Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Eager to begin their Columbia journey, first-years from Columbia College and Columbia Engineering arrived on campus with their families and guests on August 27. Here’s a small selection of images from that joyful (and tearful!) day.
1. New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) volunteers welcome incoming Columbians...
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![New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) volunteers welcome incoming Columbians](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/1._dsc_2160.jpg?itok=KxcE2V6K)
Eileen Barroso
2. ...help Lion families unpack to move into dorms
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![NSOP volunteers help Lion families unpack to move into dorms](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/2._dsc_3140.jpg?itok=Z-pHOYXb)
Eileen Barroso
3. … and keep the energy high during the Convocation program.
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![NSOP volunteers keep the energy high during the Convocation program](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/3._dsc_4473.jpg?itok=3srR5bSq)
Eileen Barroso
4. President Minouche Shafik making the scene on College Walk.
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![President Minouche Shafik making the scene on College Walk.](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/4._dsc_2027.jpg?itok=sI2t5VsT)
Eileen Barroso
5. Lunch with new friends!
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![Lunch with new friends](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/5._dsc_0591.jpg?itok=JHV8PnUJ)
Eileen Barroso
6. Decades of Columbia alumni get the Convocation program underway.
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![Decades of Columbia alumni get the Convocation program underway.](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/6._dsc_3279.jpg?itok=6Ms6ACRx)
Eileen Barroso
7. On the podium (left to right): Engineering Dean Shih-Fu Chang, College Dean Josef Sorett, President Minouche Shafik, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Amy Hungerford and interim University Provost Dennis A. Mitchell.
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![Engineering Dean Shih-Fu Chang, College Dean Josef Sorett, President Minouche Shafik, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Amy Hungerford and interim University Provost Dennis A. Mitchell.](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/7._dsc_4220.jpg?itok=iBPJENR2)
Eileen Barroso
8. Dean Sorett gives his first address to the Class of 2027.
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![Dean Sorett gives his first address to the Class of 2027](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/8._dsc_6574.jpg?itok=tuz4PLP4)
Eileen Barroso
9. Time to say goodbye …
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![Parents kiss their first-year student on each cheek before departing](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/9._dsc_8789.jpg?itok=6-VHnTyu)
Eileen Barroso
10. … and kick off a week of Orientation
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![First-year students sit in a circle on the lawn in front of Butler Library before orientation begins](https://www.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/50_width/public/10._dsc_0091.jpg?itok=pz0lpgzP)
Eileen Barroso