Slide show presents Class of 2013 orientation

Map quest

After picking up her room key at the new Commons Dining building, K.C. Collier '13, left, joins sister Robin and father Ed in checking out a campus map.

New home

Junior adviser Mimi Neal '12, left, welcomes Quinne Moran '13 and her mother Susan to Quinne's new home on the third floor of Parker.

One more hug

A mother offers her son a goodbye hug before he heads off to his AESOP (Annual Enetering Student Orientation Program) orientation.

AESOP begins

Members of the Class of 2013 who have chosen to participate in AESOP arrive at Lake Andrews to hear about their upcoming trips.

AESOP greeting

AESOP leaders with first-year students to introduce themselves and and begin the experience by breaking into groups.

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AESOP exercise

Orientation for the Class of 2013 helped ease first-year students into Bates life by offering something for everyone: settling into residence halls, surfing the Ogunquit coast, a high-energy student activities fair, and considering President Elaine Tuttle Hansen’s Convocation talk about the freedom to make one’s own choices. In this slide show we share a few of these experiences. Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen.