{"id":82712,"date":"2013-08-26T09:20:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=82712"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:12:48","slug":"students-welcomed-to-campus-at-convocation-husky-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/08\/students-welcomed-to-campus-at-convocation-husky-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Welcomed to Campus at Convocation, Husky WOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

The freshman class received an official welcome to the University on Friday, Aug. 23, during Convocation and the Husky WOW kickoff celebration that followed.<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a>
Edward Courchaine '14 (CLAS), president of the Undergraduate Student Government, shared some words of wisdom. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Provost<\/a>
Provost Mun Choi welcomed parents and students during the Convocation ceremony at Gampel Pavilion on Aug. 23. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"President<\/a>
President Susan Herbst spoke to an attentive audience of students, parents, faculty, and staff during Convocation. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marvin<\/a>
Marvin McNeill, assistant director of athletic bands, leads the house in the singing of the Alma Mater during the Convocation ceremony.(Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The UConn Marching Band hit all the right notes at Convocation, and made sure the crowd was fired up for the start of the semester. (ArielDowski '14 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Huskies<\/a>
Huskies new and old were present at Convocation … with plenty to think about at the start of the fall semester. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Spirits<\/a>
Spirits were high at the Husky WOW Barbecue following Convocation. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Husky<\/a>
Husky WOW leaders pose for a photo at the Husky WOW Barbecue on Fairfield Way. (Ariel Dowski'14 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chellis<\/a>
Chellis Allen '14, left, and Christina Edwards '15, at the Husky WOW Barbecue. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Max<\/a>
Max Sherer '17 (BUS) of West Hartford, Conn., gets some last-minute advice from his mother, Sheila, middle, and aunt, Deb, at the Husky WOW Barbecue. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lior<\/a>
Lior Trestman '15 and Alexandra Buda '14 share 'what I did on my summer vacation' stories at the Husky Wow Barbecue. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Husky WOW Barbecue on Fairfield Way had something for everyone, including gluten-free and vegetarian selections. (Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first weekend of the new semester was filled with activities to welcome new and returning students back to campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":82703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-82712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 21:24:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82712"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107138,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82712\/revisions\/107138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/82703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82712"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=82712"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=82712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}