Saturday, May 29, 2021
PROGRAM
9:30 a.m. ET Processional, 10:00 a.m. ET Ceremony
Opening Fanfare
Canzona per Sonare, by G. Gabrielli
Coleman Eric Brockmeier ’21
Thomas Daley ’22
Lorenzo David Alberto Hess ’23
Ethan David Hill ’21
Christine Chapman-Sung ’21
Lowell Thomas Prince Ruck ’21
Maria Firenze Perez Mendoza ’21
Opening of Commencement
Jean M. Yarbrough
Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal
Invocation
Eduardo Pazos Palma
Director of the Rachel Lord Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
The Star-Spangled Banner
Remarks
Robert F. White ’77, P’15
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Janet T. Mills
Governor of Maine
Clayton S. Rose
President of the College
Student Addresses
Sarisha Kurup ’21
David Zhou ’21
Ruby Chimereucheya Ahaiwe ’21
Musical Interlude
“Bourré anglaise” from Partita in A Minor for solo flute, BWV 1013, by J.S. Bach
Kathryn Colleen McGinnis ’21
Conferring of Honorary Degrees
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
William Harbour
Renowned civil rights activist and Freedom Rider
DeRay Mckesson ’07
Civil rights activist and Campaign Zero cofounder
Dr. Jessica Ulrika Meir
NASA Astronaut
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Dedication
Clayton S. Rose
President of the College
Wayne Harding ’21
Class President
Conferring of Baccalaureate Degrees
Raise Songs to Bowdoin
Members of the Bowdoin College Chamber Choir
Conclusion of Commencement
Mark Wethli
A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art and College Marshal
Recessional
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