The Inaugural ConvocationDr. Cary Fowler ’71 Chairman, Rhodes Board of Trustees, Presiding

Saturday, the Thirteenth of January Two Thousand Eighteen at Half Past Nine O’Clock in the Morning

Reception to follow immediatley, Crain Reception Hall and McCallum Ballroom, second floor Bryan Campus Life Center The Inaugural Convocation Induction of the President Prelude Concert Rhodes Wind Ensemble The Installation of the Twentieth President of Works selected from the following Fanfare from La Peri Paul Dukas, ed. Brian Hodge Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Sohei Kano A Rabbinic Blessing Jeremy Simons Salvation is Created Pavel Tchesnokov, arr. Bruce Houseknecht Campus Director, Hillels of Memphis The Eighth Candle Steven Reisteter The Inaugural Address President Marjorie Hass Processional (please stand if you are able) The Alma Mater Isaac P. Mason, harm. Burnet C. Tuthill Crown Imperial William Walton,

transcribed by W.J. Duthoit Dear Alma Mater, kind the fate The Inaugural Procession That links our lives with Thee, The Rhodes Banner For God’s own power that made Thee great The Marshals of the Convocation Is the truth that makes us free; The Representatives of Learned Societies and Educational Associations Thy torch has touched our hears with flame, The Representatives of Institutions of Higher Learning Our yearning souls refined; The Memphis Community Partners Through Thee we learn the higher aim, The Eighteenth First Lady of the College And train the truer mind. The Nineteenth First Lady and President of the College The President’s Family and Special Guests The Rhodes Faculty O Leader to the larger light, The Rhodes Board of Trustees Rhodes College, ’neath Thy wings The President’s Party Thine own in rev’rent love unite, And each a tribute brings, Invocation The Reverend Lucy Waechter Webb ’05 And dreams, such dreams as old can dream, Interim College Chaplain And visions youth can see, Welcome and Comments on the Occasion Dr. Cary Fowler ’71 Chairman, Rhodes Board of Trustees Keep lighted in our hearts the flame Greetings: Once kindled there of Thee. From the Students Mr. Thomas Mitchell ’18 -John Bowen Edwards President, Rhodes Student Government Benediction Dr. Kendra Hotz From the Alumni Mr. William Townsend ’84 Associate Professor of Religious Studies, President, Rhodes Alumni Association Robert R. Waller Chair of Population Health From the Faculty Dr. Loretta Jackson-Hayes Associate Professor of Chemistry Recessional From the Memphis Community Ms. Meg Crosby The Great Gate of Kiev Modest Mussorgsky, Rhodes Trustee, arranged by Shino Kano Inaugural Committee Co-Chair Choral Selection The Rhodes Singers Reception to follow, Crain Reception Hall and McCallum Ballroom, second floor Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers Timothy C. Takach Bryan Campus Life Center Representatives of Colleges and Universities 1872 Paul Quinn College 1890 Millsaps College Michael J. Sorrell Thomas W. Murrey, Jr. President Alumnus 1749 Washington and 1833 Oberlin College Edward Clank A. Victor Coonin 1873 1908 Memphis Theological Seminary Alumnus Alumnus Karen Thomas Fesmire Daniel J. Earheart-Brown Alumna President 1754 Columbia University 1834 Wake Forest University 1883 Stetson University 1912 Baptist College of Health Sciences Hannah Barker Carol Gatewood Seamons Jim Lanier Betty Sue McGarvey Alumna Alumna Alumnus President 1781 Washington and Jefferson College 1837 Davidson College 1885 Bryn Mawr College 1932 Southern College of Optometry Russell Savory Carol Gatewood Seamons Gillian Steinhauer Lewis Reich Alumnus Alumna Alumna President 1787 Franklin and Marshall College 1842 Cumberland University 1887 Whittier College 1937 Pepperdine University Carin Blomquist Sherman J. Michael Ripski Cynthia Mitchell Elam Freeman Alumna Alumnus Alumna Alumnus 1793 Williams College 1848 Muhlenberg College 1889 Agnes Scott College 1940 Berry College Cristina Cervone Deb Kipp Elizabeth Kiss Jenn Tinnell Alumna Parent President Alumna 1797 Hartwick College 1849 Austin College 1890 Millsaps College 1971 Mid-America Baptist Theological Karen Hotaling-Horn Nan Davis Alan J. Ferguson Seminary Alumna Vice President for Alumnus Michael Spradlin Institutional Enrollment 1819 Centre College Alumnus Ali Hamilton 1849 Austin College Representatives of Special Organizations Alumna Tim Millerick Vice President for Student Affairs 1819 1956 Independent Colleges 1991 Associated Colleges of the South Commander Scott Moss 1857 Sewanee: The University of the South and Universities Association R. Owen Williams Alumnus John McCardell, Jr. Claude Pressnell President Vice Chancellor and President President 1821 Amherst College Community Partners Linda Steele 1869 Trinity University Alumna Nathaniel Longfellow ALSAC/St. Jude Bridges USA City of Memphis Alumnus Children’s Research Hospital Cynthia Ham Aubrey Howard 1825 Centenary College of Louisiana Reginald Porter Burch, Porter & City of Memphis Christopher Holoman 1870 Wellesley College President AutoZone, Inc. Johnson, PLLC Doug McGowen Amy Jasperson William Rhodes Douglas Halijan Alumna Collier Insurance 1826 Furman University Ballet Memphis Center for Innovation, James Dabney Collier III Robert Buckman 1871 Christain Brothers University Amelia Thompson Regional One Health Trustee Commercial Appeal John Smarrelli Ballet Memphis Scott Vogel Mark Russell President Steven McMahon City of Memphis FedEx Services Mayor Jim Strickland Andrew Russell All lists were compiled from information available on January 8. Community Partners Institutions Sending Greetings and Good Wishes

First Tennessee Bank Memphis Heritage Southeastern Asset Stanton Brown June West Management, Inc. 1781 Washington and Jefferson College 1869 Chatham University Deborah Craddock GEC Packaging Memphis Tomorrow 1785 University of Georgia 1869 Trinity University Technologies Blair Taylor St. Jude Children’s Research Holly Edwards Memphis University School Hospital 1795 1869 Wilson College Gerber Taylor Pete Sanders James Downing 1797 Hartwick College 1872 Southwestern University Matt Robbins Memphis Zoo St. Mary’s Episcopal School Albert Throckmorton Gerber Taylor Charles Brady 1819 Colgate University 1876 Hendrix College Tara Elliott MIFA Start Co. Girls Inc. Sally Jones Heinz Eric Matthews 1823 1881 Spelman College Patricia Howard National Civil Rights SunTrust Bank Memphis 1826 Furman University 1885 Rollins College Hillel Museum Johnny Moore Mr. and Mrs. Harry Samuels Terri Freeman Temple Israel 1932 University of St. Joseph 1886 Aquinas College Rabbi Bess Wohlner Jewish Community Partners New Memphis Institute 1834 University of the Ozarks 1887 Nebraska Wesleyan University Laura Linder Nancy Coffee The Memphis Challenge Jewish Foundation New Memphis Institute Cassandra Webster 1836 Emory and Henry College 1887 Pomona College of Memphis Frankie Dakin Tri-State Defender 1837 Davidson College 1888 University of Puget Sound Charles Jalenak Office of Senator Karanja Ajanaku Kappa Delta Sorority Lamar Alexander United Healthcare 1840 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 1889 Eastern Connecticut State University Sara Cullins Chris Connolly Christopher Johnson 1840 St. Mary’s College of Maryland 1891 Meredith College Le Bonheur Children’s Paragon Bank Universal Commercial Hospital Mike Edwards Darrell Cobbins 1848 Muhlenberg College 1892 Malone University Meri Armour Refugee Empowerment US Airforce ROTC/ Leadership Memphis Program University of Memphis 1851 Notre Dame de Namur University 1902 Berry College Jared Bulluck Cam Echols-Blackmon Lt. Col. Kyle G. Bellue 1852 Westminster College 1919 The New School Leadership Memphis Regional One Health US Representative, Tennessee’s Renee McCreight Reginald Coopwood 9th Congressional District 1854 Huntingdon College 1919 Siena Heights University Make-A-Wish Mid-South ServiceMaster Headquarters Congressman Steve Cohen Christy Weir Krueger Mary Hopkins WMC Action News 5 1855 The College of New Jersey 1930 Memphis Brooks Shelby County Board Joe Birch 1856 University of Maryland 1937 Pepperdine University Museum of Art of Commissioners, Women’s Foundation for Emily Neff Women’s Foundation a Greater Memphis 1863 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1948 Gwynedd Mercy University Shante Avant Ruby Bright Memphis Daily News 1866 Lebanon Valley College 1956 Council of Independent Colleges Eric Barnes Shelby County Mayor’s Community Leader Memphis Education Fund Young Professionals Council Allen Ledbetter 1866 Milligan College 1963 University of Central Florida Tosha Downey Erik Henneghan Memphis Fire Services Shelby County Schools Gina Sweat Dorsey Hopson The Rhodes College Board of Trustees Faculty Marshals Mrs. Meri Armour Mrs. Frances C. Henkel ’79 Gary Lindquester David McCarthy Mr. John J. Barker Mr. R. Davis Howe ’83 Head Marshal, Professor, Biology Professor and Chair, Art Mr. Stratton. H. Bull ’74 Dr. Ryan D. Mire ’93 Loretta Jackson-Hayes Leslie Petty Associate Professor, Chemistry Associate Professor, English Mrs. Deborah Legg Craddock ’80 Mr. Johnny B. Moore, Jr. ’88 Mr. Rogers L. Crain Mrs. Allison Bolch Moran The President’s Senior Leadership Team Mrs. Meg Thomas Crosby Ms. Elizabeth Roe Pearce ’91 Milton Moreland Kyle Webb ’91 Dr. James R. Downing Mr. Gregory A. Peters Provost and Vice President Vice President for Business and Finance Mrs. Maria Cisne Farahani Dr. Randall R. Rhea ’77 for Academic Affairs Russ Wigginton ’88 Dr. Cary Fowler ’71 Mr. William C. Rhodes III Carey Thompson Vice President for Student Life Vice President for Enrollment and Mr. Charles Kevin Garland ’90 Mr. Arthur W. Rollins ’81 Matt Gerien Communications Executive Director of Communications Dr. Veronica Gunn ’91 Mrs. Charlaine Harris Schulz ’73 Jenna Goodloe Wade and Public Affairs Dr. Marjorie Hass Dr. Robert R. Waller Vice President for Development Mel Richey Mr. Daniel B. Hatzenbuehler ’71 Executive Assistant to the President The Faculty Governance Committee Council of Emeriti Trustees Bernadette McNary-Zak Gary Lindquester Dunbar Abston, Jr. W. Neely Mallory, Jr. Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Professor, Biology Bruce E. Campbell, Jr John B. Maxwell, Jr. ’57 Chairperson Shadrack Nasong’o Kenneth F. Clark, Jr. Frank M. Mitchener, Jr. Leslie Petty Associate Professor, International Studies Associate Professor, English J. Lester Crain, Jr. ’51 Wayne W. Pyeatt Gordon Bigelow Tom Bryant Professor, English - Ex officio Elizabeth LeMaster Simpson ’58 Associate Professor, Music Milton Moreland Provost and Dean of the Faculty – Ex officio New Council of Emeriti Trustees The Inaugural Committee of the 20th President James H. Barton William E. Evans Meg Crosby Kristen Hunt Robert H. Buckman Phillip H. McNeill, Sr. Co-Chair, Rhodes Trustee and Chair, Manager of Campus Scheduling C.W. Butler III ’63 Vicki Palmer ’75 Committee on Student Life Charles Kenny Joe M. Duncan ’63 Spence L. Wilson Jenna Goodloe Wade Assistant Director of Communications Co-Chair, Vice President for Development Ira Lawson Special Guests Gary Lindquester, Faculty Marshal Director of New Student Programs Loretta Jackson-Hayes, Faculty Marshal and Leadership William E. Troutt and Carole P. Troutt William J. Michaelcheck ’69 David McCarthy, Faculty Marshal Nikki Moore Senior Director of College Events The Nineteenth President and First Lady Chairman, Rhodes Board of Trustees (2000 - 2017) Leslie Petty, Faculty Marshal of the College Co-Chair, The Presidential Search Committee Bill Short ’71 Kim Bennett Associate Director of Library Services for the Twentieth President Director of College Events Tony Eskridge ’20, Student Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Matt Gerien The Eighteenth First Lady of the College Frank M. Mitchener Executive Director of Communications Mel Richey Chairman, Rhodes Board of Trustees and Public Affairs Executive Assistant to the President (1981 - 1987, 1993 - 2000) Larry Hass Shantih Smythe ’92 First Gentleman of the College Director of Grants, Foundations and Stewardship Musical Ensembles Windows on the City Panelists (Event held Friday, January 12) Rhodes Singers Marjorie Hass, Elizabeth Kiss, Dr. William Skoog, director President, Rhodes College President, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Michael Sorrell, Alexandra Bartlett Avani Alapati Robert Boren Matthew Busbice President, Trinity College, Hartford, CT President, Paul Quinn College, Dallas, TX Kathryn Brode Courtney Ashley George Fenton Baiza Cherinet Anna Browning Jenna Faust Graham Heifner Shelton Clark Open Windows on Academic Life Contributors Isabel Celata Caryn Hawkins Harrison Holt Maxwell Farley (Events held Friday, January 12) Cameron Crawford Helen Hope Roger Johnson Chandler Hall Big Ideas Kaitlyn Crisp Alexandra Howard Saad Khalid Negusu Hizkias The Contemporary Relevance of Michelangelo’s David The Reading Wars of the Early 21st Century Dynasti Fortie Quinn Kendall Eric Simon William McClain Professor Victor Coonin, Dept. of Art Professor Gordon Bigelow, Dept. of English Hannah Oakley Marcus Tate Andre Moore Raneem Imam America: A Reluctant Nation of Immigrants Why Do Social Differences Become Health Disparities? Amanda Salazar Trevor Van Vliet Wesley Parker Lillian Spell Professor Jennifer Sciubba, Dept. of International Professor Kendra Hotz, Dept. of Religious Studies Zoe Scott Benjamin Voisine-Addis Mason Speed Mary Thomas Studies Rachel Ward Adam Wyatt Jeffrey Walters Grace Tomeny Artistic Expression Camila Zimmerman Molly Webster Wade Wright Anna Welden “Quando rapito in estasi” from by Rogers and Hammerstein Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti Cameron Crawford ’19, soprano, Dr. Brian Ray, piano Kathryn Brode ’18, soprano, Dr. Brian Ray, piano Rhodes Wind Ensemble “The Beauty Is” from The Light in the Piazza Brian Hodge, director “The Mad Maid’s Song” by David Diamond by Adam Guettel Kathryn Brode ’18, soprano, Lollie Newsome ’18, Cameron Crawford ’19, soprano Bassoon Flute Tuba Percussion flute, Dr. Brian Ray, piano Dr. Miriam Clinton* Harley Chapman Zachery Winogard Will Pomeroy From the musical Violet Jenny Wilson ’18 Clarinet Lollie Newsome Trumpet Oboe “Sicilienne” by Gabriel Faure Patrick Smith Kate Pennington Robert Boren Katy Smith Lollie Newsome ’18, flute, Dr. Brian Ray, piano Love is Coconut Oil on a Cinderblock Natalie Thomas Hope Hudson ’18 Saxophone Alex Wells *Faculty/Staff “Many a New Day” from ! Atticus Wolfe Clay Hausberger Trombone Learning in the Community Conrad Staiger Nate Nwaneri Wild About the Zoo: Research in Animal Behavior, Putting History to Work in Memphis: Benjamin Voisine-Addis Physiology, and Conservation The Public History Program at Rhodes Professor Sarah Boyle, Dept. of Biology, Rachel Myers ’18, Professor Jeffrey Jackson, Dept. of History, Rhodes Jazz Band Dr. Charles Brady, President & CEO, Memphis Zoo Jessica Shainker ’18, Max Farley ’18, Dr. John Bass, director Struttin’ with Some Barbecue: How the Curb Institute Wayne Dowdy, Memphis Public Library Vocalists Guitar Bass Saxophones Connects Rhodes and Memphis Through Music Conservation and Transformation of the Emma DiMartina Jad Qaddourah Griffin Rone Conrad Staiger John Bass, Director of the Mike Curb Institute for Gastronomic Heritage in the U.S. South Alexandra Howard Max Kaplan Camden Napier Alex Woronzoff Music at Rhodes College, Alice Fugate’ 19, Professor Kimberly Kasper, Dept. of Anthropology & Sydney Sorrell Trombones Saxophones Benjamin Voisine-Adis Jad Qaddourah ’19 Sociology; Anya McKay ’18; James Evans, Asst. Director, Piano Edward Cruz Clay Hausberger Drums Ames Plantation; Eric Bridges, Director of Operations, Shaliz Barzani Nathaniel Nwaneri Scott King Miguel Pilcher* Overton Park Conservancy Trumpet Liam Rhodes *Guest Musician Mentored Student Scholarship - Oral Presentations Alexandra Wells Nathan Robinson Farmers Markets and Low Income Communities: Investigated and Calculated Solvatochromic The Implications of Physical Place and Occupied Characteristics of MoCl4(diimine) Anions Rhodes Faculty Jazz Combo Space in Memphis Alison Chang ’18, Faculty mentor: William Anya McKay ’18, Daryl Stephens, Faculty mentor: Eckenhoff, Dept. of Chemistry Drums Bass Saxophone Kimberly Kasper, Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology Mike Assad Bob Sunda Carl Wolfe The Contribution of Centromeric Repeats to the The Effectiveness of Precues in Proactively Controlling Establishment of Heterochromatin in S. pombe Piano Guitar Vocals Emotional Interference During Speech Production Patrick Smith ’18, Faculty mentor: Bayly Wheeler, Gerald Stevens John Bass Joyce Cobb Lisa Hsi and Emily Watkins, Faculty mentor: Katie Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry and White, Dept. of Psychology Molecular Biology Program Mentored Student Scholarship - Poster Session DFT Analysis of the Selectivity of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Simple Zn-Scorpionate Complexes to Test the Binding of Madison Perchik ’19, Rachel Giampapa ’19. Faculty mentors: Antimicrobial Drugs to Zn Containing Larryn Peterson and Mauricio Cafiero, Dept of Chemistry John Dewar ’18, Arnav Thakur ’19. Faculty mentors: Lar- Derivation and Analysis of the Bigraded Hilbert Series ryn Peterson and William Eckenhoff, Dept. of Chemistry of a Circle Action. Molecular Complexes for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production Saad Khalid ’18. Faculty mentor: Chris Seaton, Dept. of Meghan Kiker ’19, Phillips Hutchison ’19, Cameron Tinker ’19. Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty mentor: William Eckenhoff, Dept. of Chemistry Compatibility-Based Optimization of Greek Recruitment Analyzing Kinase C Interactions with Polarized for the Rhodes College Chapter of . Growth-related in the Filamentous Fungus McKenna Davis ’18. Faculty Mentor: Eric Gottlieb, Dept. Aspergillus nidulans of Mathematics and Computer Science Brianna Betton ’20, Elisabet Olsen ’18, Lynsey Campbell ’19, Analysis of Weight Matrices that Induce 2-Principal Ashmeet Singh ’19. Faculty mentor: Loretta Jackson-Hayes, and Stable Torus Actions Dept. of Chemistry Yi Song ’18. Faculty Mentor: Chris Seaton, Dept. of Using Historical Data from the 1878 Memphis Yellow Mathematics and Computer Science Fever Epidemic to Estimate Transmission Rates Design and Synthesis of Novel Inhibitors for Jordan Ankersen ’18, Erin Deery ’18, Cailey Kesselring ’18, the Casey Middleton ’18, Elisabet Olsen ’18. Faculty mentor: Rebecca Evans ’19. Faculty mentors: Larryn Peterson and Erin Bodine, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Mauricio Cafiero, Dept. of Chemistry Modeling the Evolution & Diffusion of a Rumor in a Ab Initio and Experimental Determination of Partition Close-Knit Community Coefficients of Drug-like Molecules Brandon Bates ’18. Faculty mentor: Erin Bodine, Carter Embry ’19. Faculty mentors: Larryn Peterson Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science and Mauricio Cafiero, Dept. of Chemistry Mathematical Model of Bimodal Interferon- Production in Design of Novel Inhibitors for the Aldehyde Dehydrogenases Response to Influenza A Virus Infection Caroline Magee ’19. Faculty mentors: Larryn Peterson and Margaret Myers ’18. Faculty mentor: Erin Bodine, Mauricio Cafiero, Dept. of Chemistry Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science What’s SNAP Got to Do With It?: Identification of Novel Interactors with the SNAP/EBT Participation at Farmers Markets in Tennessee UTX Lucy Robinson ’18. Faculty Mentor: Kimberly Kasper, Tanner Martinez ’19, Yurii Sedkov, Diana Balasubramanian, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology Statish Kallappagoudar, Hans-Martin Herz. Faculty Mentor: Kimberly Brien. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Depart- Healthy Aging Communities: A Model for Healthy ment of Cell and Molecular Biology Community-Based Aging in Memphis and Beyond Caroline Boyd-Rogers ’18, Sabine Lohmar ’19. Faculty Determining the Role of ABIN1 in Cell Death Through mentors: Geoff Maddox and Katie White, Dept. of Psychology Treatment of Immortalized Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts with Apoptotic Agents Examining the Effects of Aging and Cognitive Control on Peter Daniels ’18, Hans Haecker. Faculty Sponsor: Gary Reminding and the Mnemonic Benefit of Spaced Study Lindquester. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Infection Layla Jubrial-Jaber ’19, Caroline Boyd-Rogers ’18. Faculty Diseases Department mentor: Geoff Maddox, Dept. of Psychology Proteomics and Mouse Modeling Reveal U1 SnRNP and Localization of Paxillin B in Aspergillus nidulans is RNA Splicing Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease Affected by Separate Modifications Ping-Chung Chen, Bing Bai, Ariana Mancieri ’18, Junmin Mac Williamson ’18. Faculty mentor: Terry Hill, Peng. Faculty mentor: David Kabelik. Biology and Devel- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology opmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Proteomics Facility, St. Jude Identification of New for Cytokinesis in the Children’s Research Hospital Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus nidulans Genetic Alterations in Acute Erythroid Leukemia Lauren Rowland ’19, Peter Daniels ’19, Spencer Beckman ’19. Sarah Morris ’18, Dr. Ilaria Iacobucci, Dr. Charles Faculty mentor: Terry Hill, Dept. of Biochemistry and Mulligan. Faculty Mentor: Mary Miller. St. Jude Children’s Molecular Biology Research Hospital Department of Pathology The Synthesis of Novel Unnatural Amino Acids Defining the Everyday: 19th Century Life of Enslaved in Order to Synthesize Antibiotic Polypeptides African Americans in Western Tennessee Barry Rich ’18, Zain Virk ’18. Faculty mentors: Kimberly Claire Norton, Katherine Cynkar ’19. Faculty Mentor: Brien and Roberto de la Salud Bea, Dept. of Chemistry Kimberly Kasper, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology Analysis of Nicotine in Clay Samples by Solvent Extraction and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Regeneration Dynamics of an Old Growth Forest: Jessica Ustick ’18, Christine Chuang ’18. Faculty mentors: A Case Study of Overton Park Dhammika S. Muesse and Jon Russ, Dept. of Chemistry Helen Hope ’18, Madeline Smith ’18. Faculty Mentor: Kimberly Kasper, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology Synthesis of Peptides Modeling Domains on PLA2R Zara Parkinson ’19, Sakura Horiuchi ’19. Faculty mentors: Shana Stoddard, Kimberly Brien, and Roberto de la Salud Compiled from information available on January 8. Bea, Dept. of Chemistry