Cover:Nadia Murray '00 holds a treasured picture of herself and her mother, who died when Nadia was 15. It's one of many "things from home" brought by first-year students.
Photograph by Eleftherios Kostans.

Nadia Murray '00 holds a treasured picture of herself and her mother, who died when Nadia was 15. It's one of many "things from home" brought by first-year students.

To read several student excerpts from the Carrie Griffin's book about being a first-year college student, click here FIRST YEAR