ITHACA, NY — Ithaca College will officially welcome some 1,570 incoming first-year students to campus on Monday, Aug. 27, with the annual Convocation ceremony and community picnic. Convocation is slated to begin at 11 a.m. in Ben Light Gymnasium.

A long-standing custom, the event introduces new students to the Ithaca College learning community and helps to set an academic context...