{"id":94,"date":"2025-07-11T21:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T21:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:11:18","slug":"first-year-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/first-year-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-94 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/?attachment_id=113"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay-092-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay-092-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay-092.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/?attachment_id=112"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay_21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay_21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/07\/CareerDay_21.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/?attachment_id=21"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/StudentInvolvementFair-64-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/StudentInvolvementFair-64-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/StudentInvolvementFair-64-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/StudentInvolvementFair-64.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/?attachment_id=13"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/Fair_22-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/Fair_22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/Fair_22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dl-test\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2025\/06\/Fair_22.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All incoming first year students participate in a first year experience designed to help them acclimate to not only Augsburg specifically, but also to their new reality as a college student. 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