THE CONVOCATION PROGRAM
 
PRESIDING
H. PATRICK SWYGERT
President of the University

THE ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL MUSIC

THE PRESIDENTIAL FANFARE

“The War March of the Priests"
FELIX MENDELSSOHN

THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION
(WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND)

THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS

THE INVOCATION
THE REVEREND DOCTOR BERNARD RICHARDSON
Dean of the Chapel

THE OPENING REMARKS
PRESIDENT SWYGERT

THE GREETINGS
THE HONORABLE GABRIELLE K. McDONALD
Member, Board of Trustees

THE MUSIC

RICHARD WAGNER
“Hail Bright Abode" from Tannhauser
The Howard University Choir with Orchestra
J. Weldon Norris, Conducting

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORATRIX
VASHTI-JASMIN MCKENZIE
CLASS OF 2003

THE ADDRESS
THE RIGHT REVEREND VASHTI MURPHY McKENZIE
First Woman Bishop of the African Methodist Church

THE SPIRITUAL

HALL JOHNSON, ARR.
“Scandalize My Name”
THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR
Keith Craig, Tenor Soloist

THE ALMA MATER

THE BENEDICTION

THE RETIRING OF THE COLORS

THE ACADEMIC RECESSIONAL