UNM Freshmen and their families will gather at Popejoy Hall on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 21, to hear speeches from President Louis Caldera, Interim Provost Reed Dasenbrock, and to meet for the first time as a group at Freshman Convocation.
The ceremony begins at 4 p.m. Students who attend the convocation receive free UNM t-shirts and can get free hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream at the duck pond and university house after the ceremony. A local band, “Felonious Groove Foundation” will provide entertainment on the west lawn of Zimmerman Library.
The convocation is a formal beginning of the fall semester at UNM. Classes start Monday, Aug. 22.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627