Campus Spotlight
August 18, 2021
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A. Sue Weisler
A record number of first-year students moved in this week, continuing a trend from last year.
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Cars line up to receive greetings, room keys and directions to dorms.
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En route to a dorm on the residential side of campus.
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Nearly 3,260 first-year students will attend orientation activities and social events to learn about RIT.
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Parents load a cart to take to a dorm.
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Families help move carts to dorms.
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From left, Nathan Pearce, Eden Carrier (third-year at RIT), Duma Carrier-Pearce (first-year at RIT), Julie Pearce and Skylar Johnson (first-year at RIT and family friend). Parents dropped off three students at once.
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Everyone carried in boxes and bags into the dorm.
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A variety of food trucks provided lunch options.
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Students and families find spots on the hill by the Gordon Field House to have lunch.
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Lines formed for the food trucks outside of the Gordon Field House.
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The Resource Fair, held in the Gordon Field House, provided information regarding resources and services at RIT and in the community.
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An RIT backdrop was on hand for group photos and selfies.
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RIT Spirituality and Religious Life had several representatives to talk with at the Resource Fair.
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An RIT backdrop was on hand for group photos and selfies.
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Students select made to order food at the newly renovated dining hall, Gracie’s.
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Orientation Leaders break out in dance.
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Lydia Sayers, a first-year student in RIT's School of Film and Animation, moves in her dorm with help from her father Eric and her brother Nathan.
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Students shop at the Goodbye, Goodbuy! sale for useful items at thrift shop prices.
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Students shop at the Goodbye, Goodbuy! sale for useful items at thrift shop prices.
Photo by A. Sue Weisler
Classes begin August 23.
