CAMPUS NOTICE

 

EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

CHAIR, ACADEMIC SENATE - SAN DIEGO DIVISION

September 17, 2018


ALL ACADEMICS AT UC SAN DIEGO

SUBJECT:    Faculty Participation in the New Student Welcome Convocation - Monday, September 24, 2018

Dear Colleagues:

We invite and encourage your participation in the 13th annual Welcome Convocation for new undergraduate students: Monday, September 24, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on RIMAC Field. Details are available at the following link: http://convocation.ucsd.edu/

Convocation is the inaugural academic event for new freshmen and transfer students, and serves as their formal welcome into UC San Diego's scholarly community, the figurative bookend to Commencement. This year's ceremony will feature welcoming remarks by Associated Students President Kiara Gomez, Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Simmons, Faculty Keynote - Professor Anita Raj (Medicine/Education Studies) and Alumni Keynote - David Marchick '88 (History/Muir College). Following the ceremony, faculty and students will share an informal dinner on the field. Signage will direct students to designated division/school tables where they can gather and chat with faculty representing each academic discipline.

Strong faculty participation in this milestone event demonstrates the great value we place in this symbolic first step on our students' academic journey. Studies have shown that students identify closer engagement with faculty as one of the keys to a stronger student experience. This year, UC San Diego will welcome over 9,000 new undergraduates to campus - our largest incoming class ever! We hope you will join us in giving them a warm Triton welcome at Convocation. Faculty participants in previous Convocation programs have shared that they truly enjoyed the opportunity for engagement with our incoming class of undergraduates.

Participating faculty are invited to a pre-Convocation reception beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the RIMAC Green Room, which will serve as the staging and assembly area for the Convocation ceremony. Faculty will proceed to RIMAC Field as a group at 4:45 p.m. (regalia will not be worn). Please RSVP to mailto:evc-events@ucsd.edu by Friday, September 21 if you plan to attend. We hope to see you at Convocation!



Elizabeth H. Simmons
Executive Vice Chancellor

Robert Horwitz
Chair, Academic Senate
San Diego Division