freshman orientation
noun
: a period of time before the semester begins when new students can start to become familiar with a college
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In April 2021, another woman filed a lawsuit accusing two University of Kansas football players – center Mike Novitsky and safety Andrew Russell – and two other men of raping her in upstate New York the night before their high school freshman orientation, when all of them were 14 years old.
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USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
There are no freshman orientation weeks, no cohorts of newcomers banding together and covering their nervousness with bravado.
—Robert Sapolsky, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
Admission officials have long lamented, well before artificial intelligence (AI) stepped into the ring, that the essays students submit had become a lousy predictor of who would turn up at freshman orientation.
—Dan Lichterman, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
During the offseason, Freeze had opportunities to speak at Camp War Eagle, Auburn University’s freshman orientation.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Students already receive information about free expression at freshman orientation.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
Incoming legislators met in Juneau on Thursday and Friday for two days of freshman orientation.
—Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
During freshman orientation, Johnson met fellow student Douglas Lilly, a fellow lifelong coin collector who grew up in the neighboring town of Weston.
—Alexandria Alvarado, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
CBS News One popular trend is for schools to present a skit or seminar about consent during freshman orientation.
—Cydney Adams, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2019
USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
There are no freshman orientation weeks, no cohorts of newcomers banding together and covering their nervousness with bravado.
—Robert Sapolsky, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
Admission officials have long lamented, well before artificial intelligence (AI) stepped into the ring, that the essays students submit had become a lousy predictor of who would turn up at freshman orientation.
—Dan Lichterman, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
During the offseason, Freeze had opportunities to speak at Camp War Eagle, Auburn University’s freshman orientation.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Students already receive information about free expression at freshman orientation.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023
Incoming legislators met in Juneau on Thursday and Friday for two days of freshman orientation.
—Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
During freshman orientation, Johnson met fellow student Douglas Lilly, a fellow lifelong coin collector who grew up in the neighboring town of Weston.
—Alexandria Alvarado, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
CBS News One popular trend is for schools to present a skit or seminar about consent during freshman orientation.
—Cydney Adams, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2019
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