September 4, 2024
Academic Processional
(All standing)
Led by Benjamin Lotto
College Marshal and Professor and Chair of Mathematics and Statistics
Prelude for Organ in F Major
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Gail Archer, Organ
Invocation and Land Acknowledgment
Rev. Samuel H. Speers
Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices
The Convocation Choir
Drew Minter
Senior Lecturer in Music and Acting Director of Choral Activities
The Road Home
Tune: “Prospect”, from Southern Harmony, adapted by Stephen Paulus
Lyrics: Michael Dennis Brown
Danny Allen
Lily Anninger
Olivia Barba
Emily Bearse
Helena Bekele
Miriam Bernstein
Zivah Bizer
Sophie Blankinship
Claire Blisard
Christie Burnside
Neave Byrne
Jessie Cai
Estelle Candela
Jack Celluci
Jordan Chafe
Justin DuBeau
Sarah Dworman
Eve Escobar
Jacqueline Evangelista
Grace Finke
Abbye Friedman
Noa Gafni
Zoe Giles
Finley Greene
Melody Hamilton
Vaughn Howard
Sara Iglesias
Sam Jacobs
Elliot Kloninger-Stever
Joe Lippman
Maya Lubetsky
Kate Lynch
Eva Martinez
Talia Mayo
John Miley
Nicholas Monsion
Lily Paine
Sylvia Pinheiro
Julia Pols
Maria Pozdniakova
Kyla Putterman
Nikko Ramos
Ben Ryan
Xander Schumaker
Evan Seker
Magda Sharff
Michaela Shaw
Sophia Sklar
Skylar Spiro
Issac Steinberg
Lucy Strandquist
Claire Suvari
Mattie Vandiver
Yufan Wei
Ezekiel Wise
Michelle Yitong Jing
Welcome
Elizabeth H. Bradley
President, Vassar College
Transcript of President Bradley’s welcoming remarks
Remarks
Carlos Alamo-Pastrana
Dean of the College, Vassar College
Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC)
Award Presentation
Monica Vachher ’77, AAVC President and AAVC Trustee
Stephanie Goldberg ’14, Alum Recognition Committee
David Ambroz ’02, 2024 Spirit of Vassar Award Recipient
Remarks
Emily Doucet ’25
President, Vassar Student Association
2024 Faculty Endowed Chairs Presentation
Brian Daly
Interim Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Physics
Convocation Address
“Campus: Liberal Arts and the Global in Us”
Himadeep Muppidi
Professor of Political Science on the Betty Goff Cook Cartwright Chair
Closing
Rev. Samuel H. Speers
Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices
Gaudeamus Igitur
(All standing)
Arr. Geer/Bartholomew
Drew Minter
Senior Lecturer in Music and Acting Director of Choral Activities
Recessional
(All standing)
Allegro maestoso from Sonata I.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Gail Archer, Organ