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Convocation kicks off new academic year Monday 2:18 p.m., Aug. 25, 2006--The University of Delaware will officially welcome the Class of 2010 during New Student Convocation on Monday, Aug. 28. The event, free and open to the public, begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley, who will be the featured speaker, also will receive an honorary degree during the ceremony. Marcy's research has focused on the detection of extra-solar planets and brown dwarf stars, and his team has discovered 110 extra-solar planets, allowing study of their masses and orbits. New Student Convocation, a required event for all new students, marks the beginning of the 2006-07 academic year and also is the last time the entire Class of 2010 will come together as a group until graduation. Faculty, staff and other members of the University community are encouraged to attend. Faculty and staff do not need to wear academic regalia and should sit with the students from their departments. After the ceremony, lunch will be served for all guests in the Bob Carpenter Center concourse. No lunch will be available to new students in the dining halls that day. Bus transportation to the Bob Carpenter Center from Academic Orientation classes will be provided from 9:30-10:15 a.m. from pick-up locations at the Smith Hall overpass (northbound and southbound), Alfred Lerner Hall, the Perkins Student Center, the Trabant University Center (garage driveway) and Townsend Hall (front). After Convocation, bus transportation back to central campus will be provided to the Smith Hall overpass until 1:30 p.m. Article by Martin Mbugua |
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