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GVSU in photos, February 2023: Lakers gather to welcome sibs, honor faculty members and to remember

BY Kendra Stanley-Mills
Image credit - Above image by Kendra Stanley-Mills

Mar 1, 2023
A smiling university president wearing blue kneels to talk to a small child.
President Philomena V. Mantella talks to Kaylee Cargill about becoming a future Laker during Sibs & Kids Weekend on February 10.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A person works on a small metal box in a university lab setting.
Josh Veazey, assistant professor of physics, works February 3 on the "z-axis tunneling microscope," a customized piece of equipment students can use in the laboratory to more deeply study quantum tunneling.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Two college students sit inside a blue enclosed booth while using sound equipment.
Students Le Nguyen and Allison Fitzgerald talk February 16 inside a podcasting booth in the Digital Creator Lab, located inside the Mary Idema Pew Learning & Information Commons.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A college student wearing a head covering works on a laptop in a library setting.
Graduate student Yasmin Mohamed studies in the Mary Idema Pew Library.
Image credit - Lauren Seymour
A student is seen looking through glass covering an antique metal object.
Farhad Kadkhodazadeh gazes at a piece of artwork, a sugar bowl, inside a display case at the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health on February 2. The piece was gifted to retired professor Jim Goode from Kadkhodazadeh's family.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
University faculty members wearing regalia process through an auditorium.
Grand Valley faculty members were celebrated February 14 for their achievements during the annual Faculty Convocation held at DeVos Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student works on a laptop in a university library.
A student works on a laptop inside the Mary Idema Pew Library.
Image credit - Lauren Seymour
A college student holds a red Turkish flag during a vigil.
Aylin Gulch, a GVSU student, holds the Turkish flag while attending a vigil at the Cook Carillon Tower February 15 to reflect on the lives lost in Syria and Turkey.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A person wearing a suit stands at a lectern during a talk where they are showing graphs.
Erkmen Aslim, assistant professor of economics for the Seidman College of Business, delivers remarks during a presentation about the release of Health Check: Analyzing Trends In West Michigan report on February 3.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A portrait illustration of a person in front of a green painting that has been cut apart like a mosaic and pieced back together.
On the wall of Alisha Davis' office hangs one of her favorite quotes: "All of the broken pieces of your life are nothing more than a beautiful mosaic of your future."
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student walks past trees decorated with snowy smiles.
A student walks February 2 past trees on the Allendale Campus that had been decorated with snowy smiles.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
A college student wearing a warm winter coat is illuminated by candlelight during a vigil.
More than 100 students and other Grand Valley community members gathered around the Cook Carillon Tower in Allendale on a chilly, snow-covered night for a candlelight vigil in support of the grieving Michigan State University community on February 16.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A detail of a hand using tweezers to work on a metal box with wires.
A close up look at the "z-axis tunneling microscope," a customized piece of equipment students can use in the laboratory to more deeply study quantum tunneling.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
A small child wearing a scarf works on a craft project.
Nathaniel Hoffman, sibling of student Elena Leucht, concentrates February 10 on painting his foam finger during Sibs & Kids Weekend.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts

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