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Photos: Fall 2023 back to campus activities at CALS

September 11, 2023

CALS welcomed students to campus over the last couple of weeks with orientation and other activities for new and returning students. The CALS Fall Welcome and Orientation took place on Sept. 5, and other Welcome Week events followed with classes starting on Sept. 6. At the CALS Student Organization Fair on Sept. 8, 400 attendees were introduced to 30 organizations.

The first undergraduates to arrive were students involved in CALS QuickStart, a summer program designed to prepare incoming CALS first-year students to succeed in college. Speaking to QuickStart students, CALS Dean Glenda Gillaspy said, “We are welcoming 590 new students to the college this semester and we couldn’t be more excited. I am so impressed with UW-Madison CALS students — your passions, experiences, and talents. We take pride in the places you’ll go.”

The photos below show a few of the CALS back to campus activities. Full albums of Fall Welcome and QuickStart photos are available on CALS Flickr. Photos by Michael P. King/UW–Madison CALS.

Thanks to all who continue to welcome our students to the start of a new semester!

CALS QuickStart students Mya Ayala, left, and Liam Petrie, right, stack and balance Oreo cookies on their foreheads while competing in “Minute to Win It”-style games during early move-in week programming in the Microbial Sciences Building on Monday, Aug. 28.
CALS QuickStart students compete in “Minute to Win It” style games during early move-in week programming in the Microbial Sciences Building on Monday, Aug. 28.
Dean Glenda Gillaspy speaks to CALS QuickStart students during early move-in week programming in the Mendota Room of Dejope Residence Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 29.
Tom Browne with the CALS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, background, and Dinka Souzek with CALS Academic Affairs, right, distribute t-shirts during a welcome event for first-year CALS students at Allen Centennial Garden on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Seniors Blair Federhart, right, and Katelyn Brockman, background, both food science majors, chat with new students about the major during a welcome event for first-year CALS students at Allen Centennial Garden on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
A crowd listens to LauraLee Berrey Norton with CALS Academic Affairs during a welcome event for first-year CALS students at Allen Centennial Garden on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
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