CLAS faculty invited, encouraged to participate in 2015 Convocation; registration deadline May 8

Friday, April 24, 2015

Faculty at ConvocationEach year, the UI welcomes first-year students to campus at Convocation. The entire class of 2019 is invited to this opening ceremony where the UI emphasizes to first-year students the academic expectations first introduced during the On Iowa! orientation program. Students learn the importance of becoming a student at the University of Iowa and the important principles for succeeding in the classroom and beyond. The event features remarks by University Administrators and an entering first-year student, and culminates with a block party at the President's residence. Watch a video of On Iowa! and Convocation.

Faculty participation plays a big part in the success of the event is; the event holds much more meaning when the students see faculty in full academic regalia in attendance. CLAS faculty are invited to be part of Convocation 2015, which will be held on Sunday, August 23, on the east side of the Old Capitol. Participating faculty will gather in the Old Capitol Rotunda between 3:30 and 3:45 p.m. (line up at 4:00).  Convocation begins at approximately 4:10 p.m. and lasts for about 45 minutes.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.