{"id":343,"date":"2026-03-26T15:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:07:17","slug":"convocation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/student-life\/convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live-umbc-wpms-test.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/live-umbc-wpms-test.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-578x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of program\" class=\"wp-image-191\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.564453125;width:159px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-578x1024.jpg 578w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-768x1360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-867x1536.jpg 867w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-1156x2048.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-1200x2126.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UPUBC12-001_1-scaled.jpg 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Convocation 2013, UPUB C12-001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each Fall semester, UMBC holds an opening ceremony known as Convocation. Faculty, staff, and students are all invited to attend. The incoming freshman participate in a processional along Academic Row to the Retriever Activities Center (RAC) for the ceremony. The faculty form a receiving line at the doors to the RAC and welcome the new students. Speeches are given, the alma mater is sung, and freshman are given UMBC pins to celebrate joining the UMBC community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live-umbc-wpms-test.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/live-umbc-wpms-test.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"Color photograph of graduation procession\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-1536x1071.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-2048x1428.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-1200x836.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC2013-013-25-0691-1980x1380.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students walking with department banners to Convocation, October 1999, UARC 2013-013-25-0691<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Fall semester, UMBC holds an opening ceremony known as Convocation. 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