Commencement - Spring 2025

Undergraduate Program SATURDAY, MAY 17 • 2:00 p.m. • O’PAKE FIELDHOUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS....................................................................................Matt Santos ’03, M.S. Vice President, University Relations and Athletics POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE: March No. 1, Op. 39 (Edward Elgar) . NATIONAL ANTHEM (Francis Scott Key) WELCOME.......................................................................................Kenneth S. Hawkinson, Ph.D. President . PA STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER.......................... Guido M. Pichini ’74, B.S., ’16, L.H.D. (h.c.) EDUCATION GREETINGS Chair Emeritus, Board of Governors Member, Council of Trustees STUDENT REMARKS..................................................................................Amanda E. Celentano Communication Studies and Spanish ALUMNI GREETINGS...............................................................Abigail Cosgrove ’22, B.A., M.S. Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, KU Foundation INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER...................................................................Robert P. Grim, Esq. Member, Council of Trustees . COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS................................................................Maria Asteriadou, DMA Professor, Music PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES......................Lorin Basden Arnold, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs . CONFERRING OF DEGREES......................................................................President Hawkinson . ALMA MATER: Tune Aurelia (Clyde Francis Lytle) RECESSIONAL: Polovetsian Dances (Alexander Borodin) Rosamunde Overture (Franz Schubert) Peg Speirs, Ph.D., Grand Marshal Emily T. Cripe, Ph.D.; Joseph M. Harasta Jr., Ed.D.; Julia Hovanec ’87, B.S., ’92, M.Ed., Ph.D.; Soojin Kim, Ph.D.; Usher Marshals KU Orchestra, Peter Isaacson, DMA, Director; Jonathan LiVeli ’25, Vocalist *Audience will remain seated. **All who are able, please stand. * ** ** *

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