{"id":14355,"date":"2025-07-25T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/first-year-experience\/?p=14355"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:27:57","slug":"7-25-full-orientation-schedule-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/first-year-experience\/2025\/07\/25\/7-25-full-orientation-schedule-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/25: Full Orientation Schedule is Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday, July 25, 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello Class of 2029 and new transfer students,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know you\u2019ve been waiting for this! The full schedule for New Student Orientation is available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/first-year-experience\/orientation-schedule\/\">First-Year Experience website<\/a>. Please take some time to review it. 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