Inaugurationof Ajay Nair, Ph.D
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Inaugurationof ajay nair, ph.d. 22nd President of Arcadia University saturday, the thirteenth of october two thousand and eighteen at three–thirty in the afternoon haber green aRcadia university 1 1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Art Haywood The Program Senator, 4th District Alison Aaron Madsen, Esq. ’85, Presiding Higher Education Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D. Chair, Arcadia University Board of Trustees President, California State University, Dominguez Hills Global Education Alan Jansen, Ph.D. Outdoor Processional Hamilton Celtic Pipes and Drums Resident Director, South Africa, The College of Global Studies, Arcadia Universit Announcement of Academic Procession Doreen Loury, Ph.D. “Imagine” Aashika Suseendran ’15 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Alumna National Anthem Combined Choirs Faculty Ana Maria García, Ph.D. Arcadia University Choir, joined by Bucks-Mont Camerata Chorus Associate Professor of Women’s Studies; President, Faculty Senate and led by William J. Naydan, Director of University Choir Staff Breann Donnelly ’04 Convening of the Event Assistant Dean of Students; Chair, Staff Council Opening Alison Aaron Madsen, Esq. ’85 Installation Invocation Reverend Rebecca Crate ’09 Charge to the President Alison Aaron Madsen, Esq. ’85 Pastor, Springfield Presbyterian Church Charter Jerry M. Greiner, Ph.D. “Make Them Hear You” Combined Choirs Former President Welcome Joycellen Young Auritt, Ph.D. ’71 Chain of Office Bette E. Landman, Ph.D. ’04H Vice Chair, Arcadia University Board of Trustees President Emerita Salutations & Greetings “Utopia” Krishna Nair Administration Lorna Stern, MALD Son of President Ajay Nair and Mrs. Paayal Nair Vice President, Arcadia University Executive Director, The College of Global Studies Introduction of the President Rani Nair Daughter of President Ajay Nair and Mrs. Paayal Nair Student Government Organization Alexandra Heilbron ’20 President, Student Government Organization Inaugural Address Ajay Nair, Ph.D. President, Arcadia University Alumni Association Representative Kerry Ann Costello Leraris ’92, ’94M.Ed. President, Alumni Association Closing James Wagner, Ph.D. President Emeritus, Emory University Montgomery County Valerie Arkoosh, M.D. Member, Arcadia University Board of Trustees Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners “Alma Mater” Arcadia Alumni Group City of Philadelphia Helen Gym Councilmember At-Large, Philadelphia City Council Recessional Festive Arts Ensemble All are welcome to attend a celebration hosted by the Arcadia University Board of Trustees. 2 3 About President Nair Presidential Chain of Office Dr. Ajay Nair, a nationally recognized expert in The Arcadia University Presidential Chain of Office was student affairs issues and an accomplished social commissioned to commemorate the change in name justice, race, and ethnicity scholar, assumed his from Beaver College to Arcadia University. The chair of role as Arcadia University’s 22nd President on the Board at that time, Hugh G. Moulton, placed the April 2, 2018. Dr. Nair is the first person of chain on President Bette E. Landman ’04H to celebrate color to be appointed president at Arcadia, and the moment of that change. is among the first college or university presidents of Indian-American descent in the United States. The presidential chain, like the academic robes and caps, Prior to leading Arcadia, Dr. Nair served as senior is an American interpretation of old European patterns vice president and dean of Campus Life at Emory of dress and adornment. Chains of office are still worn University. He has served on a wide range of by mayors of some European cities. university and civic boards and organizations, The Arcadia University chain contains the seal of the including as director of the Division for Equity, University, which was also the seal of Beaver College. In the Inclusion, and Social Justice for NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education). center of the medallion is the Roman goddess of knowledge and wisdom, Minerva, seated in front of rays of sunlight. Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Dr. Nair also held executive leadership positions Juno and is parallel to Athena in the Greek tradition. In addition to knowledge, Minerva ruled over at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia the useful and ornamental arts of men and women—agriculture, medicine, navigation, commerce, University, and the University of Virginia. During learning, music, spinning, weaving, and needlework—and she gave the world the olive. his distinguished career in higher education, The rectangular bars in the chain contain the name Arcadia University. Dr. Nair has held faculty positions at each of the aforementioned universities and at the World Language Institute in Kwangju, South Korea. Dr. Nair’s current book project focuses on the state Presidents of Arcadia University of multiculturalism in higher education and aims to present a new model for diversity and inclusion. 1856-1858 The Rev. Sheridan Baker 1923-1928 Dr. Lynn H. Harris His co-edited book, Desi Rap: Hip Hop and South 1858-1859 Professor Samuel Davenport 1928-1939 The Rev. Dr. Walter B. Greenway Asian America, focuses on the complexities of 1859-1894 The Rev. Dr. Riley T. Taylor 1940-1960 The Rev. Dr. Raymon M. Kistler second-generation South Asian American identity. 1894-1896 Professor W.J. Alexander 1960-1982 Dr. Edward D. Gates 1896-1898 Dr. N.H. Holmes 1982-1983 Dr. Bette E. Landman ’04H (acting) A native of the Philadelphia region, Dr. Nair 1898-1907 Dr. Arthur Staples 1983-1985 Dr. Bruce L. Wilson earned his Doctor of Philosophy and Bachelor of 1907-1909 Dr. George D. Crissman 1985-2004 Dr. Bette E. Landman ’04H Science from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Nair is married to Paayal Nair, a school 1909-1910 Dr. William W. Foster 2004-2011 Dr. Jerry M. Greiner psychologist and graduate of the Pennsylvania 1910-1917 Dr. Leroy Weller 2011-2011 Dr. James P. Gallagher (acting) State University and the Philadelphia College of 1917-1919 Dr. Horace B. Haskell 2011-2013 Carl Oxholm III, J.D. Osteopathic Medicine. They have a son, Krishna 1919-1921 Dr. C. Mace Thomas 2013-2017 Dr. Nicolette DeVille Christensen Nair, and a daughter, Rani Nair. 1921-1923 Dr. James M. Thoburn 2017-2018 Sen. George Hanks Brown ’18H (acting) 4 5 Academic Delegates Academic Delegates 1701 Yale University 1832 Gettysburg College 1863 La Salle University 1889 State University of New York Mark Curchack, Ph.D. Sherrin Hilburt Baky-Nessler Trey Ulrich, M.B.A. at Oneonta Alumnus Trustee Emerita Assistant Vice President Michael David Brophy, J.D. for Alumni Relations Alumnus 1740 University of Pennsylvania 1834 Wake Forest University Gloria Chisum, Ph.D. Penny Rue, Ph.D. 1864 Forman Christian College University 1893 Hood College Alumna and Trustee Emerita Vice President for Campus Life Joseph Sun, M.Sc. Holly R. Kirkpatrick ’08M.Ed. Vice Rector Alumna 1742 Moravian College 1836 Emory University Bryan Sandmann, Ph.D. David E. Clark, Ph.D. 1865 Cornell University 1895 Gratz College Alumnus Associate Vice President of Campus Life Ryan Lombardi, Ed.D. Paul Finkelman, Ph.D. Vice President for Student and Campus Life President 1785 University of Georgia 1837 Mount Holyoke College Matthew Waller, M.S. Nancy G. Rosoff, Ph.D. 1865 Peirce College 1896 Adelphi University Assistant to the Vice President Alumna Mary Ellen Caro, Ed.D. Maurice Henderson for Student Affairs President and CEO Alumnus 1846 Bucknell University 1787 Franklin & Marshall College Kristin Ellis Stetler ’92 1866 Lebanon Valley College 1896 Delaware Valley University Barbara K. Altmann, Ph.D. Senior Associate Director of Timothy Belloff ’09M.Ed. Larry Arrington, M.Ed. President Alumni Relations Alumnus Dean of Advising and Academic Success 1791 University of Vermont 1848 Muhlenberg College 1868 Wells College 1899 College of Saint Elizabeth Vijay Kanagala, Ph.D. David J. M. Erskine, M.B.A. Victoria Cox Amanda Blake Assistant Professor Alumnus Alumna Alumna 1797 Hartwick College 1853 Washington University in Saint Louis 1869 Wilson College 1918 Seton Hill University Susan Derek, M.P.A. Lori White, Ph.D. Theresa Tsai, Ph.D. Claudia Kovach, Ph.D. Alumna Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Alumna Alumna 1821 University of the Sciences 1855 Elmira College 1871 Shippensburg University 1919 Babson College Michelle Cohen, Ph.D. Janet Martin Barbara Lyman, Ph.D. Lawrence Ward, Ed.D. Dean of Samson College Alumna Provost and Executive Vice Vice President for Student Affairs of Health Sciences President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Students 1855 Pennsylvania State University 1827 University of Toronto Marcus A. Whitehurst, Ph.D. 1880 University of Southern California 1919 Salus University Toronto, Canada Vice Provost for Educational Equity Queena Hoang, M.Ed. Michael Mittleman, O.D. Dirk Rodricks, M.Ed. Assistant Director, Asian Pacific President 1858 Susquehanna University Assistant Dean of Residence Life American Student Services Jonathan Green, D.M.A. 1921 Rosemont College 1831 New York University President 1885 Bryn Mawr College Lisa Dolling, Ph.D. Sashi Reddi, Ph.D. Constance Autumn ’76 Provost and Vice President for Alumnus Alumna Academic and Student Affairs 6 7 Academic Delegates Academic Procession 1925 Gannon University 1960 California State University, Processional Keith Taylor, Ph.D. Dominguez Hills Hamilton Celtic Pipes and Drums Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D. President Mace Bearer President 1929 Westminster Theological Seminary Kathleen Kline Mangione, PT, PhD, FAPTA; Professor, Physical