PARADE OF INTERNATIONAL FLAGS
 

ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL

Led by Grand Marshal Janell Hobson
Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Collins Fellow

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Led by soloist Amanda Rogers ’26

INVOCATION

Reverend Jeffrey S. Kroondyk
Protestant Campus Minister, Interfaith Center

WELCOME & PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D.
20th President, University at Albany

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Dorcey Applyrs ’05, ’14
Mayor, City of Albany

CLASS GIFT RECOGNITION

Michael N. Christakis ’01, ’05
Vice President, Student Affairs

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SPEAKER

Amaya Neuwirth ’26

ALUMNI WELCOME

Joe Bonilla ’11
President, Alumni Association

ALMA MATER

Led by Serendipity

"College of the Empire State"

College of the Empire State,

Mother of an army great,

Thou the molder of our fate,

Thee we sing today.

Thine the hand with clasp so strong,

Holding tho' the years be long,

Thou the burden of our song,

Thee we sing today.
 

Ways of pleasantness are thine,

Leading where in wisdom's shrine,

Joy and cheer, and hope divine,

Ever dwell for aye.

Thine the voice whose call we hear,

Thine the hand which holds us near,

Thine the heart, so true, so dear,

Cherished, loved alway.
 

Wisdom's duty heeds thy call,

Ever in Minerva's thrall,

Pass the torch from one to all,

Guide each destiny.

'Neath the Purple and the Gold,

Let thy history unfold,

Sons and daughters, young and old,

Hail to Albany.
 

HONORS RECOGNITION

JoAnne Malatesta ’99, ’08
Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR’S DEGREES

Carol H. Kim, Ph.D.
Bachelor’s candidates will be acknowledged by major, and degrees will be conferred collectively.

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

President Havidán Rodríguez

RECESSIONAL

Platform Party and Faculty formally recess.
Graduates may remain in the seating area to reunite with their guests.

 

We invite you to read this heartfelt message from our City of Albany Mayor and two-time UAlbany alumna, Dorcey Applyrs ’05, ’14.

 

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