Freshman year flashback: Photos of Brandeis faculty and staff

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A collage of photos submitted by faculty and staff

As Brandeis celebrates move-in and Orientation for the class of 2022, BrandeisNOW asked faculty and staff to open up their photo albums and share snapshots from their first year in college.

Here's what they had to offer:

Dean of Academic Services Erika Smith with her Posse Foundation cohort before heading to Lehigh University.

Wendy Cadge pulling boxes from an old minivan

Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Wendy Cadge loads up a van to head off to Swarthmore College in 1993

Director of New Student Orientation Jenny Abdou was an orientation leader at the end of her first year at Quinnipiac University.

Daniel Bergstresser

Associate Professor of Finance Daniel Bergstresser sported a mohawk as a Stanford University freshman.

Lisa Lynch

Provost Lisa Lynch from her first year at Wellesley College.

Joel Christensen

Associate Professor of Classical Studies Joel Christensen '01 with his future wife Shahnaaz Nistar. They met in the third week of their first year at Brandeis.

Katy Graddy with her college tennis team

Bottom right: Dean of the Brandeis International Business School Kathryn Graddy with her teammates on the Tulane University women's tennis team.

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Dean of Students Jamele Adams, center, at Pennsylvania State University.

Director for Research Technology and Innovation Ian Roy '05 just before heading to Brandeis for his first year.

Professor of Computer Science Tim Hickey '77 in Brandeis New Faces in 1973. Below: The same Tim Hickey during his junior year.

Assistant Dean of Students Stephanie Grimes, bottom row second from the right, was an orientation leader at Bryant College.

Associate Professor of History Alice Kelikian during her freshman year at University of Illinois Urbana, before transferring to Princeton University.

Front row, third from right: Volleyball Coach Alesia Vaccari during her first-year orientation at Springfield College.

Lucas Malo

Director of Community Service Lucas Malo during his orientation at Saint Michael’s College.

Ingrid Schorr

Ingrid Schorr, director of the Office of the Arts, during her first year at the University of Georgia.

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