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

Jaylen White, left, 8月19日，在阿伦代尔校园排队等候入住时，与RA握手.

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Asian Student Achievement Program Orientation leader, Brandon Minor, plays pool with fellow leaders at the Kirkhof Center.

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尼迈耶住房集团(Niemeyer Housing Group)的RAs在车辆前握手欢呼 start arriving for move-in on August 19.

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A person is silhouetted as they carry a box up a set of stairs.

Donald Curry, '11, a GVSU alumni volunteer, 在霍尔顿-胡克生活中心入住期间，帮助把箱子搬上楼梯.

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8月19日，当Jose Hernandez在车流中等待帮助他的GVSU运动科学学生Lesley Mendez-Velasquez移动时，他的倒影在侧镜上.

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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.

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阿克塞尔·埃尔南德斯(Acxel Hernandez)于8月14日在Allendale校园的大湖广场上绘制了詹姆斯·克洛弗(James Clover)雕塑“天地”.

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位于Allendale校区五大湖广场的James Clover雕塑“Heaven and Earth”在秋季学期开始前接受了一次清洁和新油漆.

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The class of 2028 gathered to spell out "GVSU" on the football field at Lubbers Stadium.

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A bee collects pollen from purple Russian sage.

A bee collects pollen from Russian sage outside of the L. 8月22日，皮尤大急流城校区的威廉·塞德曼中心.

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The L. 威廉·塞德曼中心的入口处装饰着五颜六色的鲜花.

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第一天，学生们在日出时穿过五大湖广场 of class of the fall semester.

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Rebecca Kienitz, center, gets help from her boyfriend, James Mobley, left, and father Mark Kienitz, as she moves into Seidman Living Center August 19.

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8月26日，秋季学期的第一天，奥利维亚·约翰逊在玛丽·艾德玛·皮尤图书馆的晨间课前写日记. Johnson, a first-year social work student, 说她最兴奋的是这学期能在图书馆. 她喜欢这里的宁静，喜欢透过窗户看日出.

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学生们在博天堂官方之夜参观摊位 August 25.

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President Philomena V. 8月22日，曼特拉在露天竞技场向观众挥手致意. "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."

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