InsightOut: Class of 2025 Orientation

InsightOut: Class of 2025 Orientation

This past week, we were thrilled to welcome the class of 2025 to the St. Mike’s community. Orientation felt even more special this year because students were able to safely attend many events in person, on campus. Enjoy these photos of Orientation 2021 by St. Mike’s student Isabel Padolina.

  • Photograph of two St. Mike's orientation leaders (wearing masks) organizing art supplies under a tent on campus
  • Photograph of two St. Mike's orientation leaders (wearing masks) walking toward the camera with the campus quad in the background
Orientation leaders prepare for students to arrive
  • Photograph of two stacks of light blue tshirts with the text "St. Mike's" in large script font and "Can I get a Hoikety Choik on C?" written below.
  • Close focus photograph of a small silver pin shaped like the University of St. Michael's College crest, a pen with the USMC logo, and a blue lanyard all sitting on a U of T Book Store tote bag.
  • Close up on a tshirt design with white text and graphics on a dark blue fabric. The text reads "St. Mike's into the cosmos" and the graphic is of a cartoon astronaut waving.
St. Mike’s classic double blue features in the student welcome gifts
  • Photograph of a number of Class of 2025 students seated on blue mats on the St. Mike's quad lawn, spaced 6 feet apart, watching a presentation on a large outdoor screen.
  • Photograph of physically distanced students on the St. Mike's quad raising their hands during a presentation.
Physical distancing in place, students attend an information session
  • Photograph of a new St. Mike's student holding a graphic portrait painting
  • Photograph of two new St. Mike's students holding up pastel landscape paintings
  • Photograph of a new St. Mike's student holding up a colourful abstract painting with a real leaf placed on the center. He is giving the camera a thumbs up.
  • Photograph of a new St. Mike's student holding up a graphic painting of a face
  • Photograph of a new St. Mike's student holding up a painting of clouds with the text "Never Settle Be You Be Free"
  • Photograph of a new St. Mike's student wearing a mask and smiling with their eyes, holding up a paintbrush while sitting on the St. Mike's quad
Creative spirits! Students enjoyed a painting activity
  • Photograph of new St. Mike's students walking on the St. Mike's quad, following an orientation leader with his back to the camera
  • Photograph of new St. Mike's students walking from the quad to Elmsley lane
Campus tours: welcome to our oasis in the city!
  • Screengrab of a Zoom meeting with 25 new St. Mike's students
  • Screengrab of a Zoom meeting with 25 new St. Mike's students
  • Screengrab of a Zoom meeting with 25 new St. Mike's students
  • Photograph of five St. Mike's orientation leaders behind three monitor screens, wearing masks, smiling with their eyes, and offering thumbs ups and peace signs for the computer cameras.
Orientation leaders lead information sessions about St. Mike’s academics and student services over Zoom
  • Photograph of the St. Mike's bed race on Elmsley Lane: two teams of three push wheeled carts with a fourth, helmeted team member sitting inside
  • A winning five-person team cheers and holds a silver trophy in front of the gates to Elmsley Lane with Kelly Library in the background
Bed races: a St. Mike’s tradition
  • A photograph of the St. Mike's Orientation leaders, masked and posed in front of the COOP in Brennan Hall
  • Close up image of a red orientation leader shirt, worn by a leader wearing a headscarf, with the following text visible: "S-M-C, Hoikety Choik Hoikety Choik Chamma Chamma Chee, Eh Rickity, Rackety Rickity, Rackety S-M-C! Cha Hee Cha Hoo…"
We’re so grateful to the orientation leaders who made this week possible and helped our new students feel at home. Can we get a Hoikety Choik on C?

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