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New students are welcomed to campus with one of the most recognized symbols of Stanford on the lawn outside Wilbur Hall.
New undergraduate students moving into their residence halls.
Freshman Saba Weatherspoon poses for a photo with her family.
Frosh Saba Weatherspoon checking into her residence hall.
New undergraduate students walking from their residence halls to the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
Parents wait in line for the gates to open at Frost Amphitheater for the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
Students living in Junipero House arrive at Frost Amphitheater for the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
Jocelyn Breeland, executive director of strategic communications for Residential & Dining Enterprises, left, and Jan Barker-Alexander, assistant vice provost of Student Affairs and executive director of the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership.
Stanford Provost Persis Drell at the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
Provost Persis Drell and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne.
The Rev. Dr. T. L. Steinwert, dean for religious and spiritual life, gives the invocation at the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
131st Opening Convocation Ceremony at Frost Amphitheater
New undergraduate students – first-year and transfers – await the start of the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony at Frost Amphitheater.
Mona Hicks, senior associate vice provost and dean of students, speaking at the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
Sreya Guha, a senior majoring in symbolic systems, speaking at the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
During the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne welcomed new undergraduate students and their families, friends and loved ones to the university.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Provost Persis Drell (left, in black) and President Marc Tessier-Lavigne leave Frost Amphitheater after the 131st Opening Convocation Ceremony.
The scene in White Memorial Plaza on the first day of New Student Orientation for the Class of 2025 and new transfer students.
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