The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be hosting its Virtual New Student Convocation on Friday, August 20, 2021. The event will feature a welcome video and Zoom open houses. Bookmark this webpage to have easy access on Friday!
Friday, August 20, 2021
10:30 a.m. – CLAS Convocation Welcome sent via email
11:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Virtual Open Houses (See schedule below)
Throughout the afternoon, various departments, programs, and centers will host virtual open houses on Zoom. You will have the chance to interact with faculty and staff and learn more about all the college has to offer. Be curious! Ask questions!
11:00am-11:30am
- Biology/Botany/Zoology
- Chemistry/Biochemistry
- English
- International Studies
- Sustainability Studies
11:30am-12:00pm
- Beyond120 – General Session
- Bob Graham Center
- Geography
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
- Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
12:00pm-12:30pm
- Beyond120 – Global Engagement
- Center for African Studies
- Criminology
- Microbiology and Cell Science
- Philosophy
- Spanish and Portuguese Studies
12:30pm-1:00pm
- Astronomy/Astrophysics
- CLAS Academic Resources
- Dial Center for Written & Oral Communication
- Geological Sciences
- Political Science
- Religion
1:00pm-1:30pm
- African American Studies
- Beyond120 – Internships
- Beyond120 – Student Exchange Program
- Center for Latin American Studies
- Classics
- Computer & Information Science & Engineering
1:30pm-2:00pm
- Beyond120 – Pre-Health
- Center for European Studies
- Economics
- History
- Linguistics
- Women’s Studies
2:00pm-2:30pm
- Anthropology
- Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
- European Union Studies club
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Sociology
- Statistics/Statistics and Data Science
2:30pm-3:00pm
- Beyond120 – Undergraduate Research
- Languages, Literatures and Cultures – General Session
- LLC – Chinese
- LLC – French
- LLC – German
- LLC – Haitian Creole and Jamaican Creole
- LLC – Italian
- LLC – Japanese
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