Program Schedule
| Prelude Concert | |
| Commencement Brass Choir Aaron Goldberg, Director |
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| Fanfare from La Péri | Paul Dukas |
| Marche Militaire Française | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| A Western Fanfare | Eric Ewazen |
| Libertango | Astor Piazzolla |
| Fanfare for the Common Man | Aaron Copland |
| Procession of the Nobles | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Hymn to New England | John Williams |
| Processional | |
| Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 1 | Edward Elgar |
| Earl of Oxford’s March | William Byrd |
| “Alatriste” | Roque Baños |
| Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 4 | Edward Elgar |
| Renaissance Dances—“La Mourisque” | Tylman Susato |
| Call to Order | Cynthia R. Cohen Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees |
| National Anthem | Jerome Boxer College of Fine Arts ’26 |
| Invocation | The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill Dean of Marsh Chapel |
| Student Speaker | Blake Jameson Hanrahan Questrom School of Business ’26 |
| Presentation of the Class Gift | Abraham Budson-McQuilken College of General Studies ’24 / Questrom School of Business ’26 Riann Cyrus College of Arts & Sciences ’26 |
| Welcome from the Alumni Association | Jenny Gruber President of the Alumni Association |
| The Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching Monica Ann Pessina Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine The Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching Julie A. Dahlstrom School of Law |
Gloria Waters University Provost and Chief Academic Officer |
| Conferring of the Honorary Degrees | Melissa Gilliam President |
| Patricia K. Donahoe, MD Doctor of Science Denise M. Hinton Doctor of Science Hubert E. Jones Doctor of Humane Letters John Ward Doctor of Laws Reshma Kewalramani Doctor of Science |
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| Address | Reshma Kewalramani |
| Presentation of Candidates | Provost Waters |
| Promotion of Candidates to Degrees | President Gilliam |
| President’s Charge to the Graduates | President Gilliam |
| Clarissima (words and music on printed program) | Jerome Boxer |
| Benediction | Father Kevin Staley-Joyce Director of the Catholic Center |
| Recessional | |
| Commencement Brass Choir | |
| “Go BU” | Ranny Weeks and Bernie Fazioli |
| “Hey! Baby” | Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel |
| “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” | Woody Guthrie/Dropkick Murphys |
| Second Suite in F, Op. 28, March | Gustav Holst |
There is no student recession at the end of Commencement. Graduates and guests are asked to remain in their places until the platform party and faculty have left Nickerson Field.