Academic Convocation 2024
Convocation is an academic ceremony to formally welcome incoming students to Baylor University. It brings together administrators, faculty, and students to commemorate the start of the academic year, providing a bookend to commencement.
Theme for 2024-25 New Student Experience
This year's verse:
This year's Academic Convocation keynote:
Dr. Coretta Pittman, Associate Dean for Diversity and Belonging in Arts & Sciences and Associate Professor in the Department of English, will deliver this year's keynote address.
Calling all students, parents, faculty, and NSE instructors!
We want to welcome all incoming students to Baylor University and hope that you will join us for Academic Convocation, Friday, August 23, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the Ferrell Center. Faculty, if you would like to participate in the Procession, please bring your academic regalia and gather in the Stone Room at the Ferrell Center by 9:30 am on Friday in order to line up for the procession.