Summer Orientation for New Students -- We are so thrilled to have them

This year the College has invited new students for a trial of one-day summer orientation sessions, and these sessions appear to be working great. We in the Library are particularly pleased to be given the opportunity to see and meet these new students on a quiet day during the summer, instead of only during the hustle, bustle and stress of the first week of the semester.

Each of the three Summer Orientation dates scheduled this summer had a limit of 100 students, and upon arrival these students were then formed into smaller 10 person groups for the actual orientation activities during the day. The Library was very fortunate on the first date (June 19) to have one of our librarians serve as a group facilitator who interacted and guided the group all day during the students' orientation activities. It was a great opportunity to develop an early relationship with the group of students, and to bring the Library closer to them. On the second date (June 26) we again were fortunate to have another one of our librarians serve as a group facilitator, and we are hoping to add maybe a third, and maybe even a fourth librarian, as facilitator on the third date (July 10).

Of course, the rest of us working in the Library the days of the orientations had the opportunity briefly to meet the 10 groups of students as they came on a campus walking tour and we provided them a brief introduction to the Library. The students all were very pleasant and appeared quite energetic despite some very hot weather outside. We can't wait to meet up with them again when the fall semester begins. We are really looking forward to working with and helping them all.