Youth Suicide Statistics. 1  Suicide is the SECOND leading cause of death for ages 10-24. 2  Suicide is the SECOND leading cause of death for college-age youth and ages 12-18.  More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.
Convocation Ceremonies. Convocation ceremonies are typically sponsored by a college, school, or department. At most convocations, undergraduate and graduate students are individually recognized, which is not possible at the larger campuswide Commencement ceremony.
noun, plural ceremonies. 1. the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony. 2. a formal religious or sacred observance; a solemn rite: a marriage ceremony. 3. formal observances or gestures collectively; ceremonial observances: The breathless messenger had no time for ceremony.