Adrian Adds Matriculation Ceremony posted 8/15/07
College will formally welcome the record-setting Class of 2011

ADRIAN, Mich. – With a large and accomplished freshman class this year, Adrian College wants to make sure to greet the newcomers properly. The Adrian College Matriculation Ceremony, scheduled in Dawson Auditorium at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19, will give the College a chance to do so.

Matriculation ceremonies, an annual tradition at British universities as well as some American colleges and universities, is a formal recognition of new students enrolling at the college and joining its community.

“The Fall 2007 freshman class is the largest in several decades,” said Dale Nesbary, vice president and dean of academic affairs. “We are anticipating great things from them before they graduate in 2011, and have added this ceremony as a way to say, ‘We’re glad you’re here.’”

The ceremony is part of Welcome Week, the orientation for incoming students that is scheduled for the week before classes start on Monday, Aug. 27. Residence hall check-in for the new students begins at 8 a.m. the morning of the Matriculation Ceremony. Parents, who will say good-bye later that day, are invited to attend the ceremony and will be acknowledged.

The ceremony will include faculty in their regalia (formal robes) and the president and other staff will give short addresses.