Peer mentor Sam Dunklau laughs along with his first-year group during introductory activities following convocation.
Associate Dean Wendy Hilton-Morrow bows her head in prayer during the convocation ceremony. Pastor Richard Priggie led the prayer. Peer mentor Bartlomiej Celer raises his number into the air, hoping to ensure that his group could spot him. There were over 700 first-year students gathered in the Roy J. Carver Center. Senior Michelle Bautista and junior Tayvian Johnson lead the procession during the 155th opening convocation. Student Government Association president Richard Benson braces the heat in the Roy J. Carver Center to deliver a speech to the incoming class of 2018.
Peer mentor Sam Dunklau laughs along with his first-year group during introductory activities following convocation. Augustana College president Steven Bahls counts down for the first paper airplane release during the 155th opening convocation. Students, parents, and faculty wrote down goals inside the planes before launching them into the air.
