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Convocation 2019

Beckman Auditorium
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Students standing in front of Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Audience in Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Joseph E. Shepherd, Vice President for Student Affairs, speaking at the podium
Dr. Candace Rypisi, Director of Student-Faculty Programs
Eric Moreno, undergraduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Eric Moreno, undergraduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Morgan Hooper, graduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Morgan Hooper, graduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Professor David Van Valen presenting at Convocation 2019
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
Credit: Bill Youngblood
Beckman Auditorium
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Students walking to Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Students standing in front of Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Audience in Beckman Auditorium for Convocation 2019
Joseph E. Shepherd, Vice President for Student Affairs, speaking at the podium
Dr. Candace Rypisi, Director of Student-Faculty Programs
Eric Moreno, undergraduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Eric Moreno, undergraduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Morgan Hooper, graduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Morgan Hooper, graduate student, presenting at Convocation 2019
Professor David Van Valen presenting at Convocation 2019
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
Parents and students saying goodbye after Convocation 2019.
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Sunday, September 22, 2019
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Beckman Auditorium

Join us on Sunday, September 22, 2019 for Caltech's annual convocation ceremony offers a warm welcome and introduction to the Institute for new undergraduate students, their family and friends, new graduate students, and new postdoctoral scholars. The program includes greetings from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum, and a brief introduction to student life at Caltech by Joseph E. Shepherd, Vice President for Student Affairs. Our program this year is about undergraduate research at Caltech and includes the following speakers:

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT CALTECH

Candace Rypisi
Director, Student-Faculty Programs

Eric Moreno
Junior, Physics
"Caltech to CERN: My SURF Journey"

Morgan Hooper
Fourth-Year Graduate Student, Aerospace
"Paying It Forward: How Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers Has Prepared Me for the Future, While Helping to Build an Inclusive Community"

David Van Valen
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
"From Student to Professor: Why Everyone Benefits from Undergraduate Research"