![(Collage) Top left: a paraglider floats through the sky with a large American flag hanging down. Bottom left: An aerial view of a tower and people walking on the sidewalk below. Right: A person sitting in a red booth with a laptop.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AC21-B258-0625-AC49797056B13C10/600.jpg)
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GVSU in photos, September 2021: Kicking off the football season, campus from above and a different kind of class survey
![(Collage) Top left: a paraglider floats through the sky with a large American flag hanging down. Bottom left: An aerial view of a tower and people walking on the sidewalk below. Right: A person sitting in a red booth with a laptop.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AC21-B258-0625-AC49797056B13C10/600.jpg)
Top left: A parachutist glides for a landing at Lubbers Stadium prior to the start of Grand Valley's first game of the season against Colorado State-Pueblo.
Bottom left: Students walk around the Cook Carillon Tower as seen from above on the Allendale Campus on September 7.
Right: A nursing student studies in the Reading Room at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health on September 20.
![A person walking through a tunnel with a beam of sun illuminating her path.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AC95-07AD-A291-709CFE4AA9B79622/600.jpg)
A student walks through the Pew Grand Rapids Campus on the morning of September 10.
![(A collage) Left: A person's side profile smiling in front of a concrete wall. Top right: An aerial view of a person wearing all yellow walking through a crosswalk. Bottom right: A person sits at a desk in a classroom with a skateboard against the wall.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6ACFB-A548-7DC0-319AEC89F916ADBD/600.jpg)
Left: Sean Carney, the Padnos Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, poses for a portrait outside the Calder Art Center September 1. “I want to embolden students to break new artistic ground. If a student goes really big or wild on an assignment and it totally crashes, that's not such a bad thing. We can always reflect critically, revise, and then finesse new processes on the next project,” Carney said.
Top right: A person walks through a crosswalk on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus September 3.
Bottom right: Students listen to Professor Paul J. Cornish in his classical political thought class on September 3.
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Students in Natural Resources Management 250 survey the area near Zumberge Pond on September 27.
![A person waves a green flag over their head.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6ADDE-ECB7-EB16-E197B94878B602BF/600.jpg)
![A view from behind shows two people hugging with a football field in the background.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AE48-CB70-5626-62A60E1853987E10/600.jpg)
Left: “Shut up, just spin the flag and relax,” Breezy Rusher explains why he does flag spinning tricks on campus Sept. 20. “When Covid hit I was trying to find a way to destress. This requires me to be absolutely present.” Rusher is studying biology and secondary education.
Right: Attendees of Grand Valley's football game against Colorado State-Pueblo on September 11 share a hug.
![A person kayaks on a river and droplets of water fly through the air.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AEAB-9773-75DF-2FFEA573EA563AEF/600.jpg)
Frederik Meijer Honors College students enjoy kayaking on the Grand River on September 10.
![An aerial view of campus shows a clock tower, buildings, sidewalk paths, and a pond.](/gvnext/files/img/article/CA402B18-D1D5-38C6-E284B45C819A59CD/CBE6AF1B-E8C1-81A5-97C6802E29D19AA8/600.jpg)
An overview of the Allendale Campus just before dawn on September 22.
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