Convocation Held September 3
The university held its annual Convocation ceremony on Thursday, September 3, marking the opening of the 2009-2010 academic year.
The program included a welcome from President Bob Kerrey and University Student Senate President Tushar Gogia, remarks by Provost Tim Marshall, and presentation of the Distinguished University Teaching Awards. Julia Foulkes, associate professor of History at The New School for General Studies, gave this year's Aims of Education Address.
The 2009 Distinguished University Teaching Awards were presented to Jinsook Erin Cho, Parsons The New School for Design; Lisa R. Rubin, The New School for Social Research and The New School for General Studies; Susan Shapiro, The New School for General Studies; and Mary R. Watson, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
