New Student Convocation
New Student Convocation is a celebration of university life and the academic traditions of Loyola. Convocation is an annual tradition where all new undergraduate students (first-year and transfer) officially begin their academic careers as Ramblers. Students are welcomed to the university community by the President, Provost, faculty, staff, student leaders, and a keynote speaker.
New Student Convocation consists of three parts:
- Pre-Ceremony Welcome: Students arrive on East Quad to be welcomed by the university community and begin their processional from East Quad, through the Cudahy Library green doors, and into Gentile Arena
- Convocation ceremony: new students hear from the President and other special guests and are welcomed by the faculty
- Post-ceremony celebration: celebration of new Loyola students on both the East and West Quad
2024 New Student Convocation
Friday, August 23, at 3:00PM CT in the Gentile Arena
New students will gather on the East Quad between 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. After a brief welcome at 2:00 p.m., students will process through the green doors of Cudahy Library and the Welcome Cheer Tunnel to New Student Convocation in the Gentile Area. Immediately following New Student Convocation, students will travel to the West Quad for a rambler rally and celebration of the new class. After the rally, students will be free to depart to dinner or Welcome Week programming.
Students do not need to register for the event. More information will be shared via email in August, and students will be given instructions at their Residence Hall Floors Meetings or CommuterCon that morning, and will be walked over to the East Quad in time for the start of the event.
New Student Convocation is a celebration of university life and the academic traditions of Loyola. Convocation is an annual tradition where all new undergraduate students (first-year and transfer) officially begin their academic careers as Ramblers. Students are welcomed to the university community by the President, Provost, faculty, staff, student leaders, and a keynote speaker.
New Student Convocation consists of three parts:
- Pre-Ceremony Welcome: Students arrive on East Quad to be welcomed by the university community and begin their processional from East Quad, through the Cudahy Library green doors, and into Gentile Arena
- Convocation ceremony: new students hear from the President and other special guests and are welcomed by the faculty
- Post-ceremony celebration: celebration of new Loyola students on both the East and West Quad