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Order of Ceremonies
Inauguration of President Jim Yong Kim begins at 11 a.m. on The Dartmouth Green, Hanover, New Hampshire. (The rain location is Leverone Field House.)
Prelude
- New England Brass Consort
Renaissance Dances, Tylman Susato (1500–1561)
Sheep May Safely Graze, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Contrapunctus I, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Suite for Brass Quintet, Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Something's Coming, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Processional
- Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association
P’oong m’ul nori (Farmers’ Dance)
- New England Brass Consort
Trumpet Voluntary in B-flat, Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707)
Canzone no. 2, Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1555–1612)
Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Presiding
Invocation
- Hearn Chun
Sungkyunkwan University and Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
- Honor Song
Occom Pond Singers
Introduction of Guests
Greetings
Introduction of the Student Body President
- Sylvia C. Spears
Acting Dean of the College
Message from the Student Body President
- Frances C. Vernon ’10
Independent major in globalization, health, and development from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- My Lord What a Morning
Spiritual, United States, 18th or 19th century
H.T. Burleigh (1866–1949), arr.
The Dartmouth College Glee Club
Louis G. Burkot, Director
Introduction of President Jim Yong Kim
- Michael E. Porter
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and Director, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
- Paul Farmer
Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology, Harvard Medical School
- Take Care of This House from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), music
Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986), text
Heidi J. Kim, soprano, Director of Diversity Seattle Preparatory School
Steve Swayne, piano, Associate Professor of Music
Installation of the President and Presentation of the College Charter
- Charles E. Haldeman Jr. ’70
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Welcome to Wheelock Succession and Presentation of the Wentworth Bowl
Inaugural Address
Alma Mater
- Harry R. Wellman (1881–1956), Class of 1907, music
Richard Hovey (1864–1900), Class of 1885, text
Dartmouth College Glee Club
Louis G. Burkot, Director
The audience is requested to rise and join in the singing
Benediction
- Richard R. Crocker
College Chaplain
- This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie (1912–1967)
Courtney A. Davis, mezzo soprano
Jamie T. Y. Hwang ’10, alto
Michael C. Odokara-Okigbo ’12, tenor
Kyle Lad ’09, guitarist
The audience is requested to rise and join in the singing
Recessional
- New England Brass Consort
Centone V, Samuel Scheidt (1587–1684)
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