Convocation 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
3 p.m. Cordiner Hall
Processional
Organ – Kraig Scott, professor of music at Walla Walla University and music assistant at Whitman College
Welcome and Introductions
President George S. Bridges
“What It Means to Be a Whittie”
Tim Reed ’15, president of the Associated Students of Whitman College
Presentation of the Class of 2017
J. Antonio “Tony” Cabasco ’90, dean of admission and financial aid
Introduction of Convocation Speaker
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, provost and dean of the faculty
Convocation Address: “The Gift of the Sphinx”
Dana Burgess, Charles E. and Margery B. Anderson Endowed Professor of Humanities
Musical Interlude
“Praeludium and Allegro,” by Fritz Kreisler
Ryan Jacobsen ’15, violin
Kaitlyn McCraw ’14, piano
Opening of the Academic Year
President George S. Bridges
Recessional
Kraig Scott, organ