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GVSU in Photos, November 2025: Saying hello again to Lakers, goodbye to fall splendor and 'yes' to cozy studying spots

BY University Communications
Image credit - Emily Riddle

Dec 1, 2025
Hands holding a smartphone show a selfie with three people at an outdoor event.
Irelyn Niklasch, at left, holds a cellphone to take a selfie photo with President Philomena V. Mantella during the Homecoming football game in Lubbers Stadium November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Close up of a person smiling while wearing a silver and blue jeweled crown.
Arsean "Art" Jackson, a fourth-year nursing student, gives the Anchor Up sign to the stadium after he was crowned during Homecoming November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A marching band conductor stands on a platform overseeing band members on a field with autumn trees and a crowd in the background.
The Laker Marching Band performs during halftime of the Homecoming football game against Michigan Tech November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A football player wearing a blue jersey holds a football while running amongst teammates.
The Laker football team warms up by running drills before the start of the Homecoming game against Michigan Tech November 8. Grand Valley won the game 18-15.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person holds a fluffy brown dog next to a kneeling mascot in blue and white attire.
Leo Paletic and his dog, Dash, pose with Louie the Laker while at "Reunion Row" during GVSU's Homecoming day.
Image credit - Eliana McGlinchey
A group of people on the sidelines smile while taking a selfie.
Students surround President Philomena V. Mantella to capture selfie photos during halftime of the Homecoming football game against Michigan Tech November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person wearing a plaid scarf paints abstract patterns in a spiral notebook.
Carol Wilson-Tiesma, senior affiliate professor of modern languages and literatures, paints during the last Philosophy in Nature series on wind held at the Valley Campus’s Arboretum November 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Close-up of white cowboy boots with blue embellishments and a “GV” logo, worn over blue jeans, standing on grass.
President Philomena V. Mantella dons a pair of bedazzled cowboy boots to the Homecoming game November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person sitting at a table near a large window, with autumn colored trees visible outside.
Peak fall color frames GVSU student Mercedes Swinton, who was taking a break between biology and chemistry labs and has lunch in the Fusion dining area on the lower level of Kirkhof Center.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A student works on a laptop in a library with bookshelves and a large window in the background.
Mason VanderKolk studies inside the Steelcase Library in the DeVos Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. The finance and accounting major said he was staying focused on midterns and trying to fend off “senioritis."
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A band member in a blue and white uniform plays the trumpet with a blurred orange background.
A member of the Laker Marching Band performs during halftime at the Homecoming football game at Lubbers Stadium on November 8.
Image credit - Emily Riddle
A person wearing headphones walks past the Lake Michigan Hall building with autumn leaves on the ground.
Fall color abounds at Lake Michigan Hall on the Valley Campus on November 25.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
Small American flags are planted in the grass while people walk in front of a brick building in the background.
Veterans Day flags surround the courtyard at the DeVos Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus on November 11.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A volleyball player in a pink jersey laughs next to a basket of volleyballs during an indoor match.
Vienna Koenigsknecht (No. 17) of the Grand Valley women’s volleyball team laughs as she retrieves balls from the basket during warm-ups prior to the team's November 15 match on the Valley Campus.
Image credit - Emily Riddle
Two people seen through a glass window inscribed with “Welcome” in multiple languages sit on a couch inside an office with maps, flags, and brochures.
First-year student Emmalyn Blasdell gets some help from Study Abroad worker Esther Okereke in the office in Lake Ontario Hall on the Valley Campus on November 25.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A modern glass building with reflective surfaces and a cloudy sky in the background.
Clouds pass above Kennedy Hall of Engineering on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus November 5.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A person crouching and reaching for a can on a metal shelf in a stocked pantry.
Student Ky’Shaun Larsh-South places a tuna can on the bottom shelf at Replenish, which got a big boost from Dan Cope’s INT 100 class. The Grand Valley students spent the morning sorting, bagging, and shelving food items, and even adding a little creative flair with decorations to help brighten the space.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
Football players wearing blue jerseys run through blue smoke onto the field.
The Grand Valley Lakers football team takes the field during the Homecoming football game November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Dancers with blue and silver pom-poms in action, wearing black jackets with “GV” logos.
The Laker Dance Team performs during halftime of the football Homecoming game November 8.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A child in a blue and gray jacket and beanie walks on the pavement while brown mittens dangle from their coat.
Augustus Albrecht, 1 1/2 years old, child of alums Kristen Hollingsworth, '16 and Kevin Albrecht, '15 wears a GVSU beanie during the Homecoming day alumni tailgate.
Image credit - Eliana McGlinchey
Two people laugh together as they prepare food at a table.
Anna Miller, assistant director in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, left, laughs with senior allied health science student Sarah Parrish as they make kimchi on November 5. Twenty-five to 30 students, faculty and staff came to the Korean kimchi making workshop in the Niemeyer Multipurpose Room.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Three people sit on the grass with watercolor palettes and spiral notebooks open.
From left, students Annah Stang, Marshall Murdick and August Goetz participate in the last Philosophy in Nature series about wind on the Valley Campus’s Arboretum November 22. The three worked on watercolor paintings after a discussion circle.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Two people walk on a circular concrete path with long shadows, next to a white slatted structure.
Students walk through the Clausing Industrial/Lakeshore Machine Tools Plaza, adjacent to the Kennedy Hall of Engineering building on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus on November 5.
Image credit - Steve Jessmore
A scenic view of campus at dawn with a building and clock tower reflected on the surface of water.
The Cook Carillon Tower is reflected into Zumberge Pond during a November 17 sunrise on the Valley Campus.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills

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