The Class of 2016 has arrived! Enjoy the following photos from last week’s three-day Orientation, during which the freshmen moved into their residence halls, attended two practice seminars, and participated in a wide range of activities designed to foster friendship and camaraderie.

Freshmen arrive on campus with their parents.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Freshmen arrive on campus with their parents.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Freshmen arrive on campus with their parents.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Freshmen arrive on campus with their parents.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Barbeque for freshmen, their tutors, and their families
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Barbeque for freshmen, their tutors, and their families
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Barbeque for freshmen, their tutors, and their families
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Barbeque for freshmen, their tutors, and their families
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

The freshman ice-cream social
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

The freshman ice-cream social
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

The freshman ice-cream social
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Meanwhile, parents participate in their own orientation in St. Bernardine of Siena Library.
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Admissions Director Jon Daly greets the parents.
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President Michael F. McLean speaks to the parents.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Parents of members of the Class of 2016
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Dean Brian T. Kelly
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A reception for parents of incoming students in St. Thomas Plaza
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

At the reception for parents of incoming students in St. Thomas Plaza
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Assistant Dean Steven Cain talks with a parent.
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Tutor Christopher Oleson points out features of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel.
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Librarian Viltis Jatulis meets with parents.
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William Short (’80) and College Founder and Vice President Peter L. DeLuca
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At the reception for parents of incoming students in St. Thomas Plaza
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A Mass for freshmen the following morning
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

A Mass for freshmen the following morning
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

After a busy day of registration and practice seminars .... basketball!
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College Chaplain Rev. Cornelius Buckley, S.J., offers an invocation.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

A celebratory human pyramid
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The next day, getting to know one another on the academic quadrangle
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Getting to know one another on the academic quadrangle
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Upperclassmen look on.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Upperclassmen look on.
Slideshow: Orientation 2012

Getting to know one another on the academic quadrangle
Slideshow: Orientation 2012
Be sure also to see the Convocation 2012 slideshows.
Posted August 24, 2012