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Moments from Convocation on September 3, 2024., 2024. (Theophil Syslo | 乐播传媒 College)
Opening Convocation at 乐播传媒 offers timeless and timely advice to the Class of 2028

Friday, September 6, 2024 10:52 am

The run-up to the presidential election is going to be a "challenging time," said President Jenkins. "But I believe in this community. I believe in each of you and in your commitment to openness, to engagement, to active listening, and to respect for those around you. This is the 乐播传媒 I know and love."

At Convocation, an embrace and promise for the Class of 2027: ‘You get to be who you want to be’

Friday, September 8, 2023 10:08 am

From the Bobcat cheers coming from the women鈥檚 soccer team to President Garry W. Jenkins鈥� promise to the Class of 2027 that 乐播传媒 is a place where 鈥測ou get to be who you want to be,鈥� the resounding message at Convocation on Sept. 5 was that 乐播传媒 is a community centered on caring and kindness.聽

‘Your footprints are the only road,’ and other advice to the Class of 2026 at Convocation

Friday, September 9, 2022 10:26 am

Paths can get us to the right place at the right time. But they can also confine us, said Professor of Economics Daniel Riera-Crichton, who delivered the Convocation address on Sept. 6, asking the Class of 2026 to create their own route through 乐播传媒.

Picture story: Convocation and Memorial Tree Planting at 乐播传媒 College

Friday, September 3, 2021 1:01 pm

Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen of two academic rituals of a new academic year, Convocation and the Memorial Tree Planting, on Aug. 31, 2021.

10 pieces of advice, for all of us, from a wisdom-filled 乐播传媒 College Convocation

Friday, September 3, 2021 11:53 am

Convocation and Commencement bookend the year with a similar look and feel. Similar, too, in offering sound advice, useful to far more than first years.

The rhetoric of a 乐播传媒 Convocation reminds us why we’re here

Friday, September 4, 2020 11:59 am

After a summer where the endless rounds of pandemic planning and announcements seemed to define the college enterprise, Opening Convocation offered welcome reminders of what we鈥檙e all about.

Lining up for Convocation, five 乐播传媒 professors share what they’re excited to teach

Thursday, September 5, 2019 3:34 pm

A redesigned chemistry course, a class for costume designers, and the "exciting and frightening" relevance of constitutional law.

Convocation speaker Dolores Huerta to the Class of 鈥�23: 鈥榃e have the power鈥�

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 4:04 pm

Not every 乐播传媒 academic year begins with a legend of the American labor movement leading a chant of 鈥淵es we can!鈥�

Convocation, held at 11 a.m. today on the Historic Quad, 鈥減rovided 乐播传媒 with an opportunity to welcome the Class of 2022, to celebrate the opening of the college, and to consider, as a community, our shared goals and hopes for the academic year,鈥� said President Clayton Spencer..Led by the College Mace Bearer Michael Murray, Phillips Processor of Economics, the Convocation procession included President Spencer, Student Body President Walter Washington '19 of Fleetwood, N.Y., and Associate Professor of History Joe Hall..According to Spencer, 鈥渢he College has resuscitated what was once a Convocation tradition at 乐播传媒: asking the outgoing senior class to select a faculty speaker for the incoming freshman class.鈥� In this case, the Class of 2018 chose Hall to address the Class of 2022 -- and the entire 乐播传媒 community. His talk was titled, 鈥淨uestions for 乐播传媒.鈥�.Immediately following Convocation, members of the 乐播传媒 community attended a brief tree-planting ceremony, on the Quad behind Carnegie Science, held in memory of those in the 乐播传媒 community who died during the past year. The ceremony was followed by a lunch will be served on the Library Quad for the college community.
Video: For Walter Washington 鈥�19, “it started with taking an opportunity”

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:09 am

An award-winning senior, Washington offers advice to 乐播传媒ies just starting out.

Convocation 2018 remarks: Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall

Friday, September 7, 2018 10:24 am

Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall explores 乐播传媒鈥� complicated early history and its implications for us

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