The Order of Exercises 2011 Summer Commencement Ceremony
3:00 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2011, Chester Fritz Auditorium
President Robert O. Kelley, Presiding Alma Mater Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Hail to thee with heart and tongue! Pride we feel and love yet greater While we raise our grateful song. Home of lofty thought and learning, Beacon o’er our western land, Shrine whence still the ever- burning Torch is passed from hand to hand.
Prelude Music.......................................................... Brent Hermans Processional........................................... “Pomp and Circumstance”
Brent Hermans
Please stand during the Processional.
“America the Beautiful”......................................................... Mary Salveson Greetings.......................................................................................... President Kelley Presentation of Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
President Robert O. Kelley
Conferring of Honorary Degree
Kenneth L. Mellem, Doctor of Letters Family escorted and presented by Dean Dennis Elbert
Commencement Address...............................Rebecca Weaver-Hightower Conferring of Academic Degrees. ................................ President Robert O. Kelley Mark Brickson, Proctor
(Order of degrees begins on Page 4)
Alumni Greetings........................................................ Laura Block UND Alumni Association and Foundation
“Alma Mater”............................................The Assemblage
Mary Salveson, Song Leader
Recessional...............................................................Brent Hermans
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