The Ceremony

The inauguration ceremony for Dr. Richard D. Muma will be held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at 29th Street N. and Oliver, and will be livestreamed on YouTube and campus television monitors.

Ceremony Details

2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2021
Hughes Metropolitan Complex — Lowe Auditorium
5015 E. 29th St. North, 鶹ƽ, Kansas

 


The Inauguration Installation Ceremony 

Processional

Opening of Ceremonies
Whitney Bailey, PhD Athletic Training Clinical Coordinator College of Applied Studies Faculty Senate President

Presentation of Colors and National Anthem Colors
鶹ƽ State University – Army ROTC Joshua Benoit, Lane Collins, Dillon Frangenberg, Corbin Haskett, Phong Vo

"The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
Alan Held Dennis and Ann Ross Faculty of Distinction and Professor/Program Director of Opera 鶹ƽ State University

Welcome and Introduction of Guests
Cheryl Harrison-Lee, M.A Chair, Kansas Board of Regents

Musical Selection — "Feeling Good," Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
Caleb Freeman, BFA Performing Arts 鶹ƽ State University Performance track recorded by Jazz Arts Ensemble I, James Pisano, director

Welcome on behalf of the Faculty
Susan Castro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate President-Elect

Welcome on behalf of the Staff
Gabriel Fonseca, M.Ed. Manager Student Involvement Staff Senate President

Welcome on behalf of the Students
Rija Khan, President  Student Government Association

Inaugural Speaker
Amy Drassen-Ham, Ph.D., MPH Clinical Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences 鶹ƽ State University

Inaugural Remarks
Honorable Laura Kelly, 48th Governor of the State of Kansas

Oath of Office
Honorable Gwynne Birzer, Magistrate Judge United States District Court

Presentation of the Presidential Medallion
Honorable Laura Kelly, Governor

Inaugural Address
Richard Muma, Ph.D. President, 鶹ƽ State University

Musical Selection — "鶹ƽ State University Alma Mater" J. Bert Graham, arr. René Clausen
鶹ƽ State University Choirs Directed by Ryan Beeken, DMA College of Fine Arts

Closing of Ceremony
Whitney Bailey, Ph.D.

Recessional Inaugural Fanfare
Dean K. Roush Director of Musicology-Composition 鶹ƽ State University

Inaugural Reception
Immediately following the Inauguration Installation Ceremony Multipurpose Room Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex