  {"id":13620,"date":"2023-08-24T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/?p=13620"},"modified":"2024-06-14T08:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:05:13","slug":"convocation-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/convocation-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation Ceremony Rings In New Academic Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-desc\" class=\"sr-only\">Gallery of Images<\/div>\n<div role=\"complementary\" id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-13620 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery-format-thumbnails gallery-float-left\" aria-labelledby=\"main-title gallery-desc\">\n\t<div role=\"dialog\" id=\"gallery-1-frame\" class=\"gallery-frame\">\n\t\t<div class=\"gallery-frame-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13635\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/12-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - 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Trustee Revier, Professor Keel, President Mahdavi, and Trustee Dyer\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13630\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - student headshot outside tents\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13629\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - President Mahdavi with father at Spirit Bell\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13628\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - President with her father, Professor Ispahani, and Trustee Revier\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13627\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/4-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - 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students with paws up tee shirts\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13624\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1-992x661.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 pt. 1 - speech inside tents with students and president\" gallery_frame=\"gallery-1-frame\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" class=\"nav-control next\" aria-label=\"Next image\"><span class=\"fas fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" class=\"nav-control prev\" aria-label=\"Previous image\"><span class=\"fas fa-arrow-circle-left\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" class=\"close\" aria-label=\"Close gallery lightbox\"><span class=\"fas fa-times-circle\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"gallery-nav\" data-column-break=\"4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"item-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13635\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/12.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/12-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - President Mahdavi in the crowd\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13634\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/11.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/11-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - students lining up outside of Tents\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13633\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/10.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/10-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - Faculty Excellence Award winner Astrid Keel\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13632\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/9.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/9-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - ASULV President Isela Chavez\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13631\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/8-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - Trustee Revier, Professor Keel, President Mahdavi, and Trustee Dyer\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13630\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/7-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - student headshot outside tents\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13629\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/6-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - President Mahdavi with father at Spirit Bell\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13628\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/5-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - President with her father, Professor Ispahani, and Trustee Revier\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13627\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/4.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/4-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - students in crowd showing hand sign for ULV\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13626\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/3.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/3-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"President taking selfie in regalia with leader\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13625\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/2-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 - students with paws up tee shirts\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gallery-item\" data-attachment-id=\"13624\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-icon landscape\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1.jpg\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"gallery-1-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/laverne.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/08\/1-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Convocation 2023 pt. 1 - speech inside tents with students and president\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students, faculty, and staff gathered outside the Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion (SSAP) on Wednesday, August 23 to celebrate the beginning of the fall semester together at Convocation. This is the first time 西瓜影视;Verne President Pardis Mahdavi addressed the community at-large.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New and returning students gathered in the university quad together, picked up their \u201cpaws up!\u201d tee shirts, and said hello to their fellow Leopards along the way. They then joined into the processional behind university leaders, who were dressed in full academic regalia, and entered the SSAP.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bruce Walton, professor of business, initiated the processional carrying the university mace. Chaplain Zandra Wagoner delivered an invocation on themes of spiritual openness, acceptance, and community to help welcome in the new year. Provost Roy Kwon led the ceremony and acknowledged each speaker as they came to the podium.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year\u2019s Excellence in Teaching Award faculty recipient is Professor of Marketing Astrid Keel and she gave a warm opening address to the crowd. She teaches marketing research and analytics, digital marketing, and marketing principles at the university. Her research specializes in celebrity endorsements, chief marketing officer efficacy, and marketing and finance interfaces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keel shared how the best parts of one\u2019s education happen when one goes outside of their realm of study and joins clubs and organizations that are, \u201coutside of the comfort zone.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSome of your most memorable moments at La&nbsp;Verne may not be measured by what we call traditional metrics of success, like an A plus,\u201d Keel said. She added that this extracurricular involvement will help students \u201cdiscover more about the world or about yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Pardis Mahdavi then took the stage, after an introduction from Chairman of the Board of Trustees Anthony Revier \u201993, and shared a powerful message: \u201cown your narrative.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cYou matter. Your story is valuable and most importantly, the 西瓜影视;Verne is a better place because of all of you,\u201d Mahdavi said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>She was met with a standing ovation by the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Music was sung by Taylor Murphy &#8217;24, including the university&#8217;s alma mater, to round out the event to its conclusion, where first-year biology students Felicity Parker &#8217;27 and Emma Perez &#8217;27 rang the spirit bell.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This new academic year will continue with an assortment of events, including Homecoming and Family Weekend from October 14 through 15. 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