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Convocation 2015

Friday, August 28, 2015
3:30 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 Kathleen M. Murray

"Reshaping Camelot"
Jack Percival '16, President of the Associated Students of Whitman College

Presentation of the Class of 2019
J. Antonio "Tony" Cabasco '90, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

Introduction of Convocation Speaker
Patrick Spencer, Interim Provost and Dean of Faculty

Convocation Address: "On Knowing the Good"
Scott Elliott, Associate Professor of English

Musical Interlude
Simchas Torah (Rejoicing) by Ernest Bloch
Anna Burgess ‘17, violin
Jackie Wood, Senior Lecturer of Music, piano

Opening of the Academic Year
President Kathleen M. Murray

Recessional
Kraig Scott, organ

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