August 30, 2023
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
Christine Howlett
Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities
Afternoon on a Hill
Music by Eric Barnum (b. 1970)
Poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), Class of 1917
James Fitzwilliam, piano
Daniel Allan
Olivia Barba
Emily Bearse
Helena D. Bekele
Vivian Belkin
Cora Blackwell
Sophia Blankinship
Olivia Bragitikos
Madeleine Brigman
Molly Cate Brown
Christie Burnside
Zachary Cahn
Sadie Carey Keesbury
Grace Cazzaniga
Jordan Chafe
Julianne Cuevo
Maria Cusick
Emily Doucet
Avery Duer
Iona Duncan
Milla Durfee
Sarah Dworman
Rafi Ettinger-Finley
Jacqueline Evangelista
Grace Finke
Avi Fischer-Brown
James Fitzwilliam
Allie Flanders
Abbye Friedman
Noa Gafni
Zoe Giles
Isabel Granger
Finley Greene
Sadie Hammarhead
Eric Hepp
Kyra Hoffman
Oliver Hollmann
Christine Howlett
Coleman Hunter
Sara Iglesias
Samuel Jacobs
Philippa Kennedy
Elliot Kloninger-Stever
Madison Liesching
Joseph Lippman
Anna Little
Rey Lopez-Jensen
Ada Lovelace
Maya Lubetsky
Finntan Mangalam
Karina Mangru
Eva Martinez
Charlotte Mathews
Talia Mayo
Shannon McCord
Claire McHarg
Drew Minter
Nicholas Monsion
Lanie Mussina
Alea Myers
Eduardo Navega
Elizabeth Stockton Perkins
Harrison Phipps
Julia Pols
Beatrix Postley
Katherine Powell
Kyla Putterman
Alexandra Rabiner-Pennette
Marlee Reinmuth
Braden Reynolds
Ben Ryan
Margaret Ryan-Byrne
Neave Rynne
Alassa Seedansingh
Magdalena Sharff
Michaela Shaw
Alexander Shumaker
Isaac Steinberg
Claire Suvari
Zoe Thompson
Rebecca Torres
Mattie Vandiver
Mae Walker
Jenna Wall
Shuyang Wei
Tatiana Wifall
Yidan Xu
Tianchen Sheldon Zhou
Ziqing Zhuang
James Zuckerman
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
Brian Farkas ’10, AAVC Vice President and AAVC Trustee
Stephanie Goldberg ’14, Alumnae/i Recognition Committee
Priya Nair ’15, 2023 Young Alumnae/i Achievement Award Recipient
Remarks
Olivia Gross ’24
President, Vassar Student Association
2023 Faculty Endowed Chairs Presentation
Elizabeth H. Bradley
President, Vassar College
Transcript of the Faculty Endowed Chairs Presentation
Convocation Address
Campus: Space and Place
Yvonne Elet
Professor of Art History
Closing
Rev. Samuel H. Speers
Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices
Gaudeamus Igitur
(All standing)
Arr. Geer/Bartholomew
Christine Howlett
Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities
Recessional
(All standing)
Allegro maestoso from Sonata I.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Gail Archer, Organ
