University Convocation

You’re Invited: Sunday, August 18, 2024

President Richard C. Benson and Provost Inga H. Musselman will formally welcome all students to UT Dallas for the start of the fall semester. Amy Lewis Hofland, senior director of the Crow Museum of Asian Art, will give a convocation address.

When: 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 18
Where: University Roundabout and Activity Center Main Gym (AB 1.2)

All new students are encouraged to participate in the 2024 welcoming class photo. Please arrive no later than 3:30 p.m. at the University Roundabout to be included. All students then will participate in the formal procession to the Activity Center as new Comets.

Afterward, stick around for the Welcome Back Bash, sponsored by Student Affairs. We hope you will join the fun.

Weeks of Welcome

Weeks of Welcome, or WOW, is an annual welcome back for new and returning students. It spans two weeks and offers dozens of events.

President’s Remarks

Read speeches from previous years:

• “Living Our Values”
• “No Ordinary Year”
• “Let ‘Newtonian’ Forces Expand Your Orbit”
• “Seven Bits of Advice”