{"id":20881,"date":"2006-09-25T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2006-09-25T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=20881"},"modified":"2016-02-09T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T19:48:51","slug":"orientation-slide-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2006\/09\/25\/orientation-slide-show\/","title":{"rendered":"2006 Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\n\t
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As the weather clears, President Hansen reflects on the futures of Bates and its newest students.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Although the skies have opened briefly for a light rainfall, Associate Dean of Students James Reese, beginning his 30th year at Bates, remains optimistic that the sun will shine.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Joined by Professor of Sociology Sawyer Sylvester (left) and Dean of the Faculty Jill Reich (right), Convocation speaker Robert Farnsworth, a member of the English faculty and a nationally known poet, prepares to process.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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New classmates, already acquainted, enjoy time together before classes begin.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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First-year students race through an inflatable maze.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Orientation for the Class of 2010, held Aug. 28-Sept. 8, included a little something for everyone. From lugging belongings into residential halls to hiking the most pristine section of the Appalachian Trail, from dining with former mill workers involved in creating a museum of their experience to considering Bates poet Rob Farnsworth’s Convocation talk, first-year students eased themselves into college life. Share a few of their experiences, now among the first Bates memories for these new students, in the accompanying slide show.<\/p>\n

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