{"id":50601,"date":"2012-08-22T16:48:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=50601"},"modified":"2012-08-22T16:48:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T20:48:49","slug":"umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Welcomes New Students for Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington welcomed nearly 1,300 new undergraduate students on Wednesday, Aug. 22, marking the start of the five-day new student orientation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c-hUWaNotH0&#038;feature=plcp\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c-hUWaNotH0&amp;feature=plcp<\/a>The incoming students include 981 freshmen and 273 transfer students. Of the freshmen, nearly 30 percent identified themselves as Hispanic\/Latino, Native American, Asian, African-American or multi-racial. About 15 percent are from out-of-state, including 28 states and several foreign countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50621\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation\/move-in-day-2012-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/move-in-day-2012-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1345626026&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Move-in Day 2012-small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;More than 1,300 new students moved into residence halls Wednesday, Aug. 22.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small-600x400.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-Day-2012-small.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 1,300 new students moved into residence halls Wednesday, Aug. 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The students started the day by moving into their residence halls, assisted by more than 200 UMW students, faculty and staff, including orientation leaders and members of athletic teams. Among the orientation events, President Richard V. Hurley gave a welcome address to students and families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was easier than I thought it would be,\u201d said Ebony Tunstall of Tappahannock, Va., who moved into Alvey Hall this morning. \u201cI&#8217;m just excited to meet everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50631\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation\/movein-2012-a-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50631\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/movein-2012-a-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Movein-2012-a-small.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark 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into his room in Randolph Hall early, and awaited the arrival of his roommate who is from Sweden. \u201cI\u2019m excited and nervous at the same time,\u201d said Eisig, who is a member of the Eagles swim team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50651\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation\/move-in-day-2012-5-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/move-in-day-2012-5-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/08\/Move-in-day-2012-5-small.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark 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Hyelin Yang, Jihye Shin, Jimin Hwang and Seulkee Chung, already had settled in Ball Hall early in August and were excited to begin their first semester at UMW. The university they attended in Korea was much smaller than Mary Washington, said Chung.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful here,\u201d said Yang.<\/p>\n<p>Returning students moved in on Sunday, Aug. 26 and classes started Monday, Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<p>To hear from members of the incoming class in their own words, visit <a title=\"Students Get Ready for UMW\" href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/UMWnews\/umw2016\">http:\/\/storify.com\/UMWnews\/umw2016.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Mary Washington welcomed nearly 1,300 new undergraduate students on Wednesday, Aug. 22, marking the start of the five-day new student orientation. The incoming students include 981 freshmen and 273 transfer students. Of the freshmen, nearly 30 percent identified themselves as Hispanic\/Latino, Native American, Asian, African-American or multi-racial. 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