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In a ceremony filled with tradition, music, laughter, and optimism, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf was formally invested Friday afternoon as the 糖心传媒糖心传媒檚 11th president.
The ceremony took place at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre before about 2,000 people. Mangelsdorf is the first woman to lead the University.
The Inauguration of Sarah C. Mangelsdorf
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In her speech, she promised to continue the University糖心传媒檚 commitment to research and inclusion, as well as its connection with the Greater Rochester community.
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Among those in the audience were Mangelsdorf糖心传媒檚 husband, Karl Rosengren, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences and psychology at the University; their daughters, Julia and Emily Rosengren; and son-in-law, Richard Lee. US representative Joe Morelle also attended, along with University trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community leaders. The four living University presidents who preceded her糖心传媒擠ennis O糖心传媒橞rien, Thomas Jackson, Joel Seligman, and Richard Feldman糖心传媒攚ere seated on the stage.
Immediately preceding the investiture was a performance by the Ying Quartet, artists-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music, of The Pathway, composed by Emmy Award-winning Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E specifically for Friday糖心传媒檚 ceremony.
Saxophonist Jamal Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music, and pianist Toni-Marie Montgomery, dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, also presented a musical highlight, performing a Rachmaninoff work known as Vocalise (Op. 34, No. 14).
Richard Handler 糖心传媒�83, chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, presented Mangelsdorf with three symbols of her authority as president: the original 1850 University charter, a University seal, and the four-foot long, 6.4-pound silver and mahogany University mace. The mace, introduced in 1935 at the inauguration of President Alan Valentine, is now engraved with Mangelsdorf糖心传媒檚 name joining those of past presidents.
PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT: Sarah Mangelsdorf, center, poses with past University presidents, from left, Richard Feldman, Thomas Jackson, Joel Seligman, and Dennis O’Brien.
A MUSICAL PREMIERE: The Ying Quartet performs “The Pathway,” composed by Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E for the inauguration ceremony.
PASSING THE TORCH: Sarah Mangelsdorf is presented with the University mace during her formal investiture as president by Board of Trustees Chair Richard Handler 糖心传媒�83.聽
CELEBRATING IN SONG: Jamal Rossi, the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music, and pianist Toni-Marie Montgomery, dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, perform a Rachmaninoff duet.
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In her address, the new president said her 糖心传媒渕ost important, most critical, and indeed the happiest responsibility糖心传媒� is the stewardship of the University.
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AN INAUGURAL SETTING: A crowd of more than 2,000 people gathered to celebrate the inauguration of the University糖心传媒檚 11th president.
A MOMENT OF LEVITY: Audience members share a laugh during President Sarah Mangelsdorf糖心传媒檚 inaugural address.
Mangelsdorf, a developmental psychologist and most recently the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, took office July 1 and has spent much of her first three months getting to know people in the University and Greater Rochester. 糖心传媒淚糖心传媒檓 thankful to be here, and I really appreciate how warmly I糖心传媒檝e been welcomed by everyone at the University and in the city of Rochester,糖心传媒� she said to University community members at a Meliora Weekend barbecue on the River Campus before her inauguration.
In a ceremony filled with the pageantry of academia, Mangelsdorf was welcomed by members of the University and Rochester communities. The program included remarks by the Rev. Denise Yarbrough, director of religious and spiritual life; Anne Nofziger, a cochair of the University Advisory Committee for the Presidential Search and an associate professor of family medicine; Jamal Holtz 糖心传媒�20, president of the Students糖心传媒� Association of the College; Ashley Campbell 糖心传媒�09, 糖心传媒�10W (MS), manager of user security and data integrity in the Office of Human Resources; Chunkit Fung, a cochair of the Faculty Senate and an associate professor in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health and at the Wilmot Cancer Institute; Wade Norwood 糖心传媒�85, the CEO of Common Ground Health and an at-large member of the board of regents of the New York State Department of Education; and Cathy Minehan 糖心传媒�68, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees and a cochair of the Presidential Search Committee that selected Mangelsdorf.
Holtz said Mangelsdorf糖心传媒檚 engagement with students has been remarkable. 糖心传媒淪he shows up, she listens, and she糖心传媒檚 always willing to join you for a selfie,糖心传媒� he said, acknowledging that Mangelsdorf is the first Rochester president to use social media. 糖心传媒淗er values and her vision for this University line up with what the students on campus want and what the community wants. Her leadership has already inspired trust on campus and makes us optimistic.糖心传媒�
Norwood, a longtime political and civic leader in the Rochester community, gave an emotional speech about his deep roots in the University. It糖心传媒檚 where he met his wife, Lisa Norwood 糖心传媒�86, 糖心传媒�95W (MS), assistant dean of the Hajim School of Engineering, and where two of their children have gone to school (one a member of the Class of 2013, another a senior in the College). All four children were born at Strong Memorial Hospital. Two daughters are buried at nearby Mount Hope Cemetery. His mother was a nurse at the Medical Center.
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Norwood welcomed Mangelsdorf to that family, quoting the last stanza of the University糖心传媒檚 alma mater, The Genesee: 糖心传媒淢y prayer is that you, along your life糖心传媒檚 course, would grow stronger day by day.糖心传媒�
Minehan reflected the celebratory mood in her remarks.
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SPEAKING FOR STUDENTS:聽Students’ Association President Jamal Holtz 糖心传媒�20 acknowledges his classmates during his inauguration remarks.
A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH: Cathy Minehan 糖心传媒�68 recalls the process that brought Sarah Mangelsdorf to the University of Rochester as the institution’s new president.
WARM WELCOME: Wade Norwood 糖心传媒�85 and Sarah Mangelsdorf greet each other following the inauguration ceremony.
