Order of Ceremonies

ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL
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ORDER OF THE PROCESSION
Ceremonial Marshal

Delegates of Institutions of Higher Education, Learned Societies and Professional Associations

Faculty and Administrators of Bentley College

Inauguration Committee Chairs

Officers of Bentley College and Members of the Board of Trustees

Official Party

Bentley President

Bentley Chairman of the Board

ANNOUNCEMENT of INAUGURAL CONVOCATION
Richard L. Cross ’62, Ceremonial Marshal, Associate Professor of Accountancy

INVOCATION
Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
James H. Buckley ’10

WELCOME
J. Terence Carleton ’77
Chairman, Bentley College Board of Trustees

GREETINGS

Representing the Public Service Community
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick
Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Representing the Academic Community
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School

Representing the Business Community
Cleve L. Killingsworth Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Representing the Bentley Community
Joseph J. Newpol
Chairman, Faculty Senate

Julianne Britt
Director of Purchasing, Administrative and Campus Services

Michael A. Caliva ’08
President, Student Government Association

Daniel P. Berlin ’08 MBA/MSHFID 
President, Graduate Student Association

Paul R. Mastrocola ’90
President, Alumni Association

VIDEO PRESENTATION 
Introducing Gloria Cordes Larson

INVESTITURE
J. Terence Carleton ‘77

PRESIDENTIAL RESPONSE
Gloria Cordes Larson

BENEDICTION
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MD

RECESSIONAL
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Ceremonial music by the Boston Brass Ensemble

 

Gloria Cordes Larson’s Inauguration Address

“Innovation has long been a key part of our identity, but as we look ahead to 2008 and beyond, what does our future hold?  Bentley’s ability to make these types of ground-breaking connections in ever more meaningful ways is precisely why I’m here. I believe one of my most important roles as president is to further Bentley’s connections to the worlds I know, the worlds of business, education, government, law, nonprofits and society more broadly, and to draw on my own experiences to represent these worlds here. I want to enhance the connections that already exist with our many constituents and partners, and help build new ones in the singular ways that we are so well positioned to do.” 

Read President Larson’s Inauguration Address.

Listen to the address.