{"id":72066,"date":"2020-09-14T20:35:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-begins-academic-year-with-opening-convocation\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T20:35:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:35:54","slug":"oglethorpe-begins-academic-year-with-opening-convocation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-begins-academic-year-with-opening-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Oglethorpe begins academic year with opening convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, 好色先生TV hosted its first virtual convocation to kick off the academic year and officially welcome new students to their Oglethorpe journey.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony included a host of speakers, including President <strong>Dr.<\/strong> <strong>Nick Ladany<\/strong>, Professor of Mathematics<strong> Dr. J. Lynn Gieger<\/strong>, SGA President <strong>Taylor Roberts<\/strong>, Provost <strong>Dr.<\/strong> <strong>Glenn Sharfman<\/strong>, and Honor Council Student Representatives <strong>Jimmy Creamer<\/strong> and <strong>Talia Weinstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Provost Sharfman delivered the keynote address, and spoke to the value of an Oglethorpe education. &#8220;The idea of an excellent liberal arts education is to prepare you for the unscripted problems&#8212;to make you ready for a world where change is constant, complexity is a reality, and diversity is a given.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony also featured a virtual signing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/honor-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honor Code<\/a> by first year students, as well as performances from the University Singers, led by Director of Choral Activities <strong>Dr. Timothy Powell.<\/strong> Members of the Singers, including first-year students and veterans of the program, recorded their performance of the Alma Mater from home.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the recording of the 2020 Opening Convocation above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":72067,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4554,4552],"tags":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-72066","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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