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

PRESENTATION OF THE SKIDMORE COLLEGE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Joshua C. Woodfork Vice President for Strategic Planning and Institutional Diversity With gratitude, we honor the Indigenous stewards of the lands and waters now known as Saratoga Springs. This area continues to hold deep significance for Mohican, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), and Abenaki communities, from whom it was seized. Skidmore College commits to educating our campus community about Indigenous histories and legacies. We further commit to truth, transformation, and repair through partnership with local Indigenous Nations and communities, and through a collective responsibility to steward the lands and waters as a place for peace for all future generations.

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 of Mathematics Dr. Joseph Bruchac

ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONOR CODE Dylan Kostbar ’28 President of the Student Government Association

CHARGE TO THE CLASS OF 2030 President Conner

UNFURLING OF THE CLASS OF 2030 BANNER

Adrian Bautista, Dean of Students and Vice President for Senior Affairs, and Dean Ricker

ALMA MATER

Performed by: Lucia Cicerchia ’28, Dylan Dreizen ’28, Jordan Kempner ’28, Sam Sexton ’29, Nathan Vardi ’28, and Aiden Weiland ’29 Vocal Director: Sylvia F. Stoner-Hawkins ’94 Senior Artist-In-Residence - Voice

CONCLUSION AND SENDING-FORTH President Conner

GRAND MARSHAL Grace Burton Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Music Department REPRESENTATIVES FROM DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS Natalie Fuehrer Taylor, Interim Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs Aurelie Ball, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Department Chair Emmanuel Balogun, Associate Professor of Political Science Paul Benzon, Associate Professor of English, English Department Associate Chair John Brueggemann, Professor of Sociology Marta Brunner, College Librarian Silvia Carli, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department Chair Hope Casto, Professor and Chair, Education Studies Joseph Cermatori, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Periclean Honors Forum Jennifer Cholnoky, Teaching Professor of Geosciences, Geoscience Department Chair Mary Crone Odekon, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics Dan Curley, Associate Professor of Classics, Classics Department Chair Monica Das, Professor of Economics, Economics Department Chair Jennifer Delton, Professor of History, History Department Chair Mary Kate Donovan, Associate Professor of Spanish, Spanish Department Chair Mike Eckmann, Associate Professor of Computer Science Lisa Grady-Willis, Associate Teaching Professor of Intergroup Relations, Intergroup Relations Department Director, Affiliate Faculty Member in Black Studies Winston Grady-Willis, Program Director of Black Studies, Professor of Black Studies, Quadracci Chair in Social Responsibility Patricia Hilleren, Associate Professor of Biology, Biology Department Chair David Howson, Teaching Professor, Arts Administration Program Director, Arthur Zankel Executive Director Becca Johnson, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience Program Chair Nick Junkerman, Associate Professor of English, English Department Chair Brian Lawson, Assistant Professor of Dance Nwasi Menkiti, Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Sciences Chunghyun Oh, Visiting Lecturer of the Business Department Michael Orr, Professor of Art History Ryan Overbey, Robert H.N Ho Family Foundation Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies Department Chair, Professor of Asian Stuides and Religious Studies Joowon Park, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department Chair of Anthropology, Director of Asian Studies Program June Paul, Associate Professor of Social Work, Social Work Department Chair Greg Pfitzer, Professor of American Studies, American Studies Department Chair Bernard Possidente, Director of Neuroscience Program, Professor of Biology Bernardo Rios, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Program Director of Latin American Caribbean and Latinx Studies Program TH Reynolds, Associate Professor of Health and Human Physiological Sciences, Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department Associate Chair Rachel Roe-Dale, Director of First Year Experience, Professor of Mathematics Dennis Schebetta, Incoming Theater Department Chair Sanchit Srivastava, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics Sarah Sweeney, Professor, The Ella Van Dyke Tuthill ’32 Chair of Studio Art, Associate Chair of Art Department Adam Tinkle, Associate Professor of MDOCS, Director of MDOCS Ben York, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics