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We're baaaa-aaaack!
Welcome back to our students — and welcome to Exeter to our newest Exonians! It's going to be a wonderful year.
![Exeter alums AJ Richichi and Pete Coors](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/Coors%20and%20Richichi.jpg?itok=-YIKV7pA)
“Going to Exeter was the best decision I ever made because of people like Pete who pushed me to really achieve.”
Pete Coors ’65 and AJ Richichi ’13
![Penny Brant and Christine Robson Weaver](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/default_images/Faculty_NOPHOTO_Default_0_1.png?itok=_M5ShqCg)
"It's not that people didn't want to address these things before, they just didn't know how."
Sarah Spence '80
Students become detectives
Exeter Summer students learn that listening and observation are keys to great writing.
![Exeter Alum Brian Zhao](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/Zhao%20Monkey%20EP.jpg?itok=MOeI2uwX)
![Exeter students Khine Win, Orion Bloomfield and Steven Gao, founders of peaCTF 2019](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/newpeactf.jpg?itok=tBpGfJyf)
Hack, yeah! Exeter students' cybersecurity event a smash
Academy's first student-created 'capture the flag' competition draws 1,000 hackers from around the globe.
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Cookie monsters
Exeter's Dining Services team welcomed the summer campers at Harris Family Children's Center for a tour of Wetherell Dining Hall — and some cookie decorating.
![Wehtherell Quad and Exeter Summer students are ready for a sizzling weekend on the Seacoast. Keep cool, everyone!](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_standalone_feed/public/drone-071819.jpg?itok=O-PF3Zt6)
Flyover
Just think: In a few short months the verdant expanse of Wetherell Quad will be a sea of white!
![Brandon Hew](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/hew-wwr.jpg?itok=gqNMxR5I)
Exeter faculty hitting the books
In the latest in our series, we find Math Instructor Brandon Hew has a little work and a little play on his summer reading list.