Opening Convocation
The Van Wickle Gates, the grand entrance to campus, are only opened twice a year. At the beginning of the academic year, the incoming freshmen process in through the gates, and are welcomed by the University president in a convocation on the Main Green. On their way to the Main Green, they are applauded by fellow Brown students and professors, and greeted by the University President. They then proceed to the Main Green where a convocation speech is held.
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“They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?””
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:32.
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