First-year students pass through a large crowd of welcoming students, faculty, staff and community members. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
First-year students walk through the arches with their fellow classmates. 1368 students make up the class of 2021. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
Upperclassmen undergraduate students reach out for high-fives. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
A line of international students holding their respective countries’ flags leads the class onto the quad. More countries than states are represented by students in the class of 2021. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
A St. Thomas community member captures students walking by. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
A cluster of future Tommies welcomes the first-year students. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
Neighbors and community members cheer for St. Thomas’ newest class. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
Caruso’s Crew gives the class of 2021 a warm welcome at the end of the march. (Lauren Andrego/TommieMedia)
Director Lauren Andrego captured Tuesday’s March through the Arches, where St. Thomas’ class of 2021 was welcomed by students, faculty, staff and community members before the first day of classes.