New students pick up Sights and Sounds t-shirts before the event Thursday.
Students pose in front of Memorial Stadium while an Orientation team member takes their photo.
Orientation team members welcome new students into Memorial Stadium Thursday night. Chants of I-L-L I-N-I could be heard throughout Grange Grove.
The Marching Illini seranade new students with iconic Illinois anthems on Thursday at the 2025 Sights and Sounds in Memorial Stadium.
Hundreds of new students fill the seats of Gies Memorial Stadium for Sights and Sounds, an event to welcome incoming freshmen and to kick off the fall sports season.
New students do the 'Cupid Shuffle' in Memorial Stadium before Sights and Sounds on Thursday night.
The Illinettes Dance Team sing and sway as Marching Illini play 'Hail to the Orange.'
Illini football head coach Bret Bielema and the Illinois football team hype up new students Thursday night.
Student Alumni Ambassadors and new students dance to 'Swag Surfin'' by Fast Life Yungstaz.
New students pose together on Thursday at the 2025 Sights and Sounds in Memorial Stadium.
A cheerleader participates in a chant on Thursday at the 2025 Sights and Sounds in Memorial Stadium.
Illinois Student Alumni Ambassadors pose for a photo on Thursday at the 2025 Sights and Sounds in Memorial Stadium.
Cari Bohm, a senior and middle blocker for the Illinois women's volleyball team, throws a t-shirt to the crowd of new students at Sights and Sounds on Thursday.
At the end of the Marching Illini's performance of "Patriotic Medley" during the 2025 Sights and Sounds event, two Sousaphone players hold hands. These two Sousaphones make up the tip of the star formation that rest of the band is making.
New students are welcomed onto the field in Memorial Stadium to form a Block I and to take the Class of 2029 photo.
Illinois Student Alumni Ambassadors and Marching Illini Undergraduate Staff join arms for the singing of "Hail to the Orange" on the field of Memorial Stadium.
Every year, Illinois' incoming students gather on the field of Memorial Stadium and form the Block I for their class photo.
