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I expect the orientation week to help me get
to know my fellow students, so we can have
a good start with our studies.

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What’s important to me about helping with
the first week is simply being able to give
something back.

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I've done this three times now.

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I want to help people overcome that initial
anxiety they might have at the beginning.

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More than 5,000 students are starting their
studies in Freiburg — 15 of them with the
archaeology orientation week.

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Jean Michel is one of the tutors, and Leonie
is a first-year student. Together, they explore
the university.

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Above all, I want to convey how important it
is to check out as many events as possible

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and sit in on a variety of lectures.

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Part of the program for archaeology students
includes the Archaeological Museum, located
in the Colombi-Schlösschen.

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Everything here revolves around discoveries
from the earth — an interesting insight for
Leonie into possible career paths after graduation.

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Another important aspect for new students is
getting to know the subject-specific libraries
relevant to their studies.

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Byzantine archaeology, for example, is housed
at the top of Kollegiengebäude III.

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Jean Michel has fond memories of his own orientation
week there.

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My first week was actually really cool. I came
to Freiburg a few weeks before everything started.

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So I already knew a few things. I got to know
the university and the institutes.

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What I found really helpful was being able
to ask what the professors are like,

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so you get a bit of an idea of what to expect
when choosing who to study with.

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One future professor for the new students is
Fabian Stroud.

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You can see both the impressive and silly things
going on during orientation week down there
and

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a really striking view of the old town.

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So far, I think the orientation week is really
great.This morning we already heard a bit about
our main subject — in my case, archaeological
sciences.

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The professors told us about it and about their
own areas of focus,

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what I found especially interesting, because
it differs from university to university.

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For tutor Jean Michel, the university is only
as good as its students.

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The new students have all asked lively questions
and shown real interest.

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So I’d recommend orientation week to anyone
starting their studies in Freiburg —

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because it’s a lot of fun and you get to
meet so many great people —

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fellow students from your program, your tutors,
and also —

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which is probably very important later on —
lots of useful information about your studies.

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That way, you can really get off to a good
start and won’t be stuck with a head full
of unanswered questions.

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But university life is more than just sitting
in lectures.

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For a successful start, social connections
are also important — and those are best made
over a cold beer.