August 29, 2022

Welcome, Class of 2026!

Photographs by Adam Atkinson document moments from move-in, opening convocation, and more as Lafayette College welcomes the Class of 2026.

Move-in moments

A group of students in matching
The Leopard poses with a family.
A group of people talk.
The Leopard moves in a pillow.
Cheerleaders with pom poms outside of a Lafayette College sign.
A family member holds belongings during move-in.
Students move bags.
The Leopard high-fives a family member.
A family smiles inside of a residence hall.
Students move in boxes and bags.
A student holds a sign that reads
A student holds a sign that reads
People move boxes up a stairwell.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to a family in their car during move-in.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to a family member in their car.
A student carries posters.
A student carries a box over their head.
A group of students pose with the Leopard.
A student fist bumps the Leopard.
A student smiles with the Leopard

Around campus

Students play in the band.
Students play in the band.
Students play in the band.
People bring cardboard into Farinon.
People walk on campus.
Two people smile.
A blur of people walk down the stairs of Farinon.
Two students smile inside of Farinon.
A family walks along a brick path of the Quad.
A family walks along a brick path of the Quad.
A family sits on the grass.
A student hugs a family member.
A student hugs a family member.
A student smiles.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd in conversation.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to a crowd.

Class photo and preparing for opening convocation

Students smile while walking.
A student smiles.
People walk.
The back of a t-shirts reads
A student smiles.
A speaker in front of a crowd.
The Class of 2026 form an L on Fisher Field.
Students walk past a statue of a leopard.
A student raises their hands in front of Pardee Hall.
A student with a hat on their back looks out at a seated crowd of students.
The crowd.
Students high five.
Students smile.
Students smile in a crowd.
A student gives a thumbs up in a crowd.
Students smile in a crowd.
A students smiles in a crowd.
Two students smile on the Quad.

Opening convocation

People on stage at convocation.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd.
A speaker.
A speaker speaks.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to the Class of 2026.
People on stage at convocation.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to the Class of 2026.
Faculty sit in academic regalia.
A student among the Class of 2026.
A student among the Class of 2026.
A student among the Class of 2026.
A student among the Class of 2026.
President Nicole Farmer Hurd speaks to the Class of 2026.
Two students hold the Class of 2026 banner.
People on stage smile.
A student hugs President Nicole Farmer Hurd.
A student hugs President Nicole Farmer Hurd.

Video by: Alfred Greenbaum

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