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Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

First-year students at Tulane University receive a proper New Orleans welcome as Michael White"s Original Liberty Jazz Band parades down the center aisle of McAlister Auditorium during the President"s Convocation on Saturday (Aug. 23).

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

A procession of colorful Tulane gonfalons bearing the university shield makes its way through the audience of green-shirted Tulane students.

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

The Tulane University Marching Band plays the Green Wave fight song.

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

Tulane University President Mike Fitts addresses the class of 2018.

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

The Green Envy a cappella group serenades the audience during the ceremony.

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

Students touch the Tulane Victory Bell for luck as they stream out of their first official event as Tulane students.

Convocation ceremony welcomes first-year students with Crescent City style.

Parents of first-year students line up to get photos of their children leaving McAlister Auditorium following the President"s Convocation.