![UVic VP Academic and Provost Valerie Kuehne welcomes first-year students to UVic on Sept. 2, 2014.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-1-1110x740.jpg)
UVic VP Academic and Provost Valerie Kuehne welcomes first-year students to UVic on Sept. 2, 2014. –Hugo Wong (photo)
![Tom Tiedje, dean of UVic engineering, acknowledges the crowd.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-2-1110x740.jpg)
Tom Tiedje, dean of UVic engineering, acknowledges the crowd. –Hugo Wong (photo)
![UVic president Jamie Cassels.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-3-1110x740.jpg)
UVic president Jamie Cassels. –Hugo Wong (photo)
![Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger addresses the first-years.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-4-2-1110x740.jpg)
Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger addresses the first-years. –Hugo Wong (photo)
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–Hugo Wong (photo)
![NEW student welcome H Wong-5](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-5-1110x740.jpg)
–Hugo Wong (photo)
![NEW student welcome H Wong-6](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-6-1110x740.jpg)
–Hugo Wong (photo)
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Members of a drum circle listen to Craig Kielburger during New Student Welcome on Sept. 2, 2014. –Hugo Wong (photo)
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–Hugo Wong (photo)
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–Hugo Wong (photo)
![Members of the UVic Cheer Team pump up the crowd at the end of New Student Welcome on Sept. 2, 2014.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-10-1114x740.jpg)
Members of the UVic Cheer Team pump up the crowd at the end of New Student Welcome on Sept. 2, 2014. –Hugo Wong (photo)
![Thunder, the UVic mascot, pumps up the crowd at the end of New Student Welcome.](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/09/NEW-student-welcome-H-Wong-11-1114x740.jpg)
Thunder, the UVic mascot, pumps up the crowd at the end of New Student Welcome. –Hugo Wong (photo)