Installation Ceremony

September 14, 11:30 am

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Prelude
Nova Brass Quintet

Announcement of Guests
Jack Casey, DC, General Manager, WERS-FM

Processional
Nova Brass Quintet

Call to Order
Jeffrey Greenhawt, BS ’68, Chair, Board of Trustees

Invocation
Charles I. Wallace Jr., PhD, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Willamette University

Welcome
Jeffrey Greenhawt, BS '68

Remarks
Governor Deval L. Patrick, JD, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Introduction of Greetings
Linda Moore, PhD, Vice President, Academic Affairs

Greetings to the President

• Linda Kowalcky, PhD, Deputy Director for Institutional Sector, Boston Redevelopment Authority and Mayor’s Liaison to Higher Education
• Aaron M. Michlewitz, BA, State Representative, Third Suffolk District
• Ronald A. Crutcher, PhD, President, Wheaton College
• David G. Breen, BS ’78, President, Alumni Association
• Mohammad “Tau” Zaman, BS ’13, President, Student Government Association
• Tim Douglas, MA ’13, Communication Management Program
• Jan Roberts-Breslin, MFA, Professor, Visual and Media Arts
• Alexa Jackson, MS, Associate Vice President, Human Resources
• Maria Figueroa, MA ’96, Administrative Associate, Graduate Studies

Featured Speaker
Andrew Delbanco, PhD, Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University

Musical Interlude
Ip Piano School, Boston Students and Faculty
Mendelssohn Octet in E-Flat major

Ceremony of Induction
Presentation of the Medallion
Jeffrey Greenhawt, BS ’68
Jan Roberts-Breslin, MFA
Charles I. Wallace Jr., PhD

Inaugural Address
M. Lee Pelton, PhD, President

Reading
“The Origamist” by Daniel Tobin, PhD, Interim Dean, School of the Arts and Professor, Writing, Literature and Publishing

Benediction
Karen S. Nahary, MS, Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Advisor

Alma Mater
Musical Theatre Students
Accompanied by Scott Wheeler, MFA, Professor, Performing Arts

Recessional
Nova Brass Quintet