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Start your most important academic journey by joining President, Dr. Ronald Berkman, fellow freshmen, and University faculty and staff at the New Student Convocation.

The purpose of New Student Convocation is to establish an academic connection between freshmen and Cleveland State University. New Student Convocation fulfills this purpose by ceremoniously recognizing freshmen for having accepted our offer to join the Cleveland State University community.

The program communicates to students their roles both as people who learn from others and as people who contribute to the vitality of the university. Held in Waetjen Auditorium in the Music & Communications Building, New Student Convocation provides students with an opportunity to gather with their fellow classmates, recognize the size and strength of their class, and join the Cleveland State University academic community through a major campus event that parallels the joyous and meaningful commencement ceremony that will mark their graduation only a few years in the future.