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convocation Aug 2007
Photo by Mary Butkus

The start of something new

A student of Liggett Koenig Residential College enthusiastically displays house pride at the Convocation Aug. 23 in the Athletic Complex Field House.The inaugural event of the academic year is Chancellor Mark Wrighton's opportunity to welcome new students and parents to the University.

convocation procession Aug 2007
Photo by Mary Butkus


Afterward, Wrighton and Convocation speaker Carl M. Bender, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, lead the procession of students and parents into Brookings Quadrangle for a local delicacy, Ted Drewes frozen custard.