CONVOCATION REQUIREMENTS & SCHEDULE

Fall 2007 & Spring 2008 Convo Schedule:  PDF Format

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As a regular, full-time day student, a part of your total academic experience here at Lenoir-Rhyne College is to participate in Convocations during each academic year. The following summarizes the purpose for convocations. Convocations provide opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment and personal enjoyment, while exploring the liberal arts from a diversity of perspectives. The convocation environment allows students to interact with social peer groups outside their usual associations, thus building a sense of belonging to the whole Lenoir-Rhyne College community. Convocations serve to extend the College’s core curriculum and expose Lenoir-Rhyne College students to a broad diversity of the arts, sciences, and professional fields.

You must attend six (6) convocations each academic year. Two of these convocations are required for the entire college community to attend together: Presidents’ Opening Convocation at the beginning of the academic year, and Honors Convocation at the end of the year. You may choose your four remaining required Convocations each academic year, outside of the Presidents’ Convocation and the Honors Convocation, to include one program in each of the following theme areas.

Literature, Fine Arts, and Culture
Human Systems
Mathematics and Sciences
Education, Business, and Allied Health

This ensures the purpose of enrichment, exploration from diverse perspectives, and the sense of being a part of the total community at L-R. A Convocation Program Listing is distributed at the outset of each semester.

The policy on Convocations attendance is:

• Be on time for the convocations you select and stay for the entire time. Some convos will last only 45 minutes, but others will last longer. Afternoon and evening convos usually last considerably longer than 45 minutes and attendance credit depends on your presence for the full length of time.
• It is your responsibility to pick up a “convo attendance card” and sign your name with your student ID number. These cards are your proof of attendance and are handed out at the beginning of the convocation and are collected at the end. If you arrive late, a convo card will not be given to you. If you leave before the selected convo is over, you cannot receive credit for having attended that particular convo.
• One credit hour is added to the total number of hours required for graduation, for each of the required Convocations (Presidents’ and Honors) you miss.
• If any of the remaining four Convocations are missed, one credit hour is added to your total credit hour requirement. Thus, if you skip ALL Convocations in an academic year, the maximum number of credit hours added to your graduation total requirement is three.