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GVSU in photos, May 2025: Spring bursts forth in Grand Valley style and micro caps and gowns

BY University Communications
Image credit - Top photo by Kendra Stanley-Mills

Jun 2, 2025
A person is silhouetted as they gesture with their hands in front of a window.
The Michigan SBDC held its third annual Small Business Resource & Financing Fair at the Goei Center on May 7. The fair included mini workshops and panel discussions as well as opportunities to connect with organizations and financial institutions.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Brightly colored fish swim in water.
Koi swim in a fish pond inside the Goei Center where the Michigan SBDC held its third annual Small Business Resource & Financing Fair at the Goei Center on May 7.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person works on their laptop in front of a gas fireplace.
Speech-language pathology major Allison Booth studies near the 20-foot fireplace inside the third floor reading room at the Mary Idema Pew Library on May 20. Outside was 48 degrees with rainy weather.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A detail of pink dogwood blossoms.
Pink dogwood blossoms decorated the Valley Campus in Allendale in May.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A detail of a pink bleeding heart flower.
A pair of delicate bleeding heart flowers bloom quietly on the Valley Campus in Allendale during the early days of spring, captured on May 6.
Image credit - Emily Riddle
Dew clings to blades of freshly cut grass.
Dew clings to blades of freshly cut grass on the morning of May 7 on the Valley Campus in Allendale.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two people walk past spring flowers on a college campus.
Two pedestrians walk past the Kennedy Hall of Engineering on Grand Valley’s City Campus May 2 after leaving the Shared Equity Leadership Summit.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A robin sits in a blooming Eastern redbud tree.
A robin sits in a blooming Eastern redbud tree near Lubbers Student Services Center on May 7.
Image credit - Cory Morse
People walk past a fountain near blossoming trees as seen from a drone.
Pedestrians walk past blooming Eastern redbud trees near Lubbers Student Services Center in this image taken with a drone on May 9.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A person talks on a microphone as greenery is reflected in the glass nearby.
Robert Shorty, vice president for People, Equity, and Culture, facilitates a conversation during the Shared Equity Leadership Summit in the Eberhard Center on Grand Valley's City Campus May 2.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
People mingle and talk in a room full of large windows.
A crowd takes part in the Laker Accelerated Talent Link End of the Year Showcase at the John G. Russell Leadership Building on May 1.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A team photo celebrates their national championship win as they hoist a trophy and streamers into the air.
The Grand Valley women's track and field team claimed its fifth NCAA Division II National Title recently at the NCAA Outdoor Championship competition in Pueblo, Colorado.
Image credit - Jayson Ortiz
Early morning dew hangs on a yellow tulip.
Early morning dew hangs on a yellow tulip on the Valley Campus in Allendale.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A dandelion is highlighted against the green grass.
A dandelion is highlighted against the green grass on the Valley Campus in Allendale.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
An academic building is seen through blossoming trees.
The Eberhard Center is seen through blossoming trees on the Grand Valley City Campus earlier this month.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person smiles as they are seen reflected in a side mirror of a vehicle, left, and sun shines through a ceiling onto the corridor below.
At left, a Parking Services employee is seen through the side mirror smiling during a promotional photo shoot on the Valley Campus in Allendale. Right, light shines into a corridor at Henry Hall on May 7.
Image credit - Emily Riddle, left, Cory Morse, right
A pedestrian walks in rainy weather holding an umbrella over their head.
A pedestrian walks in 48-degree rainy weather, as pictured through a window at the Mary Idema Pew Library, on May 20.
Image credit - Cory Morse
A group of preschool students in blue caps and gowns push a wagon together.
A group of preschool 3 graduates from the GVSU's Children Enrichment Center work together to push and pull a wagon through the Valley Campus in Allendale May 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Smiling preschool children wearing blue caps and gowns smile while sitting near a fountain.
Preschool 3 graduates, Mora Jakobcic, left, and Luna Mendoza share a moment of laughter while sitting near the fountain of the Lubbers Student Services Center May 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Hands come into the frame to pet an orange dog wearing a blue bandana.
Students pet a golden retriever who was visiting campus with alumnus, Nick Hayhoe, on May 9.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two people share a moment together in laughter.
Hahna Martinez, left, greets Amber Hasan, Michigan Veteran Entrepreneur Lab (MVE-Lab) participants, in the hallway of the Traverse City Opera House May 19. The top pitch went to Martinez and her family's startup, Sweep Out Solutions.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two people share a moment together in laughter.
Phillip Todd, assistant director of the Office for Multicultural Affairs, right, laughs with others while attending the Shared Equity Leadership Summit in the Eberhard Center on Grand Valley's City Campus May 2.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A deer casts a shadow as a spotlight highlights the deer in a front yard.
Biology and natural resources graduate student Griffin Thompson, not pictured, uses a spotlight to search for deer as graduate student, Brody Glei, drives his truck through Walker and the City of Grand Rapids as they conduct a deer survey.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

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