{"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":"
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
The ceremony included a host of speakers, including President Dr.<\/strong> Nick Ladany<\/strong>, Professor of Mathematics Dr. J. Lynn Gieger<\/strong>, SGA President Taylor Roberts<\/strong>, Provost Dr.<\/strong> Glenn Sharfman<\/strong>, and Honor Council Student Representatives Jimmy Creamer<\/strong> and Talia Weinstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Provost Sharfman delivered the keynote address, and spoke to the value of an Oglethorpe education. “The idea of an excellent liberal arts education is to prepare you for the unscripted problems—to make you ready for a world where change is constant, complexity is a reality, and diversity is a given.”<\/p>\n