Colby College students distribute pamphlets and information during an orientation project in which a variety of activities were made available to the public in Waterville on Thursday.

Surrounded by Colby College students, Zachary Wentworth of Clinton, center, eyes his golf shot at the “relaxation” park set up in downtown Waterville as an orientation project by incoming students on Thursday. Student Andrew Destaebler raises his arm as the ball goes in. (Staff Photographer)

Colby College students begin to set up large billboards on to a wall that will become an art mural during an orientation project in downtown Waterville on Thursday.

Audrey and Iain McAlpine play checkers on a huge board drawn on Main Street in Waterville as a band plays in background that was part of an orientation project by incoming Colby College students on Thursday.