Affinity Ceremony Programs
Baccalaureate Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 2024
12:15pm
The Chapel
Processional
Led by Kariamu Drummers
Welcome
Mariam Eshetu
Invocation
Reverend Samuel Speers, Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices
Welcome Remarks
Elizabeth Bradley, President
Transcript
Greetings
Carlos Alamo, Dean of the College
Introduction of Faculty Speaker
Priya Muldowney ’24
Faculty Remarks
Ashanti Shih, Assistant Professor of History
Tribute to Families
Sofia Nevarez ’24
Introduction of Guest Speaker
Evelyn Silva ’24
Baccalaureate Address
Monica Macer ’93
Presentation of JTASK Award
Anabel Varghese ’24
Recipient: Anna Belle Gadsen-Jones, Director of Residential Operations Center
Tribute to Seniors
African Violets
Closing Remarks
Kiran Rudra ’24
Recessional
Led by Kariamu Drummer
Latiné Sarape Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 2024
1:45–2:45 p.m.
Villard Room, College Center
Welcome
Bienvenida
Eréndira Rueda, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American & Latinx Studies
Faculty Greeting to Seniors
Saludo de la facultad a los graduados
Montserrat Madariaga-Caro, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Keynote Speaker
Orador principal
Henry Molina ’19
Student Leader Remarks
Oradoras de la clase de graduación
Sofia Nevarez ’24
Emily Rivas ’24
Sarape Ceremony
Ceremonia de Estola
Eréndira Rueda, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American & Latinx Studies
Jaime L. Del Razo, Assistant Professor of Education
Henry Molina ’19
Presentation of Class of 2024 and Group Photo
Foto del grupo
Eréndira Rueda, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American & Latinx Studies
African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) Kente Cloth Ceremony
Saturday, May 19, 2024
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Chapel
Order of Ceremony
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Everyone
Led by Roslyn Pedlar-Onderdonk ’84
Opening Remarks and Congratulations
Nicole Savage ’08, AAAVC Co-Chair
Faculty Remarks
Kimberly Williams Brown, Assistant Professor of Education
Bestowal of Kente Cloths to the Class of 2024
AAAVC members and speakers
Welcome to the AAAVC
Eric Wilson ’76, AAAVC Co-Chair Emeritus
Welcome to the AAVC
Tyrone Forman ’92, AAVC Vice President and AAVC Trustee
Graduates’ Remarks
Opportunity for Graduates to Share Expressions
Group Photo
Asian, Asian-American, Pacific Islander Stole Ceremony
Saturday, May 18, 2024
4:15–5:15 p.m.
Villard Room, College Center
Welcome
Peipei Qiu, Professor of Chinese & Japanese on the L.B. Dale and A. Lichtenstein Chair
Faculty Greeting to Seniors
Professor Hiromi Dollase, Associate Professor of Chinese and Japanese
Keynote Speaker
Jane Lu ’17
Student Leader Remarks
Diya Chitrabhanu ’24, South Asian Students Alliance (SASA)
Samantha Chin ’24, Southeast Asian Students Alliance (SEASA)
Yidan Xu ’24, Chinese Students Community (CSC)
Bestowal of the Stoles
Peipei Qiu, Professor of Chinese & Japanese on the L.B. Dale and A. Lichtenstein Chair
Professor Hiromi Dollase, Associate Professor of Chinese and Japanese
Jane Lu ’17
Presentation of Class of 2024 and Group Photo
Peipei Qiu, Professor of Chinese & Japanese on the L.B. Dale and A. Lichtenstein Chair
First-generation, Low Income (FLI) Program Cord Ceremony
Friday, May 17, 2024
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Villard Room, College Center
Welcome
Michelle Quock, Director of FLI Program
Remarks
Wendy Maragh Taylor, Associate Dean of the College for Student Growth and Engagement
Message to Seniors
Michael Woods ’17
Bestowal of Cords
Group Photo
Native American and Indigenous Stole Ceremony
Friday, May 17, 2024
4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Rose Parlor, Main Building
Welcome
Wendy Maragh Taylor, Associate Dean of the College for Student Growth and Engagement
Remarks
Brian Daly, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Academic Resources and Professor of Physics
Faculty Greeting to Seniors
Rebecca Pollet, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bestowal of the Stoles
Rebecca Pollet, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Brian Daly, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Academic Resources and Professor of Physics
Rick Jones, Earth Science Laboratory Coordinator
Group Photo