A "convocation address" refers to a speech or talk given at a graduation ceremony or a formal gathering of students and faculty at a university or college. Full definition
I offer you this link as tribute to Marshal McLuhan — the 1971 convocation address when the University of Alberta awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Laws. (slaw.ca)
In my SBL presidential address and in my convocation address when beginning my tenure at Harvard Divinity School, I argued that theological disciplines and institutions must explicitly reflect on their rhetorical, public, sociopolitical functions. (religion-online.org)
His article is based on his convocation address in 1996 inaugurating a new academic year in which YDS, under the leadership of its new dean, Richard Wood, set out to develop new curriculum and programs recommended by a review committee, which was chaired by Kelsey. (religion-online.org)