![Students on move in day](/system/files/media/01_2019_0827_Orientation_JL_0597_2200x1467.jpg)
New students moved into their residence halls on the Quad on August 27.
![New roommates unpacking in their residence hall](/system/files/media/02_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_117_2200x1467.jpg)
In Appleton Hall, Helen Feibes ’23, (in black ) from Kentucky and Sophie Caldwell ’23, (in orange) from Texas unpacked with the help of their parents.
![A first year student sits in his new residence hall between his mother and father](/system/files/media/5_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_063_2200x1467.jpg)
Down the hall, Umar Ali ’23 (center) and his parents from Queens, N.Y., paused for a family portrait.
![New students pose with friends and family members](/system/files/media/04_02_2019_0827_Orientation_JL_0657_2200x1467.jpg)
James Minor ’23 (center) and his family hail from Nashville, Tenn.
![05_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_341_2200x1467.jpg New students break in Squads where they gather in small groups for activities and conversation](/system/files/media/05_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_341_2200x1467.jpg)
After moving in, new students met in assigned squads. Their squadmates will be their classmates in their First Year Seminar course.
![06_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_484_2200x1467.jpg Orientation activities on the Academic Quad](/system/files/media/06_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_484_2200x1467.jpg)
Squad members played word games as an icebreaker as they got to know each other.
![07_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_596_2200x1467.jpg A group shot of the class of 2023](/system/files/media/07_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_596_2200x1467.jpg)
New students pose for the time-honored class photo.
![08_2019_0828_Orientation_MS_135_2200x1467.jpg A student visits meets with Professor Sony Coranez Bolton during an advising session](/system/files/media/08_2019_0828_Orientation_MS_135_2200x1467.jpg)
Incoming students met with faculty advisors on Aug. 28 to discuss class schedules and register for their first semester. Assistant Professor Sony Coranez Bolton (right) from the Department of Spanish Latinx and Latin American Studies met with Maira Owais ’23.
![09_2019_0828_Orientation_MS_183_2200x1467.jpg A first year student meeting with Professor Adam Sitze during an advising session](/system/files/media/09_2019_0828_Orientation_MS_183_2200x1467.jpg)
Professor Adam Sitze from the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought (LJST) met with Julian Erickson-Watson, a transfer student.
![10_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_695_2200x1467.jpg President Martin speaks to the class of 2023](/system/files/media/10_2019_0827_Orientation_MS_695_2200x1467.jpg)
President Biddy Martin welcomed new students and discussed the value of a liberal arts education.
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A word cloud graphic generated during President Martin’s welcome address.
![11_2019_0828_Orientation_JL_1728_2200x1467.jpg Six representatives from Amherst’s Resource Centers, seated on the stage in Johnson Chapel](/system/files/media/11_2019_0828_Orientation_JL_1728_2200x1467.jpg)
Representatives from Amherst’s Resource Centers — Queer Resource Center, Center for International Engagement, Multicultural Resource Center, Women’s and Gender Center, and Center for Diversity and Student Leadership — introduced themselves to the new students.
![12_2019_0829_Transfer-Students_MS_47_2200x1467.jpg A group of transfer students -- most of them wearing purple mammoth tshirts -- pose together on the academic quad.](/system/files/media/12_2019_0829_Transfer-Students_MS_47_2200x1467.jpg)
Our transfer students attended colleges located across the country. Four are veterans of the U.S. armed services and seven attended community college prior to enrolling. One is an exchange student from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.