University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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FAR LEFT: Cindy Highfill, the only two year counselor, explains the information packet to freshman Chris Bennett. Packet information includes everything from facts about the Uni¬ versity to a map of the Big U. UPPER LEFT: julia Winchester ponders on what she needs to take. Freshmen receive advisement on every¬ thing from academics to social life. LOWER LEFT: Meetings and more meetings, speakers and more information, freshmen Ellen English and Elenor Bullard absorb information that is aimed to help them adjust better to the Uni¬ versity. UPPER RIGHT: Baptist or Lutheran, rep¬ resentatives from Campus Crusade get fresh¬ men to fill out religious preference cards so that the various churches can contact students when they first arrive. Student Life 29

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Orientation: More Than a Beginning For many it ' s their first look and feel of the University, The orienta¬ tion counselors wonder what ' s going on as freshmen arrive weighted down with enough luggage for months — when in reality they are just going to spend the night. Then come their initial questions; first they ask: Can me and Mary Jane be roommates? My mom doesn ' t have to stay with me, does she? What do you mean — no beer! Freshpeople, we get them every year. Most upperclassmen can tell them a mile off, but summer orienta¬ tion helps them cover up a little better. Student Services sponsors orienta¬ tion every June under the direction of Dr. Steve Bader — an orientation that is considered to be one of the best in the nation. One parent con¬ firmed this when she said she had been to five orientations at major universities across the country and there was no doubt in her mind that this was the best yet. Dr. Bader and a staff of eleven UA students gave approximately 1700 freshmen their first contact with the University campus this year. While working with the first year students, the counselors have to orientate their parents also, assur¬ ing them that Johnny won ' t go wild and Suzy will remain sweet. For some strange reason, the parents seem to enjoy orientation just as much as the freshmen, or even more. One parent said, I can ' t believe how much college has changed and how much I ' ve learned in one day. I think every parent should be required to attend orientation. Almost every freshman remembers his orientation to the University, especially when one of the counse¬ lors greets him as he comes out of the elevator with two six packs of beer and makes him throw them down the trash shoot, one by one. The reactions to the summer pro¬ gram are varied. One freshman wrote on a survey, Thank you for being so nice. My counselor was really great and informative and kinda cute. But another student said, This program sucks. The counselors enjoy orientation too. Their impressions range from boy, that was a dumb group to I wouldn ' t trade this job for the world. And in the background Dr. Bader sits with a relieved look on his face as each session ends. 28 Student Life

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UPPER LEFT: These graduates represent the shrinking number of participants in commencement exercises at the Uni¬ versity. Out of 2535 who received degrees, only 499 went through the cer¬ emony. UPPER RIGHT: As the hot air and long speeches dulled the attention of many, even the deans appeared to be daydreaming, but one boy found some action at the stadium (LOWER LEFT). LOWER RIGHT: Ken Kidd and Marian Keough search for their names in the program, the only place where gradu¬ ates receive singular recognition. 30 Student Life