Investiture Ceremony
Inauguration of Dr. Jay M. Bernhardt
Prelude
New England Conservatory Quintet
Announcement of Guests
Jared Bowen, BS '98
Executive Arts Editor and Host, GBH
Processional
New England Conservatory Quintet
Welcome
Eric Alexander, BSSp '78
Chair, Board of Trustees
Interfaith Invocation
Robert Amelio, MA '81, MSW
Interim Director, Center for Spiritual Life
Land Acknowledgment
Ronee Penoi, BA
Interim Director, Office of the Arts
Poetry Reading
Porsha Olayiwowla, MFA '22
Poet Laureate, City of Boston
Official Greetings to the President
Aaron Michelwitz
Massachusetts State Representative
Government Official
Edward M. Flynn
Boston City Councilor, District 2
Government Official
Mahesh Daas, EdD
President, Boston Architectural College
ProArts Consortium Representative
Fiona Brown, BA ’25
Undergraduate Representative to the Board of Trustees
Joseph Weingrad, MFA ‘25
2023–2024 Transformational Leaders
Graduate Fellow
Graduate Student Representative
Michael Brown, JD
Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism
Grand Marshal and Faculty Representative
Matthew Finn, BS
Senior Associate Director, Academic Affairs
Staff Representative
Jan Roberts-Breslin, MFA
Interim Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs
Administration Representative
Nanci Isaacs, BS ‘79
President, Alumni Board of Directors
Alumni Representative
Helen Credle
Associate Director, Community Engagement, Elma Lewis Center
Social Justice Collaborative Representative
Musical Performance
Musical Theatre Students
“Bring Me to Light” from Violet
Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Accompanied and Arranged by Jonathan Goldberg, BA
Senior Artist-in-Residence, Department of Performing Arts
Introduction of the President
Eric Alexander, BSSp '78
Chair, Board of Trustees
Presentation of Regalia and Medallion
Douglas Holloway, BS ’76, MBA
Co-Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Kevin S. Bright, BA ’76, LHD ’11
Co-Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Robert A. Miller, MS, MA
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Ellen S. Calmas, BS
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Inaugural Address
Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH
President
Musical Performance
George Watsky, BA ’10
Kush Mody, BM
“Welcome to the Family”E
Alma Mater
Musical Theatre Students
Accompanied by Jonathan Goldberg, BA
Senior Artist-in-Residence, Department of Performing Arts
Led by Amelia Broome, MFA
Senior Artist-in-Residence II and Co-Chair,
Department of Performing Arts
Recessional
New England Conservatory Quintet
E Explicit lyrics
