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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (8/05)
Contact: Lynn Stewart or Kelsey Johnson, Centenary News Service, 318-869-5120
or 841-7265
Snapshots
of Orientation 2005: All-Campus Picnic and Welcome
SHREVEPORT, LA — Parents and families joined
their new Centenary students for an all-campus picnic in the Gold
Dome at noon on Thursday, Aug. 18. Welcome and Opening ceremonies
were held following lunch, and then new students posed for a Class
of 2009 picture.
To see the Orientation 2005 schedule, visit http://www.centenary.edu/firstyear/studentorientation.
The all-campus picnic was complete with red checkered tablecloths
and plenty of food.
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Two first-year guys visit at the picnic.
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Greg Trahan with parents Chris and Patsy sit in the bleachers
while folks finish eating.
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There's so much food to go around, even a pet dog gets a bite
to eat!
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Plates cleaned, these two first-years sit back and relax.
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Diana Janda with her dad, Mark, wait for the Welcome and Opening
ceremonies to start.
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President Ken Schwab speaks with new members of the Ladies
soccer team.
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Friends cut up after the picnic.
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Two guys socialize in the bleachers, finishing their drinks
as the Welcome and Opening ceremonies begin.
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SGA President Chris Lavan takes the stage and delivers a motivational
speech to the first-year students.
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G-E-N-T-S!! First-year students clap along as the Orientation
staff leads them in the Gents cheer.
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Caitlyn Hogan with her roommate Leslie Postels and their mothers,
Rebecca Hogan and Darlene Postels.
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First-years Truc Tran and Magy Shehata prepare to head over
to Brown Chapel for a presentation on the Honor Code.
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Photos by: Donna Bartholomew, Office of Public Relations |
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