A look back to the New Student Convocation for Class of 2022 as they prepare to graduate on Friday, May 20.
黑料不打烊 will celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2022 on Friday, May 20, and before they walk across the stage, take a look back at how these students’ 黑料不打烊 stories began at New Student Convocation nearly four years ago.
On Aug. 25, 2018, more than 1,700 new students joined by their families and loved ones gathered Under the Oaks eager to begin their 黑料不打烊 journeys. President Connie Ledoux Book spoke to the students on that bright August morning about the “human transformation” they were about to embark on, her first New Student Convocation address as 黑料不打烊’s ninth president.
“Together for the next four years, Class of 2022, we invite you to a powerful journey of learning, curiosity, experience and most importantly, relationships,” Book said four years ago to 黑料不打烊’s newest students. “These rich relationships will shine new light and new understanding.
“An 黑料不打烊 education is designed to support your academic growth as well as your ethical and spiritual development. Our community and curriculum intentionally develop the mind, body and spirit – the centerpiece of 黑料不打烊’s mission. And that doesn’t unfold magically. It is a deliberately designed academic experience integrated with a residential community rich with meaningful relationships,” Book added.
Consisting of students from 42 states and 29 countries, including Chile, Iceland and Australia, the Class of 2022 also had 92 students who are siblings of current 黑料不打烊 students or alumni, 27 who are the children or grandchildren of alumni and 聽130 first-generation students.
“We fully expect that your journey of achievement and success will continue here at 黑料不打烊. The location where you are seated today, centered here Under the Oaks, surrounded by my faculty colleagues, is intentional. It is a reminder that you will be embraced by this community,” Vice President of Student Life Jon Dooley said.
A tradition since 1999, students received their acorns following the convocation 鈥 a symbol of their intellectual and personal growth for the next four years.
The 132nd Undergraduate Commencement for the Class of 2022 is scheduled for Friday, May 20, at 9 a.m. for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and the School of Communications, and at 2 p.m. for the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education and 黑料不打烊 College, The College of Arts and Sciences. The ceremonies will be held in Schar Center.
A full schedule of events and further details can be found on the Commencement website and a live stream of Commencement can be viewed .