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Participants will learn about U of M traditions and get advice on how to be successful students. Alumni and current students will offer their strategies on how freshmen can achieve their ultimate goal – graduation. Speakers will include President Shirley Raines, Provost Ralph Faudree, Vice President for Student Affairs Rosie Phillips Bingham, and Tiger basketball head coach Josh Pastner. Entertainment will be provided by the U of M Pep Band, cheerleaders, and Pouncer, the Tiger mascot.

A Registered Student Organization (RSO) Fair, complete with refreshments, will follow Freshman Convocation. More than 140 clubs at the University represent and support athletics, the arts, community service, cultural awareness, religious and political activism, the college Greek community, and academic scholarship.