Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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h ORIENTA TION: AN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL Orientation weekend has always been a time for new Augustane students to angiust to the new iite they wiii be living. This is done through what is hopetuiiy a ton time for ait. Getting used to new places, new people, and new methods is often a scary idea, but this years freshman ciass came through with thiing colors. They managed to combine 1 the learning of the system atAugostana with a tat at y t . ' good clean fun. V IX The weekend started with President Tredway's t i inspirational message during convocation. The new students, aiong with their parents, were assured that Augustana was a place of education and enjoyment, and that the transition wontd be easier than most of them could even hope. After can vacation at! new students met with their new peer advisers in Carver. Through the din and craziness everyone finah'y stombied upon their ap- pointed group, then the ion began! Events such as the Graffiti Dance, the ice cream Seciat Casino Night, the Leaders Talent Show, and the Faeuity Home Picnic ati encouraged friendliness and made extroveits at even the worst intraverts. . Numerous friendships; some tite-iang were started ,9 i at these get togethers during the weekend h i it was not ait one big party though. Freshman surveys had to he completed and Academic adviSing was a neaessih'. For many, social and emotional advisthg were aisa needed. This was the weekend that the new students learned how much at a iam- hy Augustaha realty is. it there was one event during the weekend that everyone will remember it was Outdoor Ed. This was the time when even the most mature became iittie trio's again. White everyone was running jumping, sweatihg, swinging and fairing, new friendships were being made and a bond was being set between the people who particihated. Outdoor Ed. showed the new students that cottage is not always a serious piece white it was also meiding together a new freshman class. On Tuesday when classes started, most everyone was ready and well aaiusteo'. Air had fond memories and feit good about the friends they had made and the fun they had.

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