• Prelude: “A Touch of Brass” Ensemble


• *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 will rise for the processional and remain standing for the National Anthem.


• *Presentation of Colors: AFROTC Detachment 610 Color Guard


• *National Anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” sung by “Eagle Four” (Kevin Anderson, Micah Meyer, Timothy Unke, Ryan Worstall)


• “Shines for All to See” Official song of the Minnesota Sesquicentennial – by Dean Sorenson; performed by the UMC Choir directed by George French, Associate Professor of Music/Theatre, accompanied by Michelle Ramstad and Jordan McCormick
  
• Welcome: Charles H. Casey, D.V.M., Chancellor


• Greetings from the University of Minnesota Administration: Robert Jones, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration


• Address: The Honorable Patricia Simmons, M.D., Chair, University of Minnesota Board of Regents, Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Professor of Pediatrics, Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic


• Presentation of Candidates: Thomas Baldwin, Ed.D., Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic/Student Affairs


• Conferring of Degrees: The Honorable Patricia Simmons, Regent


• Introduction of Candidates: Lynnette Mullins, M.Ed., Assistant Professor, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Department


• “Allegro Spirited” by Franz Joseph Haydn performed by the UMC String Quartet (Vanessa Armstrong, Melissa Dingmann, Kaarina Visness and Joyana Wardrip)


• Congratulatory Remarks from Alumni Association: Cindy Bigger, Class of 1979, Vice President, University of Minnesota, Crookston, Alumni Association


• Speaking for the Class: Katie Jeremiason, Crookston Student Association President


• Passing the Torch: Katie Jeremiason to Marshall Johnson, Crookston Student Association President-elect


• "The Power of Hope” by Carole Stephens – UMC Choir


• *Minnesota Hymn: "Hail! Minnesota" sung by the audience (words on back page)


• Note: Please remain in your seats until the recessional has left the gymnasium.


• *Recessional: “A Touch of Brass” Ensemble

*The audience is requested to stand