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Convocation 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019
The program included greetings from President Thomas F. Rosenbaum, and a brief introduction to student life at Caltech by Joseph E. Shepherd, Vice President for Student Affairs and featured 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"
Convocation 2018
Gathered together on campus for the first time, Caltech's newest community members—undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars—were formally welcomed to the Institute by Vice President for Student Affairs Joseph E. Shepherd and President Thomas F. Rosenbaum at Caltech's convocation ceremony on Sunday, September 23, 2018. The event, which was held in Beckman Auditorium, launched a week of orientation activities and offered the incoming scholars a glimpse into the opportunities ahead of them.
Convocation 2017
Convocation 2016
Convocation 2015
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