Online Photo Essay

The saying goes that many hands make light work. They also make beautiful work. You will be amazed at what GVSU hands can do...

Western Carolina University offers a freshman orientation like no other. With the Base Camp Cullowhee headquarters located within the Campus Recreation Center, experienced student guides show new incoming freshman how to Live Western. The week-long backpacking trip known as First Ascent Wilderness creates life long friendships, enhances team building skills and teaches great outdoor skills while introducing new incoming freshman to the beautiful nearby natural environments and exciting adventures surrounding campus.

Miami University’s campuses are bustling with activity once again as students have returned, many of whom are getting their introduction to life at the Miami .

Miami University photographers captured images and video of the many Welcome events held last week.

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Self explanatory (yes that is a lazy caption)

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Local Anishinaabe artist Jason Quigno created a commissioned sculpture for Grand Valley State University's Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

The carved Anishinaabek limestone sculpture, Akii Ndodem (Earth Totem), was created to show the connectedness of humanity.

Quigno created the piece at this southwest Grand Rapids studio, using flowing, somewhat repetitive lines to represent water and to make the stone seem as if it's moving. He hopes people looking at the 20-foot sculpture in downtown Grand Rapids will feel a sense of peace.

The Barbara Kindschi Greenhouse on the second floor of the building is a research greenhouse, meaning with limited exceptions it is closed to the general public in order to preserve the controlled environment, said Christina Hipshier, greenhouse supervisor.

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Photo essay telling the story of the 2022 BYU Football Fall Camp.

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She skates with a smile on her face. Her enthusiasm is contagious as she cheers on friends and strangers alike. Meet Midori Ohtake, director of finance for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and former roller derby girl turned park skater.

“I love being on wheels. Anything on wheels — biking, skateboard, roller skates,” Ohtake said. “I just love moving faster on wheels.”

It’s difficult for Ohtake to quantify the amount of time she spends each week on skates, but she estimates it’s between two and 12 hours.

Build it and they will come.

Those words from the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” seem fitting to describe the venture taken on by Alex Frase, a maintenance assistant with Campus Living, and his young family.

“I’ll take whatever success has come our way. But the whole idea is just to be able to supply a product and afford a beautiful property for our family to grow,” Frase says. “It’s a perfect location for me and my family, and hopefully for the business.”

The business is The Frase Farm, a U-pick flower farm where customers can also buy pre-made bouquets.

For Jim Mauck, UB’s director of athletic bands, music is not just about playing a note.

“It’s a feeling, and when it’s harmonized together it has some serious power behind it,” Mauck says. “It’s a feeling that takes all of us to put together, so when the band’s really rocking and going, you’re not thinking; you’re feeling.”