Awkwardness

Tomorrow, my university celebrates its yearly dies academicus (a traditional academic feast day). Students are given a 'day off' in order to attend, and university employees can attend dies academicus during their working hours if current projects allow that. The program caters for different tastes, there's a concert, speeches, the works.
The first item on the schedule, though, is a "non-denominational" (=Christian) devotional. When you design an event, the first element and the last element are emphasized. Starting a celebration with a religious service of sorts is a statement. It feels different than just having a religious item on the programme as one option between many. And when your university's student body represents the multi-cultural and multi-religious Ruhr region, choosing a Christian devotional is not a 'neutral' choice. There is, of course, no event during the dies academicus that caters specifically to Muslims, or to members of any other religious or areligious groups.
This is not exactly scandalous, after all, there's a long tradition of including religious rituals in formal academic events (from first day of elementary school to graduation celebrations), but to me, this feels awkward nonetheless.