Saint Joseph College will host its annual Convocation ceremony on Tuesday, August 26 in The Connor Chapel of Our Lady. As the official opening of the academic year, Convocation brings students, faculty, administrators and staff together in a ceremony that blends the religious with the academic.

Following a prayer of Invocation, President Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D. will welcome all attendees. Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean Billye Auclair, Ph.D. will deliver the Academic Address. As winner of the 2008 Reverend John J. Stack Teaching Excellence Award, Dr. Judith Perkins, professor emerita in the department of Foreign Languages/Humanities, will deliver the Convocation Address.

In keeping with tradition, new students will read the "New Student Pledge" led by Kathryn Viner ’10 and faculty and staff members will read "A Blessing and Promise to Students." Convocation begins at 11:30 a.m. and is followed by a community picnic on the quad.

Posted 08/06/08.