Volunteers at HALTER (Healing and Learning Through Equine Relationships), a horseback riding service based in Spartanburg, SC, help a young girl ride a horse for the first time, on May 1, 2021.

DePaul student Kayla listens intently to a friend’s story of Halloween adventures, while beading a bracelet together at the Cookies and Craft-mas event held on the 11^th floor of the DePaul Center on November 5, 2025. Several holiday themed crafts were provided including stocking customization, cookie decoration, and felt gingerbread people to dress up.

A curious raccoon investigates tourists on a swamp tour boat in New Orleans, LA in April 2021.

Olivia Bishop sings a solo at her choir concert at Spartanburg High School in November 2021.

DePaul University students bring their own dice collections to a game of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) on October 8, 2025, hosted by Spectrum on the third floor of the Lincoln Park student center. Dice sets for this game come in many colors and patterns and contain six dice total, each has a different number of sides—ranging from four to twenty—and a different purpose.

Tristan Wilcox (left), hits a game winning serve during a Senior Field Day volleyball game at Spartanburg High School on May 18, 2021.

Sidra, a student employee of the DePaul Office of Student Involvement, supervises a game of ping pong toss at the second annual DeFall Fest held on October 28, 2025. At this event, students were given the opportunity to play mini games in order to win tickets for a special raffle, in the atrium on the 11^th floor of the DePaul Center.

Riley, a 4^th year biology student at DePaul University, contemplates their next move in a game of Dungeons and Dragons, held on the third floor of the student center, on October 8, 2025. This is their first time playing the game, but they are very experienced in other games such as Pokémon.

Anna Wallace Cheek poses for a photo in Glendale Shoals Preserve, a popular photo spot in Spartanburg, SC, in May 2021.

Emilie Modaff or E (right) performs a tarot card reading for a student at the second annual DeFall Fest on October 28, 2025, on the 11^th floor of the DePaul Center. E has their own tarot reading business called ‘An Opal a Day,’ and was one of the vendors hired for this event.

A student photojournalist sets up her next shot for an angle of the Spartanburg High School football field, in November 2020.

John Henry challenges a group of friends to a cornhole game, during Senior Field Day at Spartanburg High School on May 18, 2021.

Close friends Annie (left) and Elda (right) laugh while stringing together beaded bracelets at the second annual DeFall Fest, held on the 11^th floor atrium of the DePaul Center on October 28, 2025. Bracelet making was just one of the several autumnal crafts offered, including painting and stuffed animal creation.

At the Cookies and Craft-mas event on November 5, 2025, Misha Puri, a film student at DePaul reaches for another bead to add to her bracelet. Bracelet making was just one of many crafts offered at this event, others include stocking customization and cookie decoration.

At Glendale Shoals Preserve in Spartanburg, SC, Lydia Easler poses for a photo on a cool spring day in May 2021.

Collene Belue prepares to serve the ball in a volleyball tournament, during Senior Field Day at Spartanburg High School on May 18, 2021.

During a game of Dungeons and Dragons held on the third floor of the student center on October 8, 2025, DePaul students Amelia (left), a third-year animation major, and Kelly (right), a third-year game art major, laugh at a joke made by the game’s dungeon master. Both players love board games but have never played Dungeons and Dragons until now.