Welcoming the new Class of Ramblers to the Loyola University Chicago Community

What is Convocation? 

The First-Year Student Convocation is an annual tradition when all freshmen are officially inducted into their graduating class, and their academic careers officially begin at Loyola University Chicago. Students are welcomed to the university community by the President, Provost, Vice President of Student Affairs, faculty and staff. The First-Year Student Convocation is a celebration of university life and the traditions of Loyola University Chicago. All freshman students attend this important event as part of Welcome Week celebrations.

Convocation consists of three parts:

• Walk of Companions: a processional around campus;
• Convocation Address: our new students' first academic lecture about the First-Year Text; and 
• Book Discussions: small group conversations led by faculty members.

Convocation is an introduction to the interplay between the mind and heart at Loyola. Convocation speakers contribute to the common good of society, and work in the service of others. They are selected to speak at Convocation based on their ability to offer new students an example of what it means to live an extraordinary life in the Loyola tradition. 

2012 Convocation Speaker: Information Coming SOON

2011 Convocation Speaker: Colin Beaven

The Fall 2011 Convocation Speaker was Colin Beaven, author of Loyola's 2011-2012 First-Year Text, No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process. Learn more about the First-Year Text here.

About Colin Beaven

“Beavan was named one of MSN’s Ten Most Influential Men of 2007 and was named an Eco-Illuminator in Elle Magazine’s 2008 Green Awards. His blog NoImpactMan.com was named one of the world’s top 15 environmental websites by Time Magazine. He was named a 2008 Eco-Star by New York City’s Lower East Side Ecology Center.

The No Impact project has been the subject of stories in the New York Time, the Christian Science Monitor, and many other national and international news outlets. Beavan has appeared on The Colbert Report, Good Morning America, Nightline, The Montel Show, and all the major NPR shows. He speaks regularly to a wide variety of audiences, is frequently quoted in the press and consults to business on the intersection of sustainability and human quality of life.” 

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/about-colin-beavan.html