Dartmouth College Commencement
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ABOUT THE SERVICE THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GOSPEL CHOIR DARTMOUTH COLLEGE The Baccalaureate Service, conducted Christian tradition of the College’s Walt L. Cunningham, Jr. Community Members: Marjie Bish, Chloe under the auspices of the William founding and the multi-faith richness Director Brisson, Kendra Brown, Karen Kluge ’78, COMMENCEMENT Jewett Tucker Foundation, is part of of its contemporary life, the service is Derrika Mobley, Zamir Paley, Kaitlyn the College’s annual Commencement organized to be joyful, spiritually Students: Shani C. Brown ’14, Michelle T. Sheehan ’09 activities. It occurs in Rollins Chapel grounded, inclusive, and meaningful. Dominigue ’12, Christine M. Gangne ’13, and is open to graduates, their families, Caroline M. Godfrey ’12, Jelisa J. Grant ’13, their guests, and other members of the Music, prayers, readings, and other Nathaniel G. Graves ’13, Kiara N. Heath College community. contributions to the service represent ’15, Benjamin D. Kahn ’11, Alexandra M. the breadth of contemporary religious Kellison ’13, Kenneth H. Lai ’12, Joseph M. The purpose of the Baccalaureate and spiritual life at Dartmouth Naeem ’11, Grant R. Neubauer ’13, Karysa Service is to provide a worshipful College. Campus ministers who work K. Norris ’12, Ashlee M. Roberson ’13, experience at a significant time in the with all student religious groups are Renee N. Scott ’13, Anna H. Storgaard ’13, lives of graduates and their families. invited to the occasion and are seated Mary E. Tate ’12, Chinedu C. Udeh ’12, Recognizing both the Protestant as a body. Chelsea L. Vario GR PARTICIPANTS Christopher Lundell Aparna Krishnan ’12 College Organist Shanti Sage Dalton ’12 Farzeen Mahmud ’12 Kite Bearer Al Nur The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Crocker Rachel D. Groh ’12 College Chaplain and Virginia Rice Hillel Kelsey ’61s Dean of the Tucker Foundation Carol L. Folt ’78a, P’09 The Rev. Subdeacon Paul Feeney Provost and the Dartmouth Professor Eastern Orthodox Chaplain Emeritus of Biological Sciences Dartmouth Orthodox Christian Fellowship The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Kayla N. Gebeck ’12 President, Union Theological Seminary Native Americans at Dartmouth Kurt Nelson Michael Marinoff Assistant Chaplain Father of Amanda Marinoff ’12 THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE God of the Ages, Who with Sure Command THE BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER ROLLINS CHAPEL Daniel Crane Roberts, 1876; alt. JUNE , : P.M. negative and positive, in healing wounds. Her book Feminist Theory and Christian Theology is a standard textbook in femi - nist theology. In addition to authoring three other books as well as 37 articles and book chapters since 1991, she has delivered a ORDER OF SERVICE long list of professional papers and pub - Items with an asterisk (*) denote portions of the ceremony where the congregation is lic lectures across the United States and asked to stand. around the world. She holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma, Yale Prelude Reading from the Muslim Divinity School, and Yale University. Dr. Christopher Lundell Tradition Jones is ordained in the Christian Farzeen Mahmud ’12 Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Greeting The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is the six - United Church of Christ. The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Crocker Reading from the teenth president of the historic Union Jewish Tradition Theological Seminary in the City of * Processional New York. The first woman to head the God of the Ages, Who with Rachel D. Groh ’12 174-year-old nondenominational semi - Sure Command Daniel Crane Roberts, 1876; alt. Introduction nary, which is in Manhattan and neigh - The Rev. Subdeacon Paul Feeney, Carol L. Folt ’78a, P’09 bors with Columbia University, Jones Marshal came to Union after seventeen years at The congregation is invited to sing Address Yale University, where she was the Titus “That’s It” Street Professor of Theology at Yale * Ojibwe Morning Prayer The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Divinity School. Kayla N. Gebeck ’12 Musical Selection Dr. Jones is a prolific and popular Reflections from a Parent We’ve Come to Praise Him scholar in the fields of theology, religion, Michael Marinoff P’12 Lonnie Hunter, music globalization, and gender studies. Her Walt L. Cunningham, Jr. (1965– ), arr. most recent book, Trauma and Grace: The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir Musical Selection Theology in a Ruptured World , explores the Let’s Set the Atmosphere/For Every devastating social and personal effects of * Benediction Mountain violence on the human psyche and the Kurt Carr (1964– ), music and text Kurt Nelson role religious communities can play, both The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir * Postlude Reading from the Christopher Lundell Hindu Tradition Aparna Krishnan ’12 From The New Century Hymnal, copyright 1995 The Pilgrim Press. Permission is granted for this one-time use..