College Opens Academic Year with Convocation
September 13, 2007
The Emmanuel College community convened in the Jean Yawkey Center gymnasium on September 13th to celebrate the start of the College's 89th academic year with its annual Academic Convocation.
College President Sister Janet Eisner, SND, along with Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Frank Scully, Jr., welcomed students, faculty and staff to the event, an important tradition that dates back to the earliest years of the College. Members of each undergraduate class were present, as well as students from the Graduate and Professional Programs and the College's local area sister schools, Mission Grammar, Beacon Academy and Fenway High School.
Derrick Bell, one of the most highly respected constitutional law professors in America and author of Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth, which was required summer reading for all first-year students, provided this year's Convocation address.