The University of New Mexico

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Media Contact: Steve Carr
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August 21, 2008

UNM’s Freshman Family Day Set for Sunday, Aug. 24

UNM tradition welcomes new students

Freshman Family Day is a UNM tradition welcoming incoming students and their families to the college community and held the afternoon before the start of fall classes. Freshman family Day is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 24. The event begins at 4 p.m. with the Freshman Convocation in Popejoy Hall, followed by a social celebration and class crawl at the UNM Duck Pond, and a movie at sunset on Johnson Field.

Incoming freshman and their families are introduced to administrators, faculty and staff. Students learn that they are about to embark on an academic adventure designed to prepare them for a rewarding life.

The event also demonstrates that the university partners with the family to ensure student success and that UNM values family and does not seek to separate students from familial, cultural and communal roots.

Freshman Convocation is a ceremonial event held at most colleges and universities. The ceremony, usually a combination of the serious and the light-hearted, provides an opportunity for the president, provost, current students and Parent Association president to address families.

For more information and to register visit: http://ffd.unm.edu/about.html.

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