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Orientation 2015 in Photos

September 9, 2015

Communications Staff

From move-in to meetings and pick-up games to performances, experience Orientation all over again with this photo gallery!

Photo Gallery

Photograph of a man carrying a duffle bag. — New students begin moving into their dormitories the morning of Tuesday, August 25. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of people walking up a stairwell. — Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people organizing items in a room. — First-year Moses Riley decorates his dorm with help from his younger brother. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people looking at items in a room. — First-years and their families browse tables of water bottles, posters, laundry hampers, lamps, and more at Fresh Swap in the Asia House basement. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people searching through items. — Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people walking across a street. — Students make their way to Finney Chapel for the Conservatory Orientation Recital. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of many people in a large room with a stage. There are three people on stage with a piano. — The first of more than 500 concerts produced on campus each year, the Orientation Recital is a welcoming invitation for all to join in the rich musical traditions of Oberlin. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of two women bowing by a piano. — Pianist Jie Song and Soprano Morgan Griffith take a bow following their performance of “La dernière lettre de Werther à Charlotte” and “Feux-follets d’amour,” extracts from Jules Massenet’s Expressions lyriques. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people in a room surrounding by tables. — Students and their parents visit with staff members from various campus offices in the Root Room. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of people playing frisbee in the yard. — The men’s and women’s Ultimate Frisbee teams host open scrimmages in North Quad on Friday, August 28. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeong Hyun Hwang

Photograph of two men playing frisbee. — Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeong Hyun Hwang

Photograph of two women playing volleyball. — A student serves at an open volleyball game in North Quad. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yvette Chen ’16

Photograph of someone performing on stage with an audience present. — The a cappella group The Obertones host the Variety Showcase in the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse on Friday, August 28. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of a man at a microphone. — Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

Photograph of people surrounded by a camp fire. — New and returning students gather in Tappan Square for the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association Bonfire on Sunday, August 30. Photo credit: Courtesy of Yevhen Gulenko

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Orientation 2015 in Photos

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