President Fitts opens the 2021-22 academic year with Convocation address

Rusty Costanza rcostanza@tulane.edu
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Tulane University welcomed almost 2,000 first-year students on Aug. 19 at the 2021 President’s Convocation for New Students, the first official event for the Class of 2025. The Convocation was held at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Second-line umbrellas await first-year students.
Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
Gonfalon carriers enter Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse.
Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
The Original Liberty Brass Band enters Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse playing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee."
Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
The Original Liberty Brass Band parades past students. This year's Convocation address was delivered completely in person to the crowd of about 2,000 first-year students.
President Mike Fitts at Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
President Mike Fitts gives a fist bump to a new student.
President Mike Fitts at Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
In front of the platform party of deans and university administrators, President Fitts welcomes the students at their first official event of the academic year.
Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
The energy was high in Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse as first-year students prepared to start their academic journey at Tulane.
Tulane Convocation 2021 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
New students received Tulane T-shirts with the university motto to celebrate their new status as Tulanians.

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