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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An alert warning of a possible shooter on campus interrupted the annual freshman orientation mass where parents were saying goodbye to their kids.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Notre Dame was slow in adopting pathways for players to enroll a semester early because the administration was concerned about the practice’s impact on freshman orientation.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Amanda and Justin met during freshman orientation at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2008.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Prince Tech has a freshman orientation in July and girls basketball coach Polly Innerarity is in charge of the gym during that time.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2025
No more mandatory freshman orientation DEI re-education, for one.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Notre Dame was slow in adopting pathways for players to enroll a semester early because the administration was concerned about the practice’s impact on freshman orientation.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Amanda and Justin met during freshman orientation at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2008.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Prince Tech has a freshman orientation in July and girls basketball coach Polly Innerarity is in charge of the gym during that time.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2025
No more mandatory freshman orientation DEI re-education, for one.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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
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