All first-generation students are invited to join us on campus for pre-orientation. This program is meant to support students in their adjustment to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ through community building, informational sessions specific for first-gen students, and introductions to campus resources. For successful applicants to the Kessler Scholars Program, pre-orientation attendance is mandatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Date: August 24, 2026 through <\/strong>August 26, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pre-Orientation Days will introduce Kessler Scholars to resources critical to their success at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and help to build community with one another. Kessler Scholars will be expected to move into their residence halls on the morning of Tuesday 8\/24 and then orientation will begin with lunch. Families and support networks are invited to participate in afternoon programming on Tuesday 8\/24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Programming Tuesday 8\/26 will only be open to Kessler Scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Program Date: August 28, 2025 – September 3, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the Kessler Scholar pre-orientation program, students will participate in New Student Orientation with all first-year students. New Student Orientation takes place August 28 – September 3, 2025. More information about the FYE can be found by visiting the First-Year Experience website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All first-generation students are invited to join us on campus for pre-orientation.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1561,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1561"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/bobcat-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}New Student Orientation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n