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FREDERICK, Maryland — Despite soggy weather, 91��Ƶר�� College first-year students were full of hope and smiles as families and parents dropped their students off to college for the first time.

The College welcomed 334 first-year students, the largest class in college history, and 96 transfer students, combining to make the second-largest cohort of new students in school history.

First year orientation will take place over five days, beginning today and concluding on Sunday evening with the College’s 129^th annual opening convocation ceremony. First-year and transfer students will also receive their red “dinks,” the traditional headwear for 91��Ƶר�� students, on Sunday.

Classes for the fall ’21 semester will begin on Monday, August 23 with traditional face-to-face learning and student housing returning to a near-normal status, as was first announced last April.

“Very, very bittersweet, but we’re very happy that she’s here,” said Toni Allwood, a parent moving in her daughter, Isabella Allwood. “She’s been very comfortable from the moment she stepped on campus, so that made me feel a lot better, but still so bittersweet!”

“Move-in day is always one of my absolute favorite days of the year,” said President Andrea Chapdelaine, Ph.D. “Watching excited students join our 91��Ƶר�� community alongside their proud parent’s community is eternally an honor.”

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