Commencement: Lysaker Gymnasuim
Order of Events
Prelude: “A Touch of Brass” Quintet
* Processional: “Pomp and Circumstance” by Edward Elgar
At two p.m. , the processional will enter Lysaker Gymnasium led by the Mace-Bearer, William Peterson. The procession includes Faculty Marshal, Wendell Johnson, the faculty, candidates for degrees, and platform guests. The audience should rise for the processional and remain standing through the singing of the National Anthem.
*Presentation of Colors: AFROTC Detachment 610 Color Guard
*National Anthem: The Star Spangled Banner
"I Leave With a Song” by Cristi Cary Miller – UMC Chamber Singers directed by Joe Linder
Welcome: Charles Casey, Chancellor
Greetings from University Regents: The Honorable Clyde Allen, Jr., Regent
Address: Cindy Bigger, Associate Professor, Regional Extension Educator, Leadership and Civic Engagement
Presentation of Candidates: William Peterson, Professor, Department Head, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department
Conferring of Degrees: Charles Casey, Chancellor; the Honorable Clyde Allen, Jr., Regent
Congratulatory Remarks from Alumni Association: Korey Hegreberg, Class of 1998, President, University of Minnesota , Crookston, Alumni Association
Speaking for the Class: Deann Roers, Crookston Student Association President
Passing the Torch: Deann Roers to Richard Stangle (Crookston Student Association President-elect)
"A New Beginning” by Audrey Snyder – UMC Chamber Singers and Vanessa Armstrong, Cellist
* Minnesota Hymn: "Hail! Minnesota " sung by the audience (words on back page)
*Recessional: “ Largo ” by G.F. Handel – George French, pianist, Associate Professor of Music/Theatre
*The audience is requested to stand.
Please remain in your seats until after the recessional.
