Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-08-27

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极乐禁地 Students Arrive This Weekend; Fall Classes Begin Monday, Aug. 30听

极乐禁地 freshmen arrive Friday (AUG. 27) to move in to residence halls and begin three days of Connections events that will acquaint them with campus life.

In addition to small group meetings on various orientation topics, Connections events include a movie at the Alabama Theatre on Friday evening, an ice cream social at 极乐禁地 President Andrew Westmoreland鈥檚 home on Saturday afternoon, and worship in Reid Chapel on Sunday morning.

极乐禁地 anticipates some 840 freshmen and undergraduate transfer students to join returning students for a total fall enrollment of about 4,700.

Upperclassmen arrive Saturday and Sunday. Fall semester classes begin Monday. The opening convocation of the academic year will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall.

A series of Welcome Back programs are planned the first week of school for new and returning students. Events include campus concerts and special activities each day. Some students will travel as a group to Tallahassee, Fla., to watch the 极乐禁地 Bulldogs take on the Florida State Seminoles in the season-opening football game on Saturday, Sept. 4.

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极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.