Published: September 2015
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From freshman sign-in to activities sign-up—scenes from the past month.
August 25: The Office of First Year Experience held seven three-day orientation sessions during the summer for the Class of 2019. Here, the last group of freshmen meet in Robsham Theater on the final day of their session to receive their Superfan T-shirts.
Photograph by Robyn Gesek
August 25: The motto on the back of the T-shirt this year is “Together we are more.”
Photograph by Robyn Gesek
August 25: The freshmen exit Robsham Theater flanked by columns of orientation student leaders in black polos.
Photograph by Robyn Gesek
August 25: A send-off from orientation leaders, more than 50 in all.
Photograph by Robyn Gesek
August 26: Mary McCartney ’19 (left) of East Fishkill, New York, moves into Cheverus Hall on Upper Campus, assisted by her sister, Ellen McCartney ’09.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
August 26: With the aid of parents Tom and Dawn, Tom Mier ’19 of Yardley, Pennsylvania, moves into Medeiros Hall.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
August 26: Welcome Wagon volunteers Kailey Kowalski (left) and Carly Phillips (far right), both juniors, help Isabel Chin ’19 of Chatham, New Jersey, and her mother, Cathy, unload in front of Gonzaga Hall.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
August 26: Priyan Thurairatnam ’19 of Dover, Massachusetts, with his father, Vairamuttho, outside Medeiros Hall.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
August 27: Provost David Quigley speaks to the Class of 2019 at the University Welcome in Conte Forum. Behind him are fellow greeters Thomas Napoli ’16, president of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, and Jack Butler, SJ, vice president for the Division of University Mission and Ministry. Barbara Jones (not pictured), vice president for student affairs, emceed the event.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
August 27: Members of the Class of 2019 watch a presentation on the Conte Forum jumbotron about student life. The film, which encouraged students to get outside their comfort zones and try new experiences, was narrated by eight upperclassmen.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
August 31: On the opening day of classes—the first pre-September start in a generation—students throng the walkway between O’Neill Library and Stokes Hall (right).
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
September 2: Actor, writer, and producer Michelle Miller ’98, the 2015–16 Monan Professor of Theater Arts, sings for her class in the Bonn Studio Theater. Having asked students to perform at their first meeting, she said she felt it only fair to respond in kind. Miller will direct Carousel in Robsham Theater, October 21–25.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
September 4: Some 300 student organizations and University offices (e.g., the Office of Health Promotion) staffed information and recruitment “booths” at the annual Student Involvement Fair, held on Stokes Lawn.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
September 4: Seniors (from left), Courtney Hall, Kadiatu Tejan, Nehemie Auguste, and Stephanie Thermora represent the Multicultural Christian Fellowship club.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
September 4: Recruiters from the Heights, the University’s independent student newspaper, include, from right: photo editor Drew Hoo ’17, editorial assistant Juan Olavarria ’18, assistant photo editor Daniella Fasciano ’18, and metro editor Bennet Johnson ’17.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
September 4: Members of Outdoor Adventures, from bow to stern, Matthew Suzor ’17, Meghan MacDonald ’17, Leah Dixon ’17, Jacob Zurita ’18, and Paul Menker ’18, engage in some dryland training.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini