The One Hundred Seventy-eighth
Commencement
Baccalaureate for Candidates for the Bachelor’s Degree Cannon Chapel
Friday, the Fifth of May Two Thousand Twenty-three Four Thirty in the Afternoon
Emory University Land Acknowledgment
Emory University acknowledges the Muscogee (Creek) people who lived, worked, produced knowledge on, and nurtured the land where Emory’s Oxford and Atlanta campuses are now located. In 1821, fifteen years before Emory’s founding, the Muscogee were forced to relinquish this land. We recognize the sustained oppression, land dispossession, and involuntary removals of the Muscogee and Cherokee peoples from Georgia and the Southeast. Emory seeks to honor the Muscogee Nation and other Indigenous caretakers of this land by humbly seeking knowledge of their histories and committing to respectful stewardship of the land. .
, Gathering Music
Maury Allums
Director of Music, Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
Processional
Käthe Wright Kaufman
Associate Director of Music, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
Class Banner
Aditi Vellore 21Ox 23C
Words of Welcome
The Rev. Dr. Gregory W. McGonigle University Chaplain and Dean of Religious Life
Greetings from the President
GregoryL. Fenves
President of the UniversityIntroduction to the Reflections
Brahmacharini Shweta Chaitanya
Hindu Chaplain
Baccalaureate
Student Reflections
Sierra Talavera-Brown 23C, Indigenous Community
Nishant Satapathy 23C, Hindu Community
First Interlude
Weak, SWV
AHANA
Student Reflections
Jeffrey Rosen 23C, Buddhist Community
Adina Peck 23C, Jewish Community
Second Interlude
Young Love, Cleo Sol
AHANA
Student Reflections
Patrick Czabala 23C, Catholic Community
Christopher Lawrence 23C, Protestant Community
Time of Remembrance
The Rev. Maddie Henderson
Christian Chaplain
Student Reflection
Ejaz H. Zaidi 21Ox 23C, Muslim Community
Third Interlude
I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me, African American Spiritual AHANA
Preparing to Go Forth
Isam Vaid 93Ox 95C 99PH
Muslim Religious Life Scholar
Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate
Benediction
The Rev. Dr. Gregory W. McGonigle
University Chaplain and Dean of Religious Life
Ravi V. Bellamkonda
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Enku Gelaye
Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life
Carol E. Henderson
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
Carla Freeman
Interim Dean, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Kristy Martyn
Associate Dean for Education, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Jill Perry-Smith
Senior Associate Dean, Goizueta Business School
Recessional
Käthe Wright Kaufman
Associate Director of Music, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church
All are welcome to a reception following today’s celebration downstairs in the Brooks Commons.
AHANA
Devyn Townsend 23C
Selah Williams 23C
Yulia Gu 25C
Jalen Harris 25C
Shreya Reddy 23C
Ammar Ul Haq 25C
Anushka Nayak 25C
Jamie Baker 26C
Yvonna Smothers 25C
Avery Rose 25C
Amna Sadig 23C
Andrea Snoddy 24C
Alexa Lisenby 23C
Seymone Clarke 21Ox 23C
Halle Bereket 26C
J'Dyn Plater 24C
Zeaven Hoxie 24C
Sumaiya Dickens 25C