The year's convocation theme, The Changing Planet: Our Role in Nature's Economy, is a theme that hopes to define the connections between people and the environment, and how we can work with nature in mind to build a cleaner, more productive future.

About the Theme Year

The year's convocation theme, The Changing Planet: Our Role in Nature's Economy, is a theme that hopes to define the connections between people and the environment, and identify ways that business, science, government, and non-government organizations can work with nature in mind to build a cleaner, more productive future. Who will define environmental health? Where are the facts to help us decide the real costs and benefits of our choices for energy, industry, and agriculture? How is the study of the global environment related to other academic disciplines? These are some of the big questions to be addressed during the theme year.