Inaugural Ceremony

Prelude/Processional: Brass Quintet: “Gloria”
from Lord Nelson Mass, arr. Walter Barnes
Opening: George Moose ’66
Welcome: Keith A. Jantzen ’80
Reading: Iris Mackenzie: “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver (2004)
From the Students: Eva Hill ’22
From the Faculty: Vida Praitis
From the Alumni: Lester Alemán ’07
From the Staff: Sarah Smith
From the Community: Julie Gosselink
Reading: Roman Mackenzie: Two Old English Riddles, Exeter Book
author unknown (late 10th century),
trans. Craig Williamson in A Feast of Creatures (2011)
Choral Selection: �鶹��ý Singers: “Hold Fast to Dreams”
Written by Langston Hughes; Music by Joel Thompson
Conductor: John Rommereim; Pianist: Marlys Grimm
Reading: Oliver Mackenzie: Excerpts from Gaston Bachelard; Poetics of Space (1964), trans. Maria Jolas from La poétique de l’espace (1958)
Investiture of the President: Michael Kahn ’74
The President’s Response: Anne F. Harris
The Inaugural Address: Anne F. Harris: “The Future of a Shared Past”
Closing: Trish Fitzgibbons Anderson ’80
Recessional: Brass Quintet: “Humanitas et Veritas”; composed by John Rommereim