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Zoe Wang '26 and Nico Giro-Martin '27 unfurl the Class of 2028 banner during Opening Convocation.
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Hundreds gathered behind the Wren Building to welcome the new students.
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In a reception line leading well into the Sunken Garden, current students cheered, clapped and held signs as the new students streamed through.
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The sun sets behind the Wren Building during the Opening Convocation ceremony.
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New students are welcomed home during Opening Convocation.
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The university's newest students are greeted with cheers and smiles as they exit the Wren Building.
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The W&M community welcomes new students to campus during Opening Convocation.
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William & Mary’s new students streamed out of the Wren Building and into a sea of well wishers at the end of the 2023 Opening Convocation.
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Lit in green and gold, the Class of 2027 banner hangs from the Wren Building’s upper balcony.
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William & Mary officially marks the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year and welcomes new students.
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William & Mary's newest students accept congratulations from a throng of well-wishers after making the traditional walk through the Wren Building at the end of the 2023 Opening Convocation ceremony.
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William & Mary students lined the path from the Wren Building to the Sunken Garden to cheer on the newest members of the student body.
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Cliff Fleet ’91, M.A. ’93, J.D. ’95, M.B.A. ’95, president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, was the keynote speaker at William & Mary’s 2022 Opening Convocation ceremony.
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As dusk settled on the William & Mary campus, new students celebrated the 2022 Opening Convocation ceremony receiving the traditional greeting of clapping and cheers from upperclassmen, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.
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At the culmination of the 2022 Opening Convocation ceremony, William & Mary's newest students walked through the Wren Building and into a walkway thronged with well wishers from the community welcoming them to campus.
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William & Mary’s newest students attending the 2022 Opening Convocation ceremony included the Class of 2026, transfer and new grad students.
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William & Mary’s newest students were ecstatic to be welcomed by so many supportive hands at the Opening Convocation ceremony.
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W&M community members welcomed new students to campus at the 2022 Opening Convocation ceremony.
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Students celebrate the beginning of the fall semester at 2022 Opening Convocation.
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New students are greeted by members of the W&M community as they make their way to the Sunken Garden.
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Members of the W&M community stand ready to greet W&M's newest students at the end of the 2021 Opening Convocation ceremony.
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Opening Convocation: After President Katherine A. Rowe declared the official beginning to the university’s 329th academic year, the new students engaged in the traditional walk-through of the Wren Building.
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Students gather in the Wren Yard for W&M's 2021 Opening Convocation ceremony.
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Students gather in the Wren Yard for W&M's 2021 Opening Convocation ceremony on Sept. 10.
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Judge John Charles Thomas speaks during the Opening Convocation ceremony.
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Members of the campus community line the sidewalk from the Wren to the Sunken Garden to greet new students during Opening Convocation.
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A new student smiles while walking through the convocation receiving line.
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A student offers a high-five to a new member of the campus community.
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President Katherine A. Rowe walks through the Wren Building after the convocation ceremony.
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Hundreds of new undergraduate and graduate students gather in the Wren Yard for convocation.
