Welcome Pitt Students: Orientation Week 2012

Issue Date:

September 10, 2012

Pitt students flocked to campus Aug. 21-26 to begin the 2012-13 school year.

Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg address students during Aug. 22 Freshman Convocation in the Petersen Events Center.

Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson address students during Aug. 22 Freshman Convocation in the Petersen Events Center.

Pitt Dean of Students Kathy Humphrey address students during Aug. 22 Freshman Convocation in the Petersen Events Center.

A steady stream of students walk up DeSoto Street toward the Petersen for convocation.

Parents and students make good use of Arrival Survival blue carts on move-in days. 6. Pitt Arrival Survival volunteers help families move boxes near Schenley Quad.

Pitt Arrival Survival volunteers help families move boxes near Schenley Quad.

A total of 3,524 incoming Pitt freshmen students hold umbrellas aloft during a six-minute choreographed dance on the lawn adjacent to the Petersen. The event celebrated the centenary of Pitt alumnus Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and set a Guinness World Record for “Greatest Number of People Simultaneously Performing an Umbrella Dance at a Single Venue.”