{"id":51111,"date":"2012-08-27T17:33:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=51111"},"modified":"2012-08-27T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T21:33:16","slug":"incoming-students-experience-traditions-new-and-old-at-umw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/27\/incoming-students-experience-traditions-new-and-old-at-umw\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Students Experience Traditions, New and Old, at UMW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A glow of candles welcomed new University of Mary Washington students as they filed into Ball Circle Thursday, Aug. 23. Soon the flames spread from person to person, eventually reaching each candle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/48290876\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Eagle Gathering 2012\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Faculty and staff joined nearly 1,000 students for the inaugural Eagle Gathering. The candlelight event was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/umw-welcomes-new-students-for-orientation\/\">part of the five-day orientation for incoming students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe light we passed at Eagle Gathering represents the torch of knowledge that can be seen at the center of our institutional seal,\u201d said President Richard V. 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