{"id":50261,"date":"2012-08-20T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=50261"},"modified":"2012-08-20T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:42:28","slug":"pre-flight-brings-new-students-together-before-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/20\/pre-flight-brings-new-students-together-before-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Flight Brings New Students Together Before Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>University of Mary Washington students officially arrive on the Fredericksburg campus on Wednesday, Aug. 22, but incoming freshman Claire Zhang of Ashburn, Va., already has made connections.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_50271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50271\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/20\/pre-flight-brings-new-students-together-before-orientation\/ns-pre-flight-07\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/ns-pre-flight-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-07-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2098\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"3.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark II\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1345299711\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"35\",\"iso\":\"320\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.000625\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"NS Pre-Flight 07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Claire Zhang (left) and Abigail Fleming met at UMW&amp;#8217;s Pre-Flight, a pre-orientation program for new students&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-07-300x246.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-07-1024x839.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-07-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claire Zhang (left) and Abigail Fleming met during UMW&rsquo;s Pre-Flight, a pre-orientation program for new students<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Zhang is one of 40 new students who participated in Pre-Flight, an inaugural pre-orientation program for first-year students.<\/p><p>&ldquo;I could probably tell you everyone&rsquo;s name,&rdquo; said Zhang pointing to the dozens of students playing kickball behind her.<\/p><p>Just four days earlier, she would have struggled to name any.<\/p><p>The students, along with staff members and graduate assistants, spent four days in the Virginia mountains, divided into a service group and an outdoor adventure group, then returned to UMW for two days of teambuilding activities.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Initially they were a bit shy about connecting and getting to know each other,&rdquo; said Mark Mermelstein, director of campus recreation and the leader of the outdoor adventure group. &ldquo;By the end of the week, it was a really, really tight-knit group.&rdquo;<\/p><p>While in the mountains south of Waynesboro, the outdoor adventure group tackled a four-mile hike, zip lines, summer tubing down a ski slope and a rock wall.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_50281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50281\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/20\/pre-flight-brings-new-students-together-before-orientation\/ns-pre-flight-16_smaller\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/ns-pre-flight-16_smaller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-16_smaller.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1626\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"5.6\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 7D\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1345244191\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"200\",\"iso\":\"800\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.00025\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"NS Pre-Flight 16_smaller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Some students in UMW&amp;#8217;s Pre-Flight program went &amp;#8220;summer tubing&amp;#8221; down a ski slope at Wintergreen&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-16_smaller-185x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-16_smaller-630x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-16_smaller-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some students in UMW&rsquo;s Pre-Flight program went &ldquo;summer tubing&rdquo; down a ski slope at Wintergreen<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;The zip lining and tubing were a nice experience,&rdquo; said freshman Ray Celeste Tanner of King George, Va. &ldquo;We were able to bond over it.&rdquo;<\/p><p>The service group volunteered at a Charlottesville-area community center, painting, landscaping and beautifying the area.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Service is an integral part of the UMW experience so giving our incoming students a chance to serve from the very beginning is important,&rdquo; said Christina Eggenberger, director of service in the Center for Honor, Leadership and Service.<\/p><p>The students hoped to get a head start when they chose to go on the trip before the official start of new student orientation on Wednesday. &ldquo;I wanted to make friends before orientation,&rdquo; Tanner said.<\/p><p>For Abigail Fleming of Annandale, Va., Pre-Flight meant a chance to get to know the campus better.<\/p><p>&ldquo;It helps you come together,&rdquo; she said of the experience. &ldquo;You share a personal connection.&rdquo;<\/p><p>The students were divided into eight cabins, each led by a staff member or graduate assistant. 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data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A group of students in the Pre-Flight program volunteered at a community center near Charlottesville&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-300x174.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-300x174.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-768x446.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-1140x663.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/NS-Pre-Flight-02-600x349.jpg 600w, 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