Friday, August 29, 2008
10:00 a.m. Cordiner Hall

Prelude and Processional
        Lee D. Thompson, Professor of Music, organ

Welcome and Introductions
        George S. Bridges, President

“The Best Teacher I Ever Had”
        Elliott N. Okantey ’09, President of the Associated Students of Whitman College

Musical Interlude
        The Vagabond                            by Ralph Vaughan Williams
         Harrison "Harry" Fulop ’10, baritone
        Lee D. Thompson, piano       

Presentation of the Class of 2012
        J. Antonio “Tony” Cabasco ’90, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

Introduction of the Convocation Speaker
        Lori Bettison-Varga, Provost and Dean of the Faculty

Convocation address: “Lessons in Stone”
        Patrick K. Spencer, Professor of Geology

Musical Interlude
         Selection from Sonata #3, Op. 28    by Sergei Prokofiev
         Elizabeth A. Linxwiler ’10, piano    

Opening of the Academic Year
        George S. Bridges, President

Recessional
        Whitman Jazz Quintet
            Ross C. Eustis ’11, trumpet
            Brian K. Barton ’11, alto sax
            Reed J. Ferris ’11, guitar
            Marshall G. Baker ’10, bass
            John ‘Jack’ Mountjoy ’09, drums