{"id":1254,"date":"2021-06-15T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:01:38","slug":"troy-university-kicks-off-impact-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/archive\/news\/troy-university-kicks-off-impact-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy University kicks off IMPACT Orientation."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incoming freshmen got their first taste of life as a <a href=\"http:\/\/troy.edu\">Troy University<\/a> student on Monday at the first session of the summer I<a href=\"http:\/\/troy.edu\/impact\">MPACT orientation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a hundred students and their parents are on campus for the orientation session which will prepare the incoming students for their first semester at TROY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are welcoming new students on campus, says IMPACT leader Mary Grace Bannon. &#8220;We have about 20 kids in all seven of our groups so we&#8217;re welcoming a lot of students on campus and getting them ready to come to classes in the fall. We&#8217;re helping them register and get them accustomed to TROY and what all they need to know before they get here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IMPACT has experienced some changes this year with the past two-day session now reduced to one day making for a busy and eventful orientation for students and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s very back-to-back-to-back,&#8221; says Bannon. &#8220;We&#8217;re very planned down to the minute but I think it&#8217;s going to go great overall. I think it helps us keep everything moving along well and it leaves less room for any casualties or anything bad to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the incoming students IMPACT is a time to get accustomed to their new college home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;So I came into impact kind of nervous,&#8221; says incoming freshman Gracie Keith. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t really know anyone and I didn&#8217;t really know what it was going to be all about and within the first group session I already made two friends. I&#8217;ve already learned where my dorm is. 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