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PROGRAM CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME Marc C. Conner President of the College

REMARKS Jessica Ricker Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Rachel Roe-Dale Director of the First-Year Experience and Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Linda Jackson-Chalmers ’73 Former Member, Board of Trustees

ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONOR CODE Samantha Majiedt ’27 President of the Student Government Association

CHARGE TO THE CLASS OF 2029 Marc C. Conner President

UNFURLING OF THE CLASS OF 2029 BANNER Adrian Bautista Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs and Jessica Ricker

ALMA MATER Performed by: Brianna Nelson ’26, Abigail Scifres ’26, Naomi Wagner’26, Celine Xu ’26 Vocal director: Sylvia F. Stoner-Hawkins ’94 Senior Artist-In-Residence - Voice

CONCLUSION AND SENDING FORTH President Conner

GRAND MARSHAL Catherine Golden, Professor of English and Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters, 2017-2022

REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS Natalie Fuehrer Taylor, Interim Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Benzon, Associate Professor of English; Director of the Media and Film Studies Program Ian Berry, Dayton Director and Professor of Liberal Arts; Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum Joerg Bibow, Professor and Chair of Economics Marta Brunner, College Librarian Grace Burton, Chair of Music Department Hope Casto, Associate Professor for Education Studies Joseph Cermatori, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Periclean Honors Forum Dan Curley, Professor and Chair of Classics Mary Kate Donovan, Associate Professor of Spanish, Chair of World Languages & Literatures Elizabeth Dubben, Assistant Teaching Professor; Director of Arts Entrepreneurship and Associate Director of Arts Administration Anne Ernst, Associate Chair of Environmental Studies and Sciences Coordinator and Lecturer Eunice Ferreira, Associate Professor of Directing, History & Theory Amy Frappier, Department Chair; Associate Professor—Paleoclimatology Corey Freeman Gallant, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Biology Lisa Grady-Willis, Teaching Professor, and Director Intergroup Relations Program Winston Grady-Willis, Professor and Director of Black Studies Mimi Hellman, Professor and Department Chair of Art History Patricia Hilleren, Associate Professor and Chair of Biology Matthew Hockenos, Professor, History Ryan Homsey, Director of Academic Advising Becca Johnson, Professor and Chair of Psychology Brian Lawson, Assistant Professor, Dance Jenni Mueller, Associate Professor of Sociology; Intergroup Relations Program (IGR) Faculty Affiliate Kendrah Murphy, Associate Professor, Physics Peter Murray, Teaching Professor of Philosophy Dan Nathan, Professor of American Studies; The Douglas Family Chair in American Culture, History, and Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies Juan Navea, Professor of Chemistry Ryan Overbey, Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies Religious Studies & Asian Studies Tammy Owens, Assistant Professor, American Studies Joowon Park, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology; Director of the Asian Studies Program Robert ParkeHarrison, Professor and Chair Studio Art June Paul, Associate Professor and Chair of Social Work Bernard Possidente, Program Director of Neuroscience; Professor of Biology Aarathi Prasad, Associate Professor of Computer Science Bernardo Ramirez Rios, Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program (LACLAS) TH Reynolds, Chair and Professor of Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department Rachel Roe-Dale, Director of First Year Experience, Professor of Mathematics Christopher Seaton, Professor of Mathematics Mahesh Shankar, Associate Professor and Director International Affairs Program Adam Tinkle, Associate Professor and Director of MDOCS Smriti Tiwari, Associate Professor; Director of Quantitative Reasoning Bob Turner, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science Tim Wientzen, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English Xiaoshuai (Sharon) Yang, Assistant Professor Management and Business