Date & Time

The New Student Convocation will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 4 p.m.

Location

The New Student Convocation ceremony will be held in Kraushaar Auditorium which is 4a on the Campus Map.

Instructions for New Students 

Students will gather to line up for the processional at 3:30 p.m. at the Ungar Athenaeum.

The Athenaeum is #2 on the Campus Map.

The processional starts promptly at 3:50 p.m., guided by Student Marshals.

Convocation begins promptly at 4 p.m., in the Kraushaar Auditorium. 

From 4–4:30 pm, the President’s Party will offer a welcome and brief remarks.

From 4:30–5 pm, all new students will process on stage to receive cords and sign the Goucher College Community Principles. The cords mark the beginning of a new student's academic journey at Goucher College. The Community Principles represent the Goucher community and the values by which we conduct ourselves. The ceremony will end with the Goucher community singing the Goucher song, We are Goucher.

The recessional begins at 5 p.m. First, the Presidential Party will exit the auditorium. Then, faculty and staff, followed by new students, and finally, family and friends. Light refreshments will be available in the Dorsey Courtyard, and new students and family members have the opportunity to meet faculty members from the different Academic Centers of the College.

Instructions for Families & Friends

Convocation starts promptly at 4 p.m. at Kraushaar Auditorium, (4a on the Campus Map).

Therecessional will start at 5 p.m. Please, remain seated until the President Party, faculty and staff, and the class of 2027 have all exited the auditorium.

Family and friends  - please prepare to say good-bye to your students at 5:45 pm. They will rejoin their Goucher Guide Groups and go to dinner in the Mary Fisher Dining Center at that time.  

Instructions for Faculty & Staff

Faculty and staff participating in the Processional, the Presidential Party, and Marshals will assemble in academic robes at 3:30 p.m. at the Chapel for the Convocation Processional.

The Processional begins promptly at 3:50 p.m., guided by Faculty Marshals.

Convocation will start promptly at 4 p.m. at Kraushaar Auditorium. 

Post Ceremony Activities

We know the new students and their families and friends will be excited to see faculty and staff. Immediately following the ceremony, students and guests may briefly visit with faculty and staff. There will be light refreshments at the Dorsey Courtyard and five tables for the five academic centers:

1. Education
2. Humanities & Interdisciplinary Studies
3. Natural, Computer & Data Sciences
4. Social Sciences
5. Writing, Arts & Media

For more information, please contact associateprovost@goucher.edu.