New Students Get Ready for Fall Term

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Orientation and community-building activities help students prep for the start of classes.

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Aerial view of mountain bikers
Students mountain bike during first-year trips.  (Photo by Chris Johnson)
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Students in red t-shirts
First-year students from Allen House at the A Dartmouth Welcome! ceremony at Memorial Field. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Students lift rainbow tent up
Student orientation leaders lift up a rainbow parachute on the Green before welcoming the undergraduate Class of 2028.  (Photo by Robert Gill)
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President Beilock, Calentin Correa, Taoheng Chen, and Honiely Aviles
President Sian Leah Beilock talks with Calentin Correa ’28, Taoheng Chen ’28, and Honiely Aviles ’28 on move-in day. All three students were part of the FYSEP program and were moving from summer housing to their first-year residence hall. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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FYSEP students in Bema
First-Year Student Enrichment Program students do team building activities in the Bema as part of their three-week orientation. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Lila Gillon and Aynura Erejepbaeva
Aynura Erejepbaeva ’28 builds a circuit during a STEM class for FYSEP students as Lila Gillon ’28 looks on. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Incoming Native American Program students
The Native American Program hosted a welcome dinner for incoming students, their families, and supporters. (Photo by Robert GIll)
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Romello McRaw
Romello McRaw ’28 picks up mail. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Angelica Angelica
Angelica Angelica ’28 visits a booth at the Resource Fair.  (Photo by Robert Gill)
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A group sits in a circle in front of Dartmouth Hall
Orientation in front of Dartmouth Hall. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Alex Campbell, Batuhan Saridede, and Rosario Rosales
Orientation leaders Alex Campbell ’26, Batuhan Saridede ’26, and Rosario Rosales ’25 perform in Your Class, Your Words, an orientation tradition that takes excerpts from student admissions essays and melds them into a spoken-word piece. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Students chat
Students from East Wheelock and Allen houses get to know each other during the first meeting of the class. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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A group of student outside the lodge
New students participate in first-year trips at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. (Photo by Chris Johnson)
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Orientation Leaders hold welcome signs.
Orientation leaders welcome incoming students to their first meeting of the class. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Jacob Brosamer and his mom move in
Jacob Brosamer ’28 moves into Zimmerman Hall with help from his mother, Darlene, right. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Students playing chess.
From left, Siddhanth Lohia ’28, Israel Allen ’28, and Eydan Lavi ’28 play chess in Collis. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Students in a lecture hall
First-year students participate in an orientation workshop. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Native American Program students tour the Hood
Wica-Ta-Wi Hoksina Brown ’28, Dezstany Garcia ’28, and Gabriela Martinez ’28 discuss a sculpture by Jeffrey Gibson during a tour of the Hood Museum of Art, part of the orientation offered by the Native American Program. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Class of 2028 from a drone
An aerial view of the Class of 2028. (Photo by Chris Johnson)