Each fall, thousands of freshmen and transfer students participate in FUSION, a four-day orientation program at Eastern Michigan University. Below, new students get to know each other at a picnic lunch in Bowen Field House. Students participated in this and many other events during FUSION. Some key numbers from the 2004 orientation are as follows:

Students and family members at the orientation picnic 5,100

Orientation student staff volunteer hours 10,000

Bottled water and sodas served 13,000

Housing move-in day helpers 500

YpsiFest participants 950

Community Plunge student volunteers 130

 

Source: Campus Life

 

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