The Baruch community welcomes and formally inducts the freshman class of 2005 to matriculated status.

The event is introduced by David Dannenbring, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Kathleen Waldron, Baruch College President; Anna Wong, poet and Baruch student; and Keston Barrow, President of Undergraduate Student Government.

Professor Bill Lutz of Rutgers University, and author of Doublespeak Defined presents the convocation address.

Ben Corpus, Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students formally inducts the students into matriculated status.

Teresa Parker, soprano, sings and instructs the students how to sing Baruch's Alma Mater.