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The campus community is invited to attend the 62nd annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 18, at 3:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. The ceremony will recognize students for their outstanding academic achievement. One of the oldest traditions at Buffalo State, Honors Convocation is held each spring to celebrate students who have achieved academic excellence. All invited students have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have accumulated a minimum of 60 earned credit hours at Buffalo State (30 Buffalo State earned credit hours for transfer students). As a token of the college’s recognition, each honored student is presented with a Buffalo State Honors Convocation pin and certificate, and a reception with light refreshments will immediately follow the ceremony.

The event is sponsored by the Academic Affairs Office. The 3:00 p.m. start time is new this year to better accommodate student work and family schedules. Also new this year is the addition of top student department awards at the ceremony. Students receiving the top award in their academic departments will be invited to participate in Honors Convocation and will receive notification from their department or dean’s office.

Honors students will receive a letter of invitation from Academic Affairs that includes instructions and a link to invite one faculty or staff member to attend as their honored guest and to sit with them. Please be aware that the student invitations this year will be electronic and no longer in paper format. Faculty and staff who receive an electronic invitation from students will be able to respond and RSVP electronically to their students.

There will be no general academic procession of faculty and staff, though any faculty or staff members who attend either as a student’s honored guest or on their own to support the honored students are welcome to wear academic garb.

The bookstore will take orders for regalia rentals until Tuesday, March 12, for Honors Convocation. If you wish to use rented regalia for both Honors Convocation and Commencement, you will be able to keep it until May 20. Otherwise, rented regalia for Honors Convocation is due Monday, April 22. Information with pricing is posted on the Academic Affairs website under Faculty/Staff Regalia. A limited number and variety of gowns are available for loan through the Academic Affairs Office, and a regalia loan request form is also provided on the website. Please provide your own hood and cap, either rented or owned, if possible.

Please contact Carolyn Martino, assistant to the provost, with any Honors Convocation questions. Thank you for supporting our honors students and attending the ceremony.