Stanley Ho East Asia College, her House Association, and floor leaders, with collective effort, successfully held a series of freshmen orientation program in the past week before the commencement of the new academic year. Through a series of diversified activities, not only did the freshmen have fun together, but also these were good opportunities for them to get to know each other, build up a sense of belonging to the College, and develop expectations of their new university life.

Immediately upon their arrival at the campus, freshmen of the College were warmly welcomed by student leaders who offered a generous hand and passionately introduced the physical facilities and various aspects of daily life in the College.

During the evenings, floor leaders organized welcome gatherings and ice-breaking games so as to let freshmen get to know other floor members. Orientation activities of various scales were also held by the House Association. Ice-breaking games allowed the participants to get familiar with each other as well as to realize how to cooperate effectively with people from different backgrounds. In the campus orienteering activity, not only were freshmen able to become more familiar with the campus through tailor-made walking routes and exciting games at various checkpoints across the University, but also did they realize the importance of team spirits. The whole orientation program ended on a high note with the joyful barbecue gathering, with the participation of over 130 freshmen and upper-class students.

After such an exciting orientation week, with a blink of an eye, the new semester has already started. The past week brought every piece of us lots of magnificent memories. These activities were more than making freshmen feel the energy of the College, but they also perfectly gave them a sense of belonging so that they would understand that the College is not just a place to sleep or rest; instead, it is a big united family for students to cultivate their futures.

By: Lai Yu-ju, Vicky, General Business Studies Year 2

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書院一系列迎新活動幫助新生融入嶄新大學生活

何鴻燊東亞書院、其書院學生會及樓層領袖共同努力，在新學年開始前的一週成功舉辦了一系列迎新活動。多樣化的活動除了讓新生們玩得開心，書院更是希望藉由這些活動讓新生彼此相識相知，並愛上書院這個大家庭，對大學生活抱持美好的展望。

從一開始新生報到，書院學生領袖熱情地迎接新生，分發大學及書院資料和紀念品，到晚上各個樓層的迎新小聚，夥伴們通過各種各樣的遊戲認識同樓層的其他同學，各個樓層更是費勁心思地舉辦書院尋寶活動，藉此讓新生們透過遊戲的方式，快速又不失趣味的了解書院每個角落。

接下來一連串的活動更是豐富，舉凡讓大家認識彼此並相互合作的破冰遊戲、跑遍澳大校園並體會團隊合作之重要的定向遊戲、到最後開心愉快的黑沙燒烤，這些活動都有近百甚至更多的新生參加。

這一個禮拜雖短暫，卻帶給大家許多美好的回憶。相信這些活動並不僅僅讓新生感到興奮，也讓他們充分感受到書院的活力，帶給新生一份對書院歸屬感，了解書院並不只是宿舍，更是讓我們再度成長互相關愛的大家庭。

撰寫：工商管理二年級學生 賴鈺儒