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Banners representing CSU's major academic units, called gonfalons, added to the pageantry of the processional through downtown Columbus before faculty and freshmen entered RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. CSU graphic artist Jennifer Haney designed the gonfalons, and Continuing Education Director Susan Wirt oversaw their making.

Thousands attend convocation; faculty, freshmen enjoy sunny skies

Thousands joined Columbus State University for its 50th Anniversary Convocation Sept. 25, 2008 at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in downtown Columbus, where streets were blocked for a brief processional featuring entering freshman and CSU faculty. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin delivered CSU's annual Hunter Lecture, focusing on "Leadership Lessons from Lincoln." President Timothy S. Mescon presided over the last of four signature events celebrating CSU's founding in 1958 and recognized the contributions of his predecessor, Frank D. Brown, who was granted president emeritus status. More convocation-related photos >>