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Welcome to UB UB opened its doors—and its arms—last weekend to welcome new students to campus. The Thundering Herd marching band played at the New Student Picnic held on Friday at Baird Point |
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Prior to the picnic, students and their families gathered in the Center for the Arts for the University Welcome. Faculty member Diane Christian speaks, while President John B. Simpson looks on. |
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Students move into Richmond Quad and bring all the comforts of home to their new residence halls (below). |
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The Buffalo Chips all-male a cappella group entertains at the University Welcome on Friday. |
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President John B. Simpson greets a new student before the New Student Picnic. |
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"Stiltman" provided some entertainment for students getting acquainted with their new surroundings. |
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New student Brandon Gemerek (left) checks into his new residence hall, Richmond Quad in the Ellicott Complex, accompanied by his mother, Maureen, and father, Greg (on cell phone). |
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Students and their families troop out of the Center for the Arts after the University Welcome to enjoy a barbecue lunch at the New Student Picnic held at Baird Point. |
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Students leave the Center for the Arts Atrium after the first-ever University Welcome. The event opened with the traditional procession with faculty and staff wearing academic garb, and continued with welcoming remarks by President John B. Simpson; Satish K. Tripathi, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Diane Christian, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English; UB alumnus Timothy Lafferty and Dela Yador, president of the undergraduate Student Association. |