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Convocation 2011

Convocation in Cordiner Hall

Friday, August 26, 2011
3 p.m. Cordiner Hall

Processional — the audience is requested to stand for the Processional
Kraig Scott, Professor of Music, Walla Walla University; Music Assistant, Whitman College, organ

Welcome and Introductions
George S. Bridges, President

“Whitman-bound” 
Matt Dittrich ’12, President of the Associated Students of Whitman College

Presentation of the Class of 2015 
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: “To Be of Use in a Warming World”
Philip D. Brick, Miles C. Moore Professor of Political Science

Musical Interlude 
Danse Espagnole, Manuel de Falla
Joshua Melander ’14, violin
Melissa Loehnig, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, piano

Opening of the Academic Year
George S. Bridges, President

Recessional — the audience is requested to stand for the Recessional
Kraig Scott, organ

 

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