ORGAN PRELUDE: “Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist (Come, Holy Spririt), BWV 651” (Come, Holy Spirit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) “Rubrics IV. The Peace may be exchanged” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Locklair (b. 1949) Susan Bates, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Music
INVOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rev. Dr. Tim Auman University Chaplain
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan R. Wente President
RECOGNITION OF MAYA ANGELOU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erica Still Associate Professor and Associate Dean
founders’ day convocation f e b rua r y 1 7, 2 0 2 2 4 : 0 0 p . m . , wa i t c h a p e l
IN MEMORIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Wente “The Road Home” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Paulus (b. 1949) Wake Forest University Chamber Choir Christopher Gilliam, director
INTRODUCTION AND READING OF SENIOR ORATION
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PRESENTATION OF MEDALLION OF MERIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Wente 2022 Recipient: President Emeritus Nathan O. Hatch
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ANTHEM: “Wake! Now A Time Has Come” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Locklair Text by Fred Chappell Wake Forest University Chamber Choir
BENEDICTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rev. Dr. Jonathan Lee Walton Dean, School of Divinity
POSTLUDE: “Carillon de Westminster” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Following the service, the Provost’s Office will host a reception for the campus community and guests on Hearn Plaza.