistant director of Strategic Initiatives; and Ed Aboufadel, senior associate vice president for Academic Affairs.
Image credit - Cory Morse
Two college students are silhouetted as they study in a college library.
Morgan Braddock, left, a junior majoring in behavioral neuroscience on the pre-med track, and Reem Shami, right, a junior biomedical sciences major, study for their CHEM 241 course in the Mary Idema Pew Library on June 11.
Image credit - Emily Riddle
Raindrops cling to windows as you can see a person walking through a college campus with a blue umbrella.
A pedestrian walks through campus under an umbrella as heavy rains fall on campus June 18.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A turkey poult looks curiously while walking in green grass.
A turkey poult walks near Lake Superior Hall on June 26.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 People sit on benches near greenery on a college campus.
A crowd listens to the carillon music during the Cook Carillon 30th Anniversary Celebration on June 10.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A portrait of a faculty member is seen among columns of light and dark.
Ali Locher, associate professor of biology, is working with students on deer survey data collection as part of the Kent County Deer Management Coalition project.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person takes a selfie of a university president and group of young children.
Robert Shorty, vice president for People, Equity, and Culture, far right, and President Philomena V. Mantella pose for a picture with children from the Baxter Community Center summer camp program during the Community Juneteenth Celebration at the Haas Center for Performing Arts on June 20.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 A pageant contestant signs her autograph for a young girl.
Miss Greater Kalamazoo Lauren Mroczek, '21, signs an autograph for Muskegon resident Macie Poulson, 5, as part of a Miss Michigan competition welcome party at The Deck, a restaurant and bar on Lake Michigan, in Muskegon June 9.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 A snake slithers over the ground.
A gray rat snake slithers on the trail near the Valley Campus Boathouse on June 12.
Image credit - Cory Morse
At left, a GV logo casts a shadow on a architectural ledge as you can see the city in the background. Right, a group of college students take part in a lab.
Left, GVSU logos that are part of the architecture of the fifth-floor terrace of the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health cast shadows on June 5. Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital and the Medical Mile can be seen in the background in downtown Grand Rapids. Right, occupational therapy students Isabel Holtrop, right, and Madeline Moore, left, participate in a Dysphagia Lab inside the Model Living Suite at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health on the City Campus on June 5.
Image credit - Cory Morse
Officers in training work on collecting fake evidence in a simulation crime scene.
Police academy student Jesse Evans, bottom, collects "evidence" during scenario training with fellow academy students (from left) Ryan Houtman, Larkin Wegner and Dauson Trigg at the Holland Meijer Campus on June 27.
Image credit - Cory Morse
 A photo of a university campus building.
Holland Meijer Campus is pictured on June 27.
Image credit - Cory Morse
  A photo of a university campus buildings from above.
A view from Room 302E at the DeVos Center shows the GVSU sign near the courtyard fountain at Grand Valley State University's City Campus in Grand Rapids on June 7.
Image credit - Emily Riddle
 Two men laugh together while one wipes away happy tears.
Judge Greg Mathis opened the fourth annual Black Boys and Men National Symposium with a message to attendees to lift up young Black people through mentorship, structured households and love. Mathis shares a moment of laughter during the VIP reception before speaking to a large crowd at the JW Marriott June 11.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

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