Calvin Welcomes Students Back to Campus!

Summary: Calvin College formally welcomes students back to campus on September 8 with its 2009 Convocation ceremony. The ceremony begins at 9:50 a.m. for the first-time in the new Van Noord arena.

The Calvin community ushers in the new school year on Tuesday, September 8 with its annual Convocation ceremony. This year's event will have a different look than in past years. The students, faculty and staff will gather together for the first-time in the new Van Noord Arena. The 4,500-seat venue opened in January and hosted its first Commencement ceremony in May.

Mary Hulst, Calvin's new college chaplain, will deliver the keynote address titled: "Calvin Peanut Butter Cups." Hulst is the college's third chaplain and the first female to hold the position. Her talk will focus on Calvin's efforts to be distinctively Christian and academically excellent, asking the question: "How do these two ideas go together?"

Following the convocation ceremony the Calvin community will enjoy a picnic lunch on the Commons Lawn. Calvin's Health Services office will be handing out trial-sized bottles of hand sanitizer, just one method to continue to raise awareness about preventing H1N1 at Calvin.

For more information on convocation, go to: http://www.calvin.edu/convocation/

For more information on Calvin's H1N1 prevention efforts, go to: http://www.calvin.edu/admin/health/news/H1N1.htm

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Received on Tue Sep 8 08:28:17 2009