{"id":45572,"date":"2025-03-21T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/president\/?page_id=45572"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:03:18","slug":"ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/president\/inauguration\/sarah-mangelsdorf\/ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"parent":45482,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Inauguration Ceremony","subtitle":"On October 4, the University celebrated the inauguration of Sarah C. Mangelsdorf as Rochester\u2019s 11th president. 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I am deeply honored by your presence and inspired by the words and music we have heard today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"text-align: left;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBefore I begin, I would also like to acknowledge two people who are not here today, but who would have loved to have been: my parents, who instilled in me the values of the academy and who encouraged and nurtured my sense of intellectual curiosity. My father was the Marshal of the commencement ceremonies at Swarthmore College for many years. He loved the pomp and circumstance of academic ceremonies and thus he would have loved this ceremony. Both my parents would also have loved the beauty of this historic theater and the wonderful music we have heard today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"text-align: left;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cGiven that this is a presidential inauguration, I thought I might take the time allotted to me to reflect with you on the role of the university president, and, more importantly, the role of the university today and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"button ghost-button--blue\" tabindex=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/an-inaugural-celebration-399762\/\">Read the full remarks<\/a><\/p>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"}],"sidebar":"show__sidebar","sidebar_feed":"menu_select","menu":"462","page_links":null,"sub_menu":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2 class=\"large utopia-font\">Ceremony: Speakers and performances<\/h2>","content":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"pt-0 mt-0 utopia-font\">Invocation<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>Rev. Dr. Denise Yarbrough<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Director of Religious and Spiritual Life<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"pt-0 mt-0 utopia-font\"><strong>Words of welcome<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>Rev. Dr. Denise Yarbrough<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Director of Religious and Spiritual Life<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>Anne Nofziger<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Co-Chair, University Advisory Committee for the Presidential Search;\r\nAssociate Professor, Family Medicine;\r\nAdvisory Dean and Primary Care Clerkship Director, School of Medicine and Dentistry;\r\nCo-Director of Dean\u2019s Teaching Fellowship Program<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>From the students: Jamal Holtz \u201920<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>President, Students\u2019 Association<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>From the staff: Ashley Campbell \u201909, \u201910W (MS)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Manager of User Security and Data Integrity, Office of Human Resources<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>From the faculty:\u00a0Chunkit Fung<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Faculty Senate Co-Chair;\r\nAssociate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Wilmot Cancer Institute<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>From the community: Wade S. Norwood \u201985\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>CEO, Common Ground Health;\r\nAt-Large Member, Board of Regents, New York State Department of Education<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>From the alumni : Cathy E. Minehan \u201968<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Member, Board of Trustees;\r\nCo-Chair, Presidential Search Committee<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"pt-0 mt-0 utopia-font\"><strong>Performances<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong>Musical prelude, procession, recession, and postlude<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\">Performed by Eastman Brass: James Thompson, trumpet; Douglas Prosser \u201994E, trumpet; W. Peter Kurau \u201974E, horn; Larry Zalkind, trombone; Donald Harry, tuba;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong><em>Vocalise<\/em>, Op. 34, No. 14, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873\u20131943)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\">Jamal J. Rossi \u201987E (DMA), saxophone\r\n<em>Joan and Martin Messinger Dean, Eastman School of Music<\/em><\/p>\r\nToni-Marie Montgomery, piano\r\n<em>Dean, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University<\/em>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lead mb-0\"><strong><em>The Pathway<\/em>, Jeff Beal \u201985E (b. 1963)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\">Commissioned by the University of Rochester for the Ying Quartet in celebration of Sarah Mangelsdorf\u2019s Inauguration. 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Handler \u201983<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-0\"><em>Chair, Board of Trustees;\r\nMember, Presidential Search Committee<\/em><\/p>","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h3 class=\"large utopia-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Inauguration coverage<\/strong><\/h3>","content":"Additional coverage of the inauguration ceremony, symposium, and Meliora Weekend events will be posted on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/president\/inauguration\/sarah-mangelsdorf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inauguration website<\/a>\u00a0and the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newscenter<\/a>.","background_color":"#ffc70a","width":"width-medium"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ceremony - 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