New Student Orientation
New Student Orientation (NSO) was filled with sessions upon sessions. At first I thought that the program was overzealous; however, as I began to attend each session one by one, I found myself becoming more accustomed to the idea of integrating myself into the Trinity community. During NSO I learned about safety on campus, how to manage my college career successfully, learned how to present myself, and many more! Somehow as I listened to President Ahlberg and Dean Tuttle give us advice, spoke to my faculty advisor, Dr. Massingill, about my classes, and ultimately registered for my classes, I realized that NSO had successfully gotten me excited for the start of my college career.
NSO officially started when we were introduced to the O-Team, a group of Trinity students that helped all of us first-years feel more comfortable making Trinity our home, in Laurie Auditorium. The first night all the First Years had a mixer between Beze and Herndon, two of our residence halls. This was a fun way to meet tons of classmates and even make a six second flip book with them!
Other memorable events included Playfair and Coates Capper. Playfair is a way to meet many people's faces and not remember their names, a problem I've had during NSO week. However, Playfair was one of my favorite activities of the week. Putting all six hundred and forty-nine of us first years in the gym and having us spontaneously dance, or find people with your exact birthday was definitely a way to bond us together, and it worked! After Playfair, I felt more comfortable with Trinity because I had met an abundance of my incredible classmates. Coates Capper was another fun activity filled with food, caricatures, and henna tattoos. My suite-mates and I had caricatures drawn of us together, we thought the result was both funny and impressive.
Lastly, to end NSO, all first years have Convocation, where we sign the academic Honor Code. This was a special occasion that helped transition us from orientation week to beginning the school year. After finishing Convocation we hall had to climb Murchison Tower, a nine story tower in the heart of campus. At the top we shake hands with President Ahlberg and take a picture with him. After about an hour of students climbing the tower it started to rain, thunder, and lightning, which meant that everyone had to evacuate the tower immediately. Luckily, I was one of the first to climb, so I was already safely on ground when the storm ensued. Being terrified of heights made the climb a bit scary for me, but overall I thought it was a wonderful tradition and I can't wait to participate in the book ending climb at graduation.
-Shivani
NSO officially started when we were introduced to the O-Team, a group of Trinity students that helped all of us first-years feel more comfortable making Trinity our home, in Laurie Auditorium. The first night all the First Years had a mixer between Beze and Herndon, two of our residence halls. This was a fun way to meet tons of classmates and even make a six second flip book with them!
Other memorable events included Playfair and Coates Capper. Playfair is a way to meet many people's faces and not remember their names, a problem I've had during NSO week. However, Playfair was one of my favorite activities of the week. Putting all six hundred and forty-nine of us first years in the gym and having us spontaneously dance, or find people with your exact birthday was definitely a way to bond us together, and it worked! After Playfair, I felt more comfortable with Trinity because I had met an abundance of my incredible classmates. Coates Capper was another fun activity filled with food, caricatures, and henna tattoos. My suite-mates and I had caricatures drawn of us together, we thought the result was both funny and impressive.
Lastly, to end NSO, all first years have Convocation, where we sign the academic Honor Code. This was a special occasion that helped transition us from orientation week to beginning the school year. After finishing Convocation we hall had to climb Murchison Tower, a nine story tower in the heart of campus. At the top we shake hands with President Ahlberg and take a picture with him. After about an hour of students climbing the tower it started to rain, thunder, and lightning, which meant that everyone had to evacuate the tower immediately. Luckily, I was one of the first to climb, so I was already safely on ground when the storm ensued. Being terrified of heights made the climb a bit scary for me, but overall I thought it was a wonderful tradition and I can't wait to participate in the book ending climb at graduation.
-Shivani
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