Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, wearing her Ask Me! — J'ai la réponse t-shirt, meets some new McGill students on August 30. Keep an eye out for volunteers sporting the bright red t-shirts, and pose them a challenging question.
Owen Egan

New faces going places

Eclectic events mark the start of the fall semester

It is clear that Irish poet William Allingham, who penned the line "Autumn's the mellow time," had never been to McGill in the fall. The beginning of each fall semester is marked by a whirlwind of activities kicking off another academic year for students, faculty and staff. Frosh week, post-grad Welcome Week and new faculty orientation are just some of the events that have the campus hopping before people buckle down and get serious. As the following photos show, maybe John Donne had it right when he wrote "No spring, no summer beauty hath such grace / As I have seen in one autumnal face."

Kirsten Ewan (U1 Management) and Cassy Corothers (U1 Arts) put up their dukes on lower campus for frosh activities, September 1.
Owen Egan

New professor Desmond Tsang, of the Desautels Faculty of Management, checks out the composter demonstrated by Kathleen Ng, of the Environmental Safety Office. Ng was just one of the many university staff on hand to welcome professors at the New Faculty Orientation Services Fair, August 29.
Owen Egan