Commencement Program

Saturday, June 6 at 10:30 AM

Academic Procession
Chief Marshal Newton P.S. Merrill and the Principals of the Exercise
Marshal Laurence P. Madin and the Staff and Faculty
Marshal Elisabeth Sikes and the 2009-2014 Alumni
Marshal Jean-Arthur Olive and the September 2014-June 2015 Graduates

America the Beautiful
All music performed by Glenway Fripp

Opening of Exercises
Newton P.S. Merrill, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Invocation
The Reverend Deborah M. Warner, Rector, Church of the Messiah, Woods Hole

Recognition of Joint Program Graduates and Presentation of Degree Recipients
James A. Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean

Conferring of Degrees
Susan K. Avery, President and Director
Newton P.S. Merrill, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Greetings from the Joint Program Alumni/ae Association
Elisabeth Sikes, President of the Joint Program Alumni/ae Association

Commencement Address
John P. Holdren
The President’s Science and Technology Advisor and the Senate-confirmed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Presentation of Awards

Director’s Charge to the Graduates
Susan K. Avery, President and Director

Closing Exercises
Newton P.S. Merrill, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Benediction
The Reverend Dr. Deborah M. Warner

Academic Recession