{"id":60872,"date":"2024-08-16T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=60872"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T17:36:43","slug":"starting-the-school-year-right-with-the-2024-edition-of-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/starting-the-school-year-right-with-the-2024-edition-of-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting the school year right with the 2024 edition of Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"UTC Convocation Recap 2024\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRpoIgx90AU?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Convocation\u2014the annual celebration of incoming students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2014was held on <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Friday, Aug. 16<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, at McKenzie Arena for the class of 2028. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the help of the Marching Mocs, Ladies of Gold and Spirit Squad, UTC welcomed its new students in style as music and dancing filled the arena throughout the program.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For one junior band member, Evan Wilcox, it was his third Convocation since joining the band in his first year at UTC.<\/span><span 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data-contrast=\"auto\">The highlight of the morning for many students was the light show, which was put on by participating students using their flashlights on their phones.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After introducing the many faculty members and all the songs were sung and danced to, the students took the annual picture in the shape of their graduating year on the arena floor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the thousands of first-year students poured out of the arena to enjoy the rest of their day on campus, one incoming nursing student\u2014Natasha Makuta\u2014talked about the importance of events like this for the incoming first-year students as they begin 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