University Welcomes back Students
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Welcomes Back Students
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Campus
Center Changing UMass Boston Landscape
By Patrick Dwyer
Marking
the start of another school year, thousands of new and continuing students
infused life and vitality into the UMass Boston campus on Tuesday, September
4. Noticeably different this year were the numerous activities and festivities
of Opening Day 2001, a campus-wide initiative designed to welcome students
to campus and reduce the stress of long lines, last-minute registration,
and first-day jitters. The university community greeted students with
banners and balloons, information tables, live music, and free bagels,
sushi, and nachos.
Opening Day “showed heartfelt spirit,” said Liliana Mickle,
director of undergraduate admissions. “We’re grateful to students
who chose to enroll with us, who chose to return to UMass Boston.”
Further dispelling the notion of “business as usual” was a
live R-and-B performance in the Quinn Administration Building by the
band Six of One. Featuring staff members Tom Goodkind and Dick Lourie,
the band played an infectious two-hour set.
Despite the celebratory nature of Opening Day, the start of any new semester is never without stress and anxiety for students. Graduate student Kelly Tobin found the day to be “slightly chaotic. I thought the flyers with information about the different offices placed throughout campus was good,” she said. Vanessa Aller ‘03 from the College of Arts and Sciences said, “I thought it was great, with so many people around, to have information tables all over campus, for people who needed help.”
While final numbers are not yet in, it appears as though the total enrollment at UMass Boston remains level with fall 2000 enrollment. Registrar David Cesario reports approximately 8,500 enrolled undergraduate students, 2,600 graduate students, and over 1,100 Continuing Education students as of September 19.