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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

  • Barry P. Scherr
    Provost

Invocation

  • Hearn Chun
    Sungkyunkwan University and Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
  • Honor Song
    Occom Pond Singers

Introduction of Guests

  • Provost Scherr

Greetings

  • John H. Lynch
    Governor of New Hampshire
  • Ruth J. Simmons
    President of Brown University
  • Allan M. Brandt
    Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

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

  • James Wright
    President Emeritus

Inaugural Address

  • Jim Yong Kim
    President

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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