Convocation
Welcome:
Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
Convocation Address:
John H. Long, Jr.
Professor of Biology and Cognitive Science
"Chasing Our Tale: Remembrance of (Evolutionary) Things Past"
September 12, 2012
3:30pm
The Chapel
April 28, 2012
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Address
- “The Accidental Professor”
Stephen R. Rock, Professor of Political Science
September 7, 2011
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Address
- “The Character of American Sunlight”
Rebecca Edwards, Eloise Ellery Professor of History
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April 27, 2011
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Address
- “Becoming Prairie”
Jonathan Chenette, Professor of Music and Dean of the Faculty
September 1, 2010
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks
- Mat Leonard, ’11, president, V.S.A.
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- Address
- “Statuesque”
Eve D'Ambra, Professor of Art
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April 28, 2010
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks and Presentation of the 2010 Banner to the President of the Senior Class
- Lee Zalben ’95
Selina Isobel Strasburger, president, Class of 2010
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- Remarks and Passing of the Gavel
- Read text of Caitlin Ly's remarks
Mat Leonard, president-elect, V.S.A.
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- Convocation Address
- “Notes from Neverland”
Kenneth R. Livingston
Professor of Psychology
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September 2, 2009
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks
- Caitlin Ashton Ly, ’10, president, V.S.A.
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- Address
- “The Local”
Jeffrey R. Walker, Professor of Earth Science
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April 29, 2009
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks and Presentation of the 2009 Banner to the President of the Senior Class
- Bronwen Pardes ’95
Luis Gabriel Hoyos, president, Class of 2009
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- Remarks
- James A. Kelly, President, V.S.A.
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- “Far From Algeria”
Elisabeth Cardonne-Arlyck, Pittsburgh Endowment Professor of French
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September 5, 2008
- Welcome
- Catharine Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks
- James A. Kelly ’09, president, V.S.A.
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- Address
- Robert K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations
“Sea Change”
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April 30, 2008
- Welcome
- Catharine Bond Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks
- Sam Charner ’08, president, V.S.A.
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- Convocation Address
- “Sitting on a Bench”
Ronald A. Sharp, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English
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September 5, 2007
- Welcome
- Catharine Bond Hill, president, Vassar College
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- Remarks
- Sam Charner, ’08, president, V.S.A.
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- Convocation Address
- “Serendipity and Circumstance in the Shaping of a Career”
Lucy Lewis Johnson, Professor of Anthropology
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