Invocation
Ronald L. Swain
Director of Transformative Missions
First United Methodist Church, Georgetown
Introduction
Stephen G. Tipps
Chair, Board of Trustees
Poem
Tom Healy
Poet;
Chair Emeritus, Fulbright Scholarship Board
Greetings
From the United Methodist Church
Laura A. Merrill ’84
District Superintendent, Capital District, United Methodist Church
From the Georgetown Community
Joshua Schroeder
Mayor, City of Georgetown;
Board of Visitors
From the Southwestern University Alumni
Miguel Zorrilla ’92
President, Southwestern University Alumni Association;
Board of Trustees
From the Southwestern University Parents
Jeanine Piskurich P ’23
Co-Chair, Southwestern University Parent Leadership Council
From the Southwestern University Student Body
Will Hebl ’23
President, Student Government Association
From the Southwestern University Staff
Serena Bettis ’25, P’23
Coordinator of Alumni Relations;
Chair-Elect, Staff Affairs Council
From the Southwestern University Faculty
Robert M. Bednar ’89
Professor of Communication Studies;
Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
From the Higher Education Community
Liliana Trevizán
Professor of Modern Languages, SUNY Potsdam
From the Higher Education Community
Words of Ann M. Ryan
Professor of English, LeMoyne College;
Read by David J. Gaines, Professor Emeritus of English
From the Southwestern University Trustees
Ricky A. Raven
P’20 Board of Trustees
Inauguration Address
Laura Skandera Trombley
President
Benediction
Ronald L. Swain
Director of Transformative Missions
First United Methodist Church, Georgetown
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