"Believe in Yourself" Is the Theme of Convocation Day
at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, September 3
– The campus welcomes freshmen and launches voting registration effort –

Brooklyn, N.Y. – "Believe in Yourself... It Matters!" is the theme of Convocation Day–the celebration of the start of the academic year for freshmen at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. Taking place on Thursday, September 3, the event’s purpose is to give students a shared foundation of understanding with professors and fellow students that will last through their college years and beyond.

From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., in the Campus’s Arnold & Marie Schwartz Athletic Center in Metcalfe Hall, students will hear welcoming words from Brooklyn Campus Chancellor Joel Press, Long Island University President David J. Steinberg, Brooklyn Campus Provost Gale Stevens Haynes, faculty, staff, and fellow students, including the president of the Student Government Association (SGA).

The guest speaker will be George Emilio Sanchez, a writer, performer and director, as well as the chair of the department of performing and creative arts at the College of Staten Island. Sanchez is known for his teaching of techniques associated with Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed, and for demonstrating how the arts can be utilized in education across the disciplines.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., students will experience the 10-acre Brooklyn Campus with it trees, flowers, fountains and expansive lawns. It will be easy to make friends in this upbeat atmosphere where campus and community groups will perform and give demonstrations.

All 68 campus clubs, including sororities and fraternities, and five student organizations such as Seawanhaka the campus student newspaper and Sound, the yearbook, will be present and open to attracting new members. The acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Company will give a performance and Urban Glass will give a glass-blowing demonstration. Music will be furnished by WLIU-Brooklyn radio.

A voter registration drive will encourage new students to register and have a voice in their communities and country with their vote.

Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, with its 11,000 students is located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn, ten minutes from Wall Street.

Fall semester begins Tuesday, September 8. Please visit www.brooklyn.liu.edu or call Admissions at (718) 488-1011.

Posted: August 31, 2009