The University of Oregon's traditional convocation ceremony will mark the start of the academic year at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Matthew Knight Arena.

President Michael Schill and Provost Scott Coltrane invite all faculty and staff to join in the ceremony that calls together the entire campus community to welcome the UO’s new students and faculty.

“This is a celebration of the engaging, innovative and intellectually curious environment in which our students, faculty and staff thrive. It is one of the UO’s proudest traditions and the culminating event of Week of Welcome,” said Scott Coltrane. “We hope our faculty and staff will join us in this campus-wide celebration of academic excellence.”

As part of the ceremony, all new tenure-track faculty will be introduced at convocation and are invited to join the UO’s leadership and current faculty for a welcome reception prior to the ceremony. New faculty members who can attend are asked to RSVP by September 15 by emailing Cora Bennett, director of student orientation programs, at corab@uoregon.edu.

All faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the processional at University Convocation. Any member of the UO community who has a bachelor’s degree or higher is invited to wear academic regalia for this event. To order, faculty and staff may place their order directly with the UO Duck Store.