Convocation

September 2, 2026

Academic Processional

(All standing)
Led by Jennifer Kennell
College Marshal and Professor of Biology

Prelude for Organ in F Major
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Gail Archer, Organ

Invocation and Land Acknowledgment

Rev. Callista Isabelle
Associate Dean of the College for Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices

The Convocation Choir

Christine Howlett
Professor of Music on the George Sherman Dickinson Chair and Director of Choral Activities

Swifter Than Flame
Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1980), text by Carl John Bostelmann

Emma Bailey ’30
Helene Bekele ’27
Claire Blisard ’28
Brooke Bogardus ’29
Beatrix Bornholdt-Collins ’30
Aaron Boyd ’30
Maya Brewster ’30
Bryony Burns ’29
Debra Bucher
Estelle Candela ’28
Cyrus Carlson ’30
Anessa Cardoni ’30
Caitrin Cassidy ’30
Jack Cellucci ’28
Kaveen Chainani ’30
Solé Cook ’30
Maribel Creek ’30
Lucy Crompton ’30
Xuanyu Dai ’29
Malaika Dechet-Wetzel ’29
Sophia Dolloff ’30
Ludy Jingfei Dou ’28
Sarah Dworman ’27
James Edwards ’30
Julia Elliott ’30
Chloe Finlayson ’30
Grace Finke ’27
William Flaherty ’30
Lorelei FrazziniKendrick ’30
Sylvia Glazier ’29
Olivia Goldman ’29
Paige Graves ’30
Elijah Hager-Buchan ’30
Gillian Hart ’29
Eric Hepp
Maude Hovey-Bradshaw ’30

Etta Hughes ’29
Claire Hurley ’30
Samuel Jacobs ’27
Madisen Karr ’29
Kerala Kim ’29
Marni Kramer ’30
Sadie Kreps ’30
Kellan Leonard ’30
Mahlah Li ’30
Adeline Mangalam ’30
Onyx Marple ’30
Charlotte Mathews ’27
Evelin Maximo ’30
Brendan McDonnell ’29
Arin Miller ’30
Rachel Miller ’29
Jasmine Park ’30
Jo Pearlstein ’30
Barbara Pohlen ’29
Yeshe Rai ’30
Samantha Reilly ’30
Gabriela Restrepo ’29
Mikaela Russano ’30
Matilda Sherman ’30
Ella Sjosten ’30
Steve Taylor
Kaelin Walsh ’29
Christian Watland ’30
Eva Weiner ’29
Gabrielle West ’30
Madeline Williams ’30
Benjamin Wolfson ’28
Chloe Wong ’30
Yutong Wu ’30
Sofia Ybarra ’30
Sawyer Young ’30
Rongduan Yu ’29

Welcome

Elizabeth H. Bradley
President, Vassar

Remarks

Carlos Alamo-Pastrana
Dean of the College, Vassar

Nicole Gao ’27
Vice-President, Vassar Student Association

2026 Faculty Endowed Chairs Presentation

Demetrius L. Eudell
Dean of the Faculty, Vassar

Lydia Murdoch
Professor of History
Lucy Maynard Chair

Nancy Bisaha
Professor of History
Eloise Ellery Chair

Yu Zhou
Professor of Geography
Ruth Gordon Hinerfeld Chair

Christopher Raymond
Professor of Philosophy
Matthew Vassar Jr. Chair of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature

Convocation Address

“Archives Lost and Found: Exploring the Self in History”
Mita Choudhury
Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair, Vassar

Closing

Rev. Callista Isabelle
Associate Dean of the College for Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices

Gaudeamus Igitur

(All standing)
Arr. Geer/Bartholomew