{"id":1878,"date":"2024-07-24T13:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2024-08-07T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T14:37:33","slug":"join-us-for-opening-convocation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/join-us-for-opening-convocation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us For Opening Convocation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Wesleyan&#8217;s campus community will welcome the newest class of Bishops and family members to the Opening Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 4-5 p.m. outdoors on the Rock Quad.<\/p>\n<p>Campus leaders will share encouraging messages, and OWU&#8217;s 17th President, Dr. Matt vandenBerg, will officially open the academic year. Following the Opening Convocation Ceremony, students will carry their class banner and follow the Bishop on their &#8220;First Lap.&#8221; The First Lap involves an informal march of the incoming class around the academic quad to the center of campus, including touching &#8220;the Rock&#8221; for good luck.<\/p>\n<p>The Opening Convocation Ceremony will be live-streamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/about\/follow-owu\/stream-owu\/special-events\/august-15-2024-2024-convocation\/\">here<\/a>. Family and friends who are on campus and prefer to watch the live-stream indoors may do so in the lobby of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/campus-map\/?map=606&amp;marker=13665&amp;zoom=2&amp;x=5367.886535&amp;y=-1628.2713869999998&amp;layer=administration%2Cstudent+life\">Hamilton-Williams Campus Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/convocation\">owu.edu\/convocation<\/a> for more details and FAQs. To inquire about specific accessibility needs in order to participate or attend the Opening Convocation Ceremony, please email the Accessibility Services Office at\u00a0<a title=\"Email Accessibility Services at aso@owu.edu\" href=\"mailto:aso@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aso@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong> Office of the Provost<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:provost@owu.edu\">provost@owu.edu<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio Wesleyan&#8217;s campus community will welcome the newest class of Bishops and family members to the Opening Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 4-5 p.m. outdoors on the Rock Quad. Campus leaders will share encouraging messages, and OWU&#8217;s 17th President, Dr. Matt vandenBerg, will officially open the academic year. Following the Opening Convocation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[101,242,241],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-students","tag-accessibility","tag-first-lap","tag-opening-convocation"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}