Vermont Business Magazine Fall semester 2019 is officially under way at Saint Michael's College today with the arrival of our first-year students from the Class of 2023 on this Move-In Day. It was the typical happily chaotic scene in the main first-year Quad residences beginning at about 9 a.m. as families with plates from states near and far pulled in, to be greeted by helpful if noisy Orientation Leaders who were enthusiastically and efficiently helping schlep belongings up to new rooms.
This spirited group of "O-Leaders" in the top photo set up shop at the main gate as families pulled onto campus, which is a longstanding tradition. They used to blow whistles, but now they ring cowbells. Passing motorists honked regularly. Ross Sports Center was the place for a variety of campus organizations to make themselves and their offerings known to new students and their families; this evening will be the traditional New Student Convocation in the Chapel.
President Lorraine Sterritt was making the rounds to most of today's major activities to join in the community's warm welcome for the Class of 2023. The photo at right shows some student-athletes pitching in shortly after 9 a.m. by Lyons Hall Friday morning to help first-year families unpack fast and efficiently, which families said they greatly appreciated.
Source: Saint Michael's College 8.23.2019 (photos by Lauren Read and Mark Tarnacki)