PHOTOS: The Victors for Michigan celebration

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Relive the excitement of the Victors for Michigan campaign kickoff events through these images captured by the photographers of Michigan Photography.

Trees around Ingalls Mall were aglow and images from the Victors for Michigan campaign were projected onto Burton Tower during Friday night’s celebration. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

 

Lurie Tower on North Campus was awash in multi-colored lasers Thursday for #Glowout the Diag, a College of Engineering event to kick off U-M’s public celebration of the Victors for Michigan campaign. Photo by Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering.

 

Glow sticks, necklaces and glasses were common accessories at Thursday’s #Glowout the Diag laser light show on North Campus. Photo by Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering.

 

Thursday’s #Glowout the Diag laser light show on North Campus was a colorful event. Photo by Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering.

 

The crowd begins to file into the Victors for Michigan Community Festival Friday night on Ingalls Mall. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography

 

Therese Apostoleris, an alumni relations officer, hands out T-shirts to faculty and staff at Friday night’s Victors for Michigan celebration. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

 

A large canvas was available for people to sign celebratory messages. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

 

U-M freshman Steve Gilbin shows that he’s a Victor for Michigan with a Block M painted at one of the booths on Ingalls Mall. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

 

Students in their Victors for Michigan T-shirts created a sea of maize in Hill Auditorium at the main campaign celebration Friday. Photo by Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography.

 

Undergraduates Melissa Golliday and Willie Filkowski join President Mary Sue Coleman during the Victors for Michigan celebration at Hill Auditorium. Photo by Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography.

 

Hill Auditorium was aglow in maize and blue light during Friday night’s Victors for Michigan celebration. Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography.

 

Congratulatory tweets were projected above the Hill Auditorium stage. Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography.

 

The Victors for Michigan event at Hill Auditorium featured a variety of entertainers. Above: Photo by Scott Soderberg, Michigan Photography. Below: Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography.

 

U-M student Ashley Howard, right, searches for the perfect chocolate chip cookie at the Victors for Michigan after-party Friday night. Howard had worked all day as a volunteer for the campaign celebration. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

 

Even the marshmallows in the hot chocolate served at the Victors for Michigan after-party proclaimed Michigan pride. Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography.

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