Orientation Week
![students-moving-in The Aug. 25-26 moving-in days kept freshman students, their parents, and volunteers more than busy.](/sites/default/files/images/students-moving-in.jpg)
![022698_002_DIG_DSC_0160_02 Pitt Women’s Basketball Coach Agnus Berenato welcomes Pitt freshman women and their families during the Aug. 30 Latern Night in Heinz Chapel.](/sites/default/files/images/022698_002_DIG_DSC_0160_02.jpg)
![Chancellor](/sites/default/files/images/Chancellor.jpg)
![freshman-orientation](/sites/default/files/images/freshman-orientation.jpg)
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![Ice-cream-social](/sites/default/files/images/Ice-cream-social.jpg)
1. Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg welcomes students during the Aug. 26 Freshman Convocation in the John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center. 2. Students learn Pitt fight songs and the alma mater as part of the Aug. 27 “Pathway to Your Success at Pitt” event in the Petersen. 3. Students and their families ham it up for the camera. 4. The Aug. 25 Ice Cream Social, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, drew crowds to the lawn and patio of the William Pitt Union.
![students-pederson Students streamed en masse up to the John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center for both the Aug. 26 Freshman Convocation and the Aug. 27 “Pathway to Your Success at Pitt” session.](/sites/default/files/images/students-pederson.jpg)
![Lantern-Night The Aug. 30 Lantern Night ceremony continued a tradition that began in 1920. Female alumni pass the light of learning and inspiration to first-year women.](/sites/default/files/images/Lantern-Night.jpg)
Other Stories From This Issue
On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons