On Friday, August 16, our first-year students will participate in the newly designed “First Friday Ceremony”. This ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall in the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex. While the students are in the ceremony, we will gather outside and when the students emerge afterward, they will be greeted with a gauntlet of cheering current students, faculty, staff, and YOU! We will celebrate them and then gather for a community social and pep rally in the Bowl beginning at 5:30 p.m. Come to enjoy the food trucks, live music, and more!