The Inauguration of
President Selma Botman

  • Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Order of Exercises

Processional

Steven Lemieux

Bagpipes

Welcome, Introductions, and Acknowledgements

Dr. Kate Forhan

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Greetings

Dr. Leila Fawaz

Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies

Director of Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University

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Dr. Daphne Layton

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Harvard University Graduate School of Education

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Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis

President, Naugatuck Valley Community College

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Lyndel J. Wishcamper

Chair, University of Maine System Board of Trustees

Dr. Thomas Parchman

Chair, USM Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, USM School of Music

Maggie Guzman

President Elect, USM Student Body

David Nutty

Director, USM Libraries

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Musical Interlude

Adagio for Clarinet and String Quartet

Heinrich Baermann (1784-1847)

Inaugural Poem

Dr. Annie Finch

Director of Stonecoast MFA

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Installation of President Selma Botman

Dr. Richard Pattenaude

Chancellor, University of Maine System

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Inaugural Address

Dr. Selma Botman

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Recessional

Steven Lemieux

Reception immediately following the ceremony.

Faculty Marshals: Professor Irwin Novak, Associate Professor John Zaner, Associate Professor Susan Sepples, Associate Professor Blake Whitaker, and Associate Professor Josephine Laplante.

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