{"id":45925,"date":"2017-08-23T03:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=45925"},"modified":"2017-08-21T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T19:43:08","slug":"new-student-convocation-to-take-place-aug-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_23_2017\/new-student-convocation-to-take-place-aug-27","title":{"rendered":"New student convocation to take place Aug. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Rockets! UT traditions will be explained during the New Student Convocation Sunday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>University President Sharon L. Gaber will be at the event to greet and address new students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_15_2016\/forums-continue-this-week-for-provost-candidates\/business-hlogo-1c-black-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/UT-logo-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"372\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/UT-logo-web.jpg 360w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/UT-logo-web-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\u201cNew Student Convocation teaches new students about the special traditions that come along with being a Rocket. They will learn about the importance of school spirit and pride,\u201d Ashleigh Wade, associate dean of students and director of conduct and community standards, said. \u201cNew students also will be welcomed and inducted into the Rocket family by University leadership, faculty, staff and students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers will include Dr. Andrew Hsu, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Phillip \u201cFlapp\u201d Cockrell, interim vice president for student affairs; Jason Candle, head football coach; Tod Kowalczyk, head men\u2019s basketball coach; Tricia Cullop, head women\u2019s basketball coach; and Student Government President and Vice President James Russell and Andrew Williams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Cockrell will discuss the importance of co-curricular learning and taking advantage of University resources,\u201d Wade said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProvost Hsu will introduce the college deans and the president of the Faculty Senate,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Key will perform the national anthem, and Blue Crew, Rocky and Rocksy, the cheerleading squad, and the pep band will teach new students the University\u2019s fight song, \u201cU of Toledo,\u201d as well as spirited cheers and chants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event is a chance for new Rockets to become acclimated with campus life before classes start,\u201d\u00a0Wade said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the event, participants are encouraged to attend a barbecue in the Flatlands.<\/p>\n<p>If the weather doesn\u2019t cooperate, the New Student Convocation will be moved to Savage Arena, and the barbecue will be moved to outside the arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UT President Sharon L. Gaber will welcome Rockets at the New Student Convocation Sunday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45925"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45964,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45925\/revisions\/45964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}