{"id":804,"date":"2025-08-12T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:13:46","slug":"2025-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/2025-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University is an internationally recognized center of intellectual, scientific, and cultural activity. We offer outstanding academic programs across an extraordinary breadth of fields and have been committed to equality of educational opportunity since our founding.<\/p>\n<p>As a major urban research university, Boston University is both a \u00ad repository for accumulated knowledge and wisdom and a testing ground for new ideas. Taught by inspired, committed, and creative faculty, our students in Boston and around the world receive the enduring value of a liberal arts education and the skills and experience offered by professional schools, ensuring that they are engaged, adaptable, and prepared to pursue successful careers and fulfilling lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prelude Concert<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston University Faculty Brass Quintet<br \/>\nTerry Everson<br \/>\n<em>Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Processional<\/strong><br \/>\nTerry Everson<br \/>\n<i>Processional March<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Call To Order<\/strong><br \/>\nJason Campbell-Foster<br \/>\n<em>Dean of Students<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Invocation<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill<br \/>\n<em>Dean of Marsh Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Welcome<\/strong><br \/>\nNeela Agarwal, CAS \u201825, SPH \u201826<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Salutation<\/strong><br \/>\nLouis Chude-Sokei<br \/>\n<em>Professor of English<br \/>\nGeorge and Joyce Wein Chair, African-American and Black Dispora Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Address to Students<\/strong><br \/>\nMelissa Gilliam<br \/>\n<em>President<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation of Students<\/strong><br \/>\nGloria Waters<br \/>\n<em>University Provost and Chief Academic Officer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matriculation of The Class of 2029<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Gilliam<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closing Remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nDean Campbell-Foster<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clarissima<\/strong><br \/>\nJerome Boxer, CFA \u201926<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recessional<\/strong><br \/>\nSamuel Scheidt<br \/>\n<em>Galliard Battaglia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Matriculation Ceremony is under the direction of the University Marshal. Serving as today\u2019s University Marshal is Tina Durand, Clinical Associate Professor, Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/livestream\/\">Livestream<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streamtext.net\/player?event=BU-MAT\">CART transcription<\/a> are available during the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University is an internationally recognized center of intellectual, scientific, and cultural activity. We offer outstanding academic programs across an extraordinary breadth of fields and have been committed to equality of educational opportunity since our founding. As a major urban research university, Boston University is both a \u00ad repository for accumulated knowledge and wisdom and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1420,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/matriculation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}