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