Friday, August 28, 2009
10:00 a.m. Cordiner Hall

Prelude and Processional
        Lee D. Thompson, Professor of Music, organ

Welcome and Introductions
        George S. Bridges, President

"Practice Makes Perfect:  The Everyday Application of Theory"
        Nadim N. Damluji ’10, President of the Associated Students of Whitman College

Presentation of the Class of 2013
        J. Antonio “Tony” Cabasco ’90, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

Musical Interlude
        Allegro                                                          Ludwig van Beethoven
           Sonata #12 in A flat, Op. 26      
                                          Laura Deering '10, piano

Introduction of the Convocation Speaker
       Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, Provost and Dean of the Faculty

Convocation Address:  "Transforming Traditions"
       Elizabeth Vandiver, Clement Biddle Penrose Associate Professor of Latin and Classics

Musical Interlude
         All Beauty Calls You to Me                                 John Duke
                                                   Jacqueline Kamm '10, soprano
                                         Lee D. Thompson, piano    

Opening of the Academic Year
        George S. Bridges, President

Recessional
        Lee D. Thompson, Professor of Music, organ