September 3, 2025
Academic Processional
(All standing)
Led by Jennifer Kennell
College Marshal and Professor of Biology
Fanfare
Bohdan Kotyuk (b. 1951)
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 and Director of Choral Activities on the George Sherman Dickinson Chair
Let the River Run
Carly Simon (b. 1943), arranged by Craig Hella Johnson
Welcome
Elizabeth H. Bradley
President, Vassar College
Remarks
Carlos Alamo-Pastrana
Dean of the College, Vassar College
Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC)
Award Presentation Eddie Gamarra ’94, Alum Recognition Committee Chair
Stephanie Goldberg ’14, Alum Recognition Committee Vice Chair
Elise Shea ’19, 2025 Young Alum Achievement Award Recipient
Remarks
Mariya Novosad ’26
President, Vassar Student Association
2025 Faculty Endowed Chairs Presentation
Demetrius L. Eudell
Dean of the Faculty, Vassar College
Brian Daly
Professor of Physics
Alexander and Ethel Klemin Chair in Physics
Deon Knights
Assistant Professor of Earth Science and Environmental Studies
Mary Clark Rockefeller Junior Chair
Molly McGlennen
Professor of English
Alexander and Ethel Klemin Chair in English
Thomas Parker
Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Chair
Zachary Donhauser
Professor of Chemistry
Mary Landon Sague Chair
Convocation Address
“Dislocation: College, Corals, and Collaboration”
Jodi Schwarz
Professor of Biology
Closing
Rev. Callista Isabelle
Associate Dean of the College for Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices
Gaudeamus Igitur
(All standing)
Arranged by Geer/Bartholomew
Christine Howlett
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities on the George Sherman Dickinson Chair
Recessional
(All standing)
Toccata
Sergei Slonimsky (1923–2020)
Gail Archer, Organ