Stories about "new student orientation"
‘Community and connection’ are what’s in store for the arriving Class of 2019 on Aug. 31

Friday, August 28, 2015 11:38 am

After Opening Day on Aug. 31, the journey of becoming a bona fide Bates College student begins with Orientation.

Video: Outdoor trips and campus Orientation done, it’s now about two words for the Class of 2017

Wednesday, September 4, 2013 4:46 pm

Members of the Class of 2017 try to sum up what it's been like so far in two words.

Lanesboro student leads Bates' AESOP orientation

Thursday, August 21, 1997 1:26 pm

Two-hundred and thirty-six incoming students -- half the class of 2001 at Bates College -- will first face physical rigors, while hiking, rock climbing, canoing, backpacking or mountain biking in the Annual Entering Student Outdoor Program (AESOP) orientation. Dan Voisin, a Bates senior from Lanesboro, Mass., is overseeing the preorientation program, including transportation, food and gear procurement as well as training the 52 student-trip leaders.